Game Thread PRESEASON GAME # 4: BLAZERS @ CLIPPERS - OCTOBER 13, 2016 - THURSDAY, 7:30 PM (PDT), TNT

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---------PROBABLE STARTERS---------

PG

DAMIAN LILLARD VS CHRIS PAUL

SG

C.J. McCOLLUM VS J.J. REDICK

SF

MAURICE HARKLESS VS WESLEY JOHNSON

PF

AL-FAROUQ AMINU VS BLAKE GRIFFIN

C

MASON PLUMLEE VS DeANDRE JORDAN


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WHEN: 7:30 PM, THURSDAY, 10/13/2016

WHERE: STAPLES CENTER, LOS ANGELES, CA

TV BROADCAST:

RADIO BROADCAST:

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--------------BENCH--------------
---- PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS ----

NAPIER , TURNER , CRABBE

QUARTERMAN , MONTERO

LAYMAN , VONLEH , LEONARD

JERRETT , DAVIS , STIEMSMA

----- LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS -----

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FELTON , MUNFORD

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CRAWFORD , ANDERSON , WRIGHT

MBAHAMOUTE , PIERCE , BASS

AYRES , SPEIGHTS , STONE


INJURIES
TRAIL BLAZERS
Pat Connaughton (shoulder): OUT
Festus Ezeli (left knee): OUT
CLIPPERS
Austin Rivers (tweaker): OUT
Brice Johnson (acute herniated disc, lower back): OUT



HEAD COACHES

- VS –

TERRY STOTTS --- DOC RIVERS



CLIPPERS' OFFICIAL GAME NOTES
BLAZERS' OFFICIAL GAME NOTES ​

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[THE HCP]

Look bro.... I had a talk with Denny and he was thinking maybe I'd take turns starting threads with you this season. I think it's only fair that I have a chance to share my creativity and design skills!

 

[Chris Craig]

Really they are gonna start Wesley Johnson over Luc Mbah A Moute and Pierce

 

[KeepOnRollin]

Really they are gonna start Wesley Johnson over Luc Mbah A Moute and Pierce

That is like saying how dare we start Project Pat over Montero.

Like it matters one way or another. Personally I do think Wes overall is slightly better than Luc and Pierce has a foot in the grave at this point. He shouldn't even be part of the discussion. But they are all horrible compared to most people's starting SF's.

 

[Eastoff]

Look bro.... I had a talk with Denny and he was thinking maybe I'd take turns starting threads with you this season. I think it's only fair that I have a chance to share my creativity and design skills!

Are you really trying to get your win prediction correct to the point you're willing to jinx the team? I'm going to start calling you HC-Speed.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I love Dame as much as the next guy, but even he knows that Chris Paul is his daddy. All y'all voting for Lillard in this poll are crazy.

 

[illmatic99]

I love Dame as much as the next guy, but even he knows that Chris Paul is his daddy. All y'all voting for Lillard in this poll are crazy.

Wow, wtf. Come on guys, don't be so blind. CP eats Dame for lunch in 4 out of every 5 games.

 

[Chris Craig]

Wow, wtf. Come on guys, don't be so blind. CP eats Dame for lunch in 4 out of every 5 games.

Dame has facets Paul will never have.

 

[illmatic99]

Dame has facets Paul will never have.

Like what?

 

[KeepOnRollin]

Dame has facets Paul will never have.

And vice-versa though.

I think Dame can be better as soon as later this year. He isn't better at the moment however.

 

[Orion Bailey]

Like what?

Leadership for one. And how about taking our team just as far in the playoffs as Chris has?

 

[rasheedfan2005]

Cp3 is dirtiest player in the game. Fuck cp3 ever since he squeezed lillards bad finger.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

I'm nervous about the game. Why? We tend to lose when I REALLY want it, and I'd LOVE it if we won by 20 - it'd be another crack in their armor. Would love to see them come apart.

 

[THE HCP]

You worried we'll miss the preseason playoffs?

 

[Strenuus]

Are you really trying to get your win prediction correct to the point you're willing to jinx the team? I'm going to start calling you HC-Speed.

LMFAO. I got a good gut laugh out of that.

 

[Strenuus]

I voted Dame so I could troll....


.... a blazers forum.... a forum for the team with whom Dame plays for....

Because that makes sense.

 

[-Ace-]

Least favorite team of the upcoming season, easily.......and THEN they added Felton on top of that.

 

[KingSpeed]

CP3 is overrated. Been in league we'll over 10 years and won what, 3 playoff series? 4 maybe? Dame has won 2 in 4 years.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

I love Dame as much as the next guy, but even he knows that Chris Paul is his daddy. All y'all voting for Lillard in this poll are crazy.

Wrong again egg-laying mammal.
Chris Paul may 'out play' Lillard most of the time, but those are times that don't matter. Chris Paul is an epic big-moment choker, Lillard not so much.

 

[Cippy91]

Dame only gets aren't up by cp3 because of dames terrible pick and role defense which is what Chris Paul lives off of. Picks and mid range jumpers or lobs to Blake or DJ.

 

[jlprk]

That picture is not the Stiemsma we have known and loved for so many years.

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Wrong again egg-laying mammal.
Chris Paul may 'out play' Lillard most of the time, but those are times that don't matter. Chris Paul is an epic big-moment choker, Lillard not so much.

Not just talking about head-to-head (which favors Paul) or crunch-time (which favors Lillard), but overall. Paul is a better distributor, defender, ball-handler, and shoots a better percentage. Even last year, in Dame's best season, with Paul on the decline, the advanced stats were so clearly in Paul's favor it's not even funny.

 

[Scalma]

Not these assholes again.

 

[Scalma]

CP can have all his advanced stats, when the game is on the line I know who I'm going with and that's all that matters tbh.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Taking into account their career arcs, how they are two different kinds of guard, and other aspects, I'd say that, at the end of this season we'll say, "they were equals."

 

[PtldPlatypus]

 

[Wizard Mentor]

Not just talking about head-to-head (which favors Paul) or crunch-time (which favors Lillard), but overall. Paul is a better distributor, defender, ball-handler, and shoots a better percentage. Even last year, in Dame's best season, with Paul on the decline, the advanced stats were so clearly in Paul's favor it's not even funny.

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All true and good points, but..... this is a classic case of "other things being equal" and they're not.

Lillard doesn't have TWO of the most athletic players in history to throw lobs to. Lillard has played for a crappier team, and thus has has way more responsibility that Paul. Also, you point out several important things that Paul is better than Lillard at. There are many things Lillard is better than Paul at, too, including leadership (which is pretty damn important).

Personally, I didn't vote because I don't think the answer is clear cut, but, you know.... F--- Chris Paul.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

I know who I want at point guard at the end of a playoff game we really need to win, and it ain't a floppin crybaby that misses elbow jumpers and turns the ball over when it matters.

 

[Nhawz]

If we're talking about who's better right now. If you were picking a team, who would you choose to be your point guard. I take Dame and the decision is easy.

 

[e_blazer]

The only advanced stats relevant to a decision about who I would choose as my PG between Paul and Lillard are these:

Age: Paul - 31, Lillard - 26

Number of menisci surgically removed: Paul - 1, Lillard - 0