Game Thread SEEDING GAME# 1: GRIZZLIES VS BLAZERS - JULY 31, 2020 - FRIDAY, 1:00 PM, NBCSNW & NBATV

[BigGameDamian]

Trent Jr. 6th man of the year?

 

[Road Ratt]

great first half by Gary Trent

 

[Titan]

Trent balling from three

 

[DDolla]

30 FTs in the first half LMAO!!!!!

 

[Shaboid]

Atta boy Trent! 13 in the first half. Good spark off the bench. That's exactly what we need.

 

[Chris Craig]

Memphis 30 free throws at half time

Portland 15

19 personal fouls on Portland

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Finally Dame three

Of course, I had to reset the damn modem right then!

 

[Cugel]

CJ sucks...oh wait

 

[blazerkor]

I love Gary Trent more than Simons

Yeah, I love GTJ and I don't even love Ant. I hope some other GM in the league thinks Ant is what Olshey was saying he was, so we can trade him for something we can use.

 

[chris_in_pdx]

Great first half. Nurk and Zach look great. No much rust.

 

[riverman]

Gary Trent is so much like a young healthy Wes Mathews

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

Atta boy Trent! 13 in the first half. Good spark off the bench. That's exactly what we need.

Yeh, who said Memphis had a better bench? Hezonja pretty good also, Whiteside not...

 

[Haakzilla]

...Hassan just adjusting to new role, hope they keep him engaged and locked in!

 

[chris_in_pdx]

Is Whiteside pouting because he's not a starter? Not a lot of energy out there.

 

[riverman]

...Hassan just adjusting to new role, hope they keep him engaged and locked in!

He's getting some really questionable fouls called on him...the whole team is but Hassan is getting hosed by refs

 

[illmatic99]

Dillon Brooks has quite possibly the ugliest jumpshot this side of Shawn Marion. That first three going in for him was the best thing that could happen to us. Keep him chucking

 

[blazerkor]

I don't know why we haven't seen the Dame/Nurk pick and roll yet. I know CJ is balling out and so is Melo but I still think that we could set that play up and it would be money.

 

[Shaboid]

Yeh, who said Memphis had a better bench? Hezonja pretty good also, Whiteside not...

Mario has surprised me today too. I think he is kind of inconsistent, but glad he's showed up decent for this game at least.

 

[riverman]

I don't know what we haven't seen the Dame/Nurk pick and roll yet. I know CJ is balling out and so is Melo but I still think that we could set that play up and it would be money.

Dame has almost always been a second half scorer

 

[Haakzilla]

I don't know why we haven't seen the Dame/Nurk pick and roll yet. I know CJ is balling out and so is Melo but I still think that we could set that play up and it would be money.

...no need to play a "trump" card if not necessary

 

[DDolla]

When Dame heats up and takes over, it will bye bye Memphis.

 

[Haakzilla]

IF the free throw discrepancy was evened out the Blazers would be up by 20+

 

[GrandpaBlaze]

I expected more out of Whiteside considering he is playing for a contract. Right now, he seems disengaged and listless. I'd rather see Wenyon at this point than Hassan.

 

[wizenheimer]

lots and lots of whistles, although I think Portland is actually committing those fouls

kind of reminds me of Pat Riley teams in NY and Miami..."foul on every play and they won't call them all"

Blazers have the depth to perhaps pull it off and it sure looks like it's taken Memphis out of rhythm.

 

[AldoTrapani]

Is Whiteside pouting because he's not a starter? Not a lot of energy out there.

Yea definitely. He’s not happy. Dude can’t even get easy rebounds

 

[Almir]

Its still good. Memphis is in the game mostly thanks to Refs and their whistles...

We can keep the lead, now Dame time is coming, hope to see some pick and roll by Dame/Nurk... CJ isnt going to play that with Nurk obviously...

Lets finish this...

 

[bobf]

Nice lead, but a lot to be desired. Dame - good but pretty rusty. CJ great, made many tough key shots - that's why he's a keeper despite what many say. Nurk lovvvvvvve his D savvy. Jusif Nurkic boom boom, boom boom boom. - needs to finish better. Hassan - missed to0 many key rebounds. GT awesome! Should be playing a ton of minutes . Hezonja playing ok for him but he's complete garbage - who makes a that moronic behind the back pass when you can just secure the ball. Zach - not much to be said. Melo - played hard and made some shots. Ant - no play, probably shouldn't be playing. Nas - probably should be playing instead of Hezonja.

 

[illmatic99]

I expected more out of Whiteside considering he is playing for a contract. Right now, he seems disengaged and listless. I'd rather see Wenyon at this point than Hassan.

He’s been disengaged most of the season. Just exacerbated in his current bench role

 

[TBpup]

Nice lead, but a lot to be desired. Dame - good but pretty rusty. CJ great, made many tough key shots - that's why he's a keeper despite what many say. Nurk lovvvvvvve his D savvy. Jusif Nurkic boom boom, boom boom boom. - needs to finish better. Hassan - missed to0 many key rebounds. GT awesome! Should be playing a ton of minutes . Hezonja playing ok for him but he's complete garbage - who makes a that moronic behind the back pass when you can just secure the ball. Zach - not much to be said. Ant - probably shouldn't be playing. Nas - probably should be playing instead of Hezonja.

Mario has 8 points on 2 FGAs and is a +11. For tonight, he has been 'good' Mario.

 

[RR7]

He’s been disengaged most of the season. Just exacerbated in his current bench role

I think the biggest part of it is, prior to this, he looked meh, good on occassion, but was backed up by...?? nobody. So in comparison, he was ok. Now, we see what Nurk looks like, and the HUGE contrast between Nurk and WHiteside makes his lazy play more obvious.