Opening Night..... Blazers vs Suns Game Thread 10/26/10

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Blazers = the Ducks of the second half!!
 
Couldn't post much while watching the game, to nervous, but let me just say Armon and Wes are scrappy as fuck, those guys are just nonstop energy.

Roy's jumper looked so good, his time this offseason working on catching and shooting paid off whether he wants t ball or not. And Batum was pretty great out there too, smooth jumper and crashing the glass like mad.
 
Blazer4ever said:
In Nate I trust!
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If anything, that game confirmed my fears that McMillan holds this team back.
Absymal offense with players standing around, and the defense wasn't that great despite the 'emphasis' put on it in the pre-season.

Nate should have been shown the door with the other coaches in the off-season.

On a positive note, a win is a win, Armon looks like a keeper and, my man Batum is the real deal!
 
Jayps15 said:
Couldn't post much while watching the game, to nervous, but let me just say Armon and Wes are scrappy as fuck, those guys are just nonstop energy.

Roy's jumper looked so good, his time this offseason working on catching and shooting paid off whether he wants t ball or not. And Batum was pretty great out there too, smooth jumper and crashing the glass like mad.
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Just watching those two made me antsy and nervous. I can't imagine what it's like to play against those guys.
 
Whenever someone hits the deck I have an irrational fear that they've injured their knees.

The Greg-Oden-Anxiety-Disorder in full effect.
 
Great win! Batum with the dagger in the end.

I'm lovin Wesley Matthews. He made Bayless redundant. The intensity of our 2nd unit will carry us in many games this year. Here's hopin Joel & Greg come back ready to rock in December. That will cure a lot of ills that we had this game.
 
WillG said:
If anything, that game confirmed my fears that McMillan holds this team back.
Absymal offense with players standing around, and the defense wasn't that great despite the 'emphasis' put on it in the pre-season.

Nate should have been shown the door with the other coaches in the off-season.

On a positive note, a win is a win, Armon looks like a keeper and, my man Batum is the real deal!
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I counted at least four possessions where every player on the court touched the ball. Watch that, and then watch what Phoenix did on offense.

Portland 31 assists
Phoenix 15 assists

Are you being serious, or was your post for laughs?
 
Given, there was more movement than there has been the last few years.
So, yes the offense has improved, but then again it was atrocious to begin with.

Let's just say I'm not a big fan of the McMillan offense.
 
Well it's good to see we're bitching about the offense after they scored 106 points won by 14 and actually played good team and man defense in the 4th quarter. The team might not be in mid-season form, but we haven't missed a beat.
 
Nikolokolus said:
Well it's good to see we're bitching about the offense after they scored 106 points won by 14 and actually played good team and man defense in the 4th quarter. The team might not be in mid-season form, but we haven't missed a beat.
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This forum takes the preseason seriously when getting in shape to bitch during the regular season though.
 
Nikolokolus said:
Well it's good to see we're bitching about the offense after they scored 106 points won by 14 and actually played good team and man defense in the 4th quarter. The team might not be in mid-season form, but we haven't missed a beat.
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Despite only having 1 true center play significant minutes, we rebounded well & took care of business. Looking at the rebounding differential you knew it would only be a matter of time before the pulled away....oh wait, I mean...uh, LAMARCUS WHERE WERE YOU EARLY IN THE GAME! WE SHOULD HAVE WON BY 30!
 
RoyToy said:
Anyone know why Elliot Williams didn't even dress?
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Because you can only dress so many players, and we've got so many SGs it makes no sense to have him on the deep bench waiting for garbage time.
 
WillG said:
Given, there was more movement than there has been the last few years.
So, yes the offense has improved, but then again it was atrocious to begin with.

Let's just say I'm not a big fan of the McMillan offense.
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Nothing wrong with the offense when the PG is playing well. (as with most teams) When Miller looks good the blazers look good. When Blake played well the Blazers played well. Nothing wrong with the movement. They had some moments when they struggled, but so have the Lakers and Heat tonight. I will say I am not impressed with the Rudy/Roy PG experiment so far. Armon may be getting more than 10 minutes a game.
 
