Game Thread PLAY-IN GAME# 1: GRIZZLIES VS BLAZERS - AUGUST 15, 2020 - SATURDAY, 11:30, ABC

[bobf]

Dame CJ Trent Melo Nurk Hassan Gabriel. That’s a better team than playing Zach and Mario instead of Gabriel.

 

[Tince]

no. It’s not fair to even think dame can beat lebron and AD by himself like the media believes he can. His team isn’t that good

Do you think 8th best team in the West is a fair ranking?

 

[James lamphear]

What winning the the game right now we +7 points at the free throw line.

 

[B-Roy]

Liked Wenyan's energy. If he keeps getting minutes I hope his confidence builds and he finishes better around the basket. That's a wildcard for sure.

cannot be worse than Mario at this point. At least he won’t cost you points on the other end

 

[twobullz]

who is the second ball handler with Mario in the game? Think about that for a second.

Dame or CJ, but usually they have Mario bring the ball up the court to take some pressure off those two.

 

[wizenheimer]

Our D was actually finally good and Nurk is maybe having a record breaking game.

don't say break and Nurk in the same sentence

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Ya can't lose double digit leads every single game.

Yes, it's possible; we have proved it!

 

[B-Roy]

Dame or CJ, but usually they have Mario bring the ball up the court to take some pressure off those two.

anyone can bring the ball up and hand it off to the guard. That’s all Mario does.

 

[AldoTrapani]

Do you think 8th best team in the West is a fair ranking?

Dude the 8th seed is below .500

this team is only Damian Lillard and Damian Lillard only. We have a historically bad defense. It’s literally taking superman aka Damian Lillard to average 50 something points to B squad teams to win by 1.. let’s make his life easier and fix this shit in the offseason

 

[GhostOfPGA]

Need to survive the third quarter

FTFY

 

[Labinot41]

Nurk played 21 mins in the 1st half holy shit

 

[B-Roy]

Nurk played 21 mins in the 1st half holy shit

he’s not getting much help

 

[Tince]

Dude the 8th seed is below .500

this team is only Damian Lillard and Damian Lillard only. We have a historically bad defense. It’s literally taking superman aka Damian Lillard to average 50 something points to B squad teams to win by 1.. let’s make his life easier and fix this shit in the offseason

Why do you not want to answer a simple question? Is 8th in the West a fair ranking? Just curious on your opinion.

 

[Chris Craig]

Dude the 8th seed is below .500

this team is only Damian Lillard and Damian Lillard only. We have a historically bad defense. It’s literally taking superman aka Damian Lillard to average 50 something points to B squad teams to win by 1.. let’s make his life easier and fix this shit in the offseason

If the Blazers had Nurkic and Collins all season they would be above .500

Blazers have been injured all season. Everybody took turns. If the Blazers stay healthy their record would be a lot better.

 

[Strenuus]

Anyone got a link? the radio on the internet aint playin the game.

 

[GhostOfPGA]

If the Blazers had Nurkic and Collins all season they would be above .500

Blazers have been injured all season. Everybody took turns. If the Blazers stay healthy their record would be a lot better.

We’ve turned the season from chicken shit to chicken salad in the bubble, if we beat LA, it’s fried chicken.

 

[B-Roy]

Zach must be hurt

 

[kjironman1]

Maybe he is dehydrated

Ha Ha Ha!

 

[Chris Craig]

Do you think 8th best team in the West is a fair ranking?

No. I think the Blazers are better than that. The Blazers have suffered from injuries all season. If they were healthy all season, we would see a better record.

 

[julius]

Interesting, no zach to start the 2nd half

 

[Titan]

Smooth J from CJ

 

[AldoTrapani]

Why do you not want to answer a simple question? Is 8th in the West a fair ranking? Just curious on your opinion.

Yes. It’s very fair. A below .500 team is about where we are

 

[B-Roy]

Here comes the 3rd quarter. Not valuing possessions

 

[Tince]

Yes. It’s very fair. A below .500 team is about where we are

I agree... so we're rated appropriately.

 

[AldoTrapani]

If the Blazers had Nurkic and Collins all season they would be above .500

Blazers have been injured all season. Everybody took turns. If the Blazers stay healthy their record would be a lot better.

Look how we are in the bubble. It’s super nova dame vs everybody

 

[oldmangrouch]

This roster is painfully shallow. Olshey has created a team with no margin for error.

 

[bobf]

Fouled a jump shooter
Cj drove 1 on 4
Dame passes ahead for a low percentage 2

 

[Titan]

3J!!!

 

[Darkwebs]

Why does Melo always feel the need to reach? He's bigger than Morant, so all he has to do is put his hands/arms up in the paint

 

[AldoTrapani]

Look at Dame. Poor guy has to do everything