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Darkwebs said:
Our long ball saved us this game. We were 6 of 8 from the 3.

We got killed on the boards, though. Detroit had 40 rebounds, while we only had 28. Surpised we could win with this type of defecit in rebounds.
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We did it because of....

Travis Outlaw!

Great call by Nate. LMA had gone cold and Travis Outlaw has game winning experience:

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Don't forget Travis' earlier clutch shot tonight too where he banked it on his way to the basket.
 
KingSpeed said:
Don't forget Travis' earlier clutch shot tonight too where he banked it on his way to the basket.
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seriously do you watch/know the game? he was out of control and threw that shot up there. did he make? yes but don't tell me that was a great shot.
 
I think the biggest reason we won tonight was father time finally catching up with AI. Never seen him look that awful before.
 
I'd give the game ball to Bayless on this one. His fire saved our asses. I hope this leads to more playing time for him.
 
during that timeout, I had a feeling Nate would call Travis's number. He'd hit a couple of shots and was streaking. LMA was cold, and Travis simply has the last-second shot experience to pull it off... with his hops, who can block him on a fadeaway?

Great move by Catfish.
 
bigbailes said:
i agree with the rebound part but i don't with the "if you miss" part. you take the shot with 3-4 seconds left to get the rebound.
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Well, you can't just assume you can get a good look at the 3 or 4 second mark. Plus, sometimes you can catch the defense on their heels by starting your move a few seconds early.

The way our half court offense was going tonight, I'm just happy we got a shot off.
 
Up until tonight I've maintained that Bayless hasn't done anything to earn himself more consistent minutes. Well, now he has.


And Catfish... can't live with him, can't live without him. Crazy.
 
bigbailes said:
seriously do you watch/know the game? he was out of control and threw that shot up there. did he make? yes but don't tell me that was a great shot.
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Out of control shots make up for not boxing out Prince about ten times and losing his man on the perimeter a half of dozen other times. It's cool.
 
The Sebastian Express said:
Out of control shots make up for not boxing out Prince about ten times and losing his man on the perimeter a half of dozen other times. It's cool.
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good point, i was screaming at the TV when he left Prince, who was torching us all game, in the corner wide open. lucky for TO he missed.
 
noknobs said:
Up until tonight I've maintained that Bayless hasn't done anything to earn himself more consistent minutes. Well, now he has.


And Catfish... can't live with him, can't live without him. Crazy.
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Tell me about it. Hate to look a gift horse in the mouth but I can't help but hope tonight helps Travis' trade value. GM's and organizations are human and can fall in love with a guy who has a knack for hitting tough shots like that.
 
I assume Travis' shot will be the top play of the night, not that I watched every play of every other game tonight.
 
bigbailes said:
i agree with the rebound part but i don't with the "if you miss" part. you take the shot with 3-4 seconds left to get the rebound.
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I disagree. Why screw around when you are down. Take a good shot, if you miss and don't get the rebound you foul them and you still have time for a three to tie.
 
That Travis shot just refueled KS. :X
 
KingSpeed said:
I assume Travis' shot will be the top play of the night, not that I watched every play of every other game tonight.
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Granger hit a buzzer beating three to beat the suns.

Checkmate.
 
KingSpeed said:
I assume Travis' shot will be the top play of the night, not that I watched every play of every other game tonight.
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I hope that break-away dunk by Aldridge is top ten too. Lot of games though, tough competition.
 
Gotta' love Jerryd's scrappyness tonight.
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I assume Travis' shot was a tougher shot than Granger's though. Travis had two guys on him.
 
in the after game interview, Nate was talking about the bench's energy and getting the crowd into the game, and only mentioned Bayless' name. A sign of things to come?

He also said when Brandon is out, Outlaw is our go-to-guy at the end of games, no question.
 
Watching the play over again from the above angle, it wasn't really that tough of a shot. He dribble to about 10 ft away from the basket, jumped straight up and hit a pretty simple jumpshot.
 
JFizzleRaider said:
in the after game interview, Nate was talking about the bench's energy and getting the crowd into the game, and only mentioned Bayless' name. A sign of things to come?

He also said when Brandon is out, Outlaw is our go-to-guy at the end of games, no question.
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I don't know if it's a sign of things to come, but Bayless deserved special mention tonight. That was exactly the kind of point guard play Nate has been begging for -- aggressive, in control defense. Quite simply, that was the best perimeter defense over a quarter by a single Blazer I've seen in a long time.
 
Two nice wins without Roy. The champs and then the hottest team in the league. I love it 21-14: .600
 
Nikolokolus said:
I don't know if it's a sign of things to come, but Bayless deserved special mention tonight. That was exactly the kind of point guard play Nate has been begging for -- aggressive, in control defense. Quite simply, that was the best perimeter defense over a quarter by a single Blazer I've seen in a long time.
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Including Roy?
 
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