I love Wesley Matthews. Guys like him will get on the floor by sheer effort alone. He's amazing.
 
B-Roy said:
I love Wesley Matthews. Guys like him will get on the floor by sheer effort alone. He's amazing.
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Yup. I love the intensity he brings to the floor. He's the anti-Brandon & is aggressive to a fault. I think having Roy-Matthews-Batum-Aldridge-Camby playing down the stretch is going to cause a lot of issues for the other team this year.
 
Let me just say a few things here....

- thats not a good team.... its really upsetting the outplayed us for 2 and a half qtrs.

- it was a nice comeback but the suns are a horrible defensive team... we should have scored 120

- wesley is a great pickup. i liked the signing in July... love it now.

- johnson played well but again.... let me see him do that vs good teams and good backup pg's

- LA is EXACTLY the same player as he was the last 2 years

- Roy still seems like hes missing a step

- Oden looked like he would rather be in jury duty then at that game.

- Batum is nasty.

- Camby is not gonna make it through November.... mark it down

- and in closing.... I think the BLzers need to get wins in LA and NY if tehy wanna come out of the first five with a winning record. No way they beat the bulls or bucks.
 
I just re-read the thread and went to look at the box-score. Wes - 30 minute, Batum - 27 minutes, Rudy - 22 minutes, Armon - 9 minutes. Nate did his rotation very well tonight. He played the 2 guys the Suns had to double heavy minutes - but he spread the rest of the minutes so nobody gets too many, nobody gets too little.. and he had West and Nic together at the end when it made sense.

The team is still in early season form, but the bitching is playoff worthy! good job guys!
 
Blazer outscored the Suns 3/4 quarters.

What game were you watching?
 
Top quality post MIXUM--exactly what I would expect out of you. I noticed you included a couple positive items to enable your "I'm not all negative" defense. Well done!
 
andalusian said:
I just re-read the thread and went to look at the box-score. Wes - 30 minute, Batum - 27 minutes, Rudy - 22 minutes, Armon - 9 minutes. Nate did his rotation very well tonight. He played the 2 guys the Suns had to double heavy minutes - but he spread the rest of the minutes so nobody gets too many, nobody gets too little.. and he had West and Nic together at the end when it made sense.

The team is still in early season form, but the bitching is playoff worthy! good job guys!
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I didn't come on here during the game, but quickly went through the thread immediately after... It's like there were two different games tonight. The negativity has not missed a step, maybe even improved over the off-season.
 
I like the fact the Blazers did not play well and won by 14. The Blazers looked to shut down everyone else while allowing Nash to attack the basket. It worked for everyone not named Richardson. (talk about dejevu') Good game plan. Let Nash go off and get tired down the stretch. But the bottom line is Portlandcan play a lot better.

You win in the NBA by playing well in the last few minutes of the 4th. So far so good.
 
I sure hope they get rid of that stupid intro with the players coming down out of the stands before one of the players trips and falls down the stairs while trying to slap hands with fans.

I've said it before but it is obvious from the expressions on the player's faces that they are not happy to be doing that.

barfo
 
Wes Matthews + 22. BRoy and Miller were 2nd with +14. That is a big jump between 1 and 2.
 
Idog1976 said:
Lol HCP what was that weak ass shit for music during your highlight reel?
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Have we got an answer for this yet?

I watched that horrible SD broadcast on league pass and the only thing worse than the quality of the picture was the REST OF THE STUPID SHOW.
 
I like how they showed the video on the sheet, that must of looked huge in the RG.
 
mgb said:
I like how they showed the video on the sheet, that must of looked huge in the RG.
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That looked cool, but as much of the Eminem song that they played, I half-expected the sheets to pull away and Em being on a stage rapping the song underneath the scoreboard.
 
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