Suns @ Blazers game thread

[Jayps15]

Just a dominant stretch by Oden, so much to look forward to this season.

 

[Boise Blazer]

This is killing me. This game sounds fun.

 

[crowTrobot]

And 3 blocks.

and only 1 PF

 

[BlazerCaravan]

This is killing me. This game sounds fun.

And in the third quarter, Schonz and The Wild One!

 

[hasoos]

Looks like 3 guys decided to show the coach that they wanted to start tonight.

 

[mgb]

And 3 blocks.

Wow, I didn't even notice the blocks. And only 1 foul. Gotta love that!

 

[hasoos]

I would normally be completely stoked beyond belief if a Blazer center had the stats Oden has now, for a whole game, let alone one half.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Miller as starting point = 5 assists in a half = Greg 14 pts on 7-8 shooting, LaMarcus 13 pts on 6-11 shooting ... I'm not saying, but just saying ...

 

[Ed O]

The starting lineup to nite is what I'd like us to go with.

Me, too. Glad to see them playing well together. (At least offensively; the Suns are right behind them, so maybe they're NOT playing that well...)

Ed O.

 

[blazerboy30]

Oden with a +/- of -1, the worst of all the starters.

Trade the bum for Sergio!

 

[B-Roy]

Webster sounds very impressive as well.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Me, too. Glad to see them playing well together. (At least offensively; the Suns are right behind them, so maybe they're NOT playing that well...)

Ed O.

They're shooting 53% on threes ... not exactly a bankable number (then again maybe we're not closing out on shooters -- if only I could see).

 

[Entity]

Miller as starting point = 5 assists in a half = Greg 14 pts on 7-8 shooting, LaMarcus 13 pts on 6-11 shooting ... I'm not saying, but just saying ...

Webby with 10 pts on 4-7. And some guy named Roy.

 

[Boise Blazer]

Miller as starting point = 5 assists in a half = Greg 14 pts on 7-8 shooting, LaMarcus 13 pts on 6-11 shooting ... I'm not saying, but just saying ...

I'll say it then, "Enough of this bullshit! It's obvious who needs to be starting. Miller. With Oden."

 

[crowTrobot]

Me, too. Glad to see them playing well together. (At least offensively; the Suns are right behind them, so maybe they're NOT playing that well...)

Ed O.

suns are +18 in 3P scoring, only reason it's close.

 

[Boise Blazer]

Webby with 10 pts and 4 rebs. And some guy named Roy.

Kinda scary that they are playing this well offensively with Roy still sounding out of sync.

 

[Boise Blazer]

suns are +18 in 3P scoring, only reason it's close.

You would think that with the interior defenders that we have that the 3 pointer is the one shot we would take away from a team like the Suns.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

The 'RipCity' uni's aren't that bad looking.

 

[hasoos]

Miller as starting point = 5 assists in a half = Greg 14 pts on 7-8 shooting, LaMarcus 13 pts on 6-11 shooting ... I'm not saying, but just saying ...

Winning is built from inside the paint to the outside. Not from jacking 3's.

 

[illmatic99]

From Casey:

Gotta admit. They don't look as bad as I had imagined.

 

[mgb]

suns are +18 in 3P scoring, only reason it's close.

Plus we have twice the TOs, 10 to 5. 5 from the starters and 5 from the bench with Blake leading with 3 TOs.

 

[Eastoff]

I'm starting to think if we try to run every fast break opportunity, miller can be the initiator. But if it's slow we can still have Roy take the ball. Any thoughts on this idea/rule of thumb?

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Winning is built from inside the paint to the outside. Not from jacking 3's.

A certain amount of winning can be had by jacking up 3's, to be sure... but you're absolutely right in that success is an inside-out game at heart.

 

[BBert]

Winning is built from inside the paint to the outside. Not from jacking 3's.

Absolutely. Greg Oden is the key to our championship hopes. Andre Miller knows it. Mr. Roy needs to get used to it.

 

[Nikolokolus]

You would think that with the interior defenders that we have that the 3 pointer is the one shot we would take away from a team like the Suns.

Except EVERYBODY on that team takes threes.

 

[noknobs]

Kinda scary that they are playing this well offensively with Roy still sounding out of sync.

He hasn't sounded nearly as out of sync as he did the last game. Which isn't saying a whole lot I guess.

Outside of Outlaw, our deep bench has two points.

 

[mgb]

From Casey:

Gotta admit. They don't look as bad as I had imagined.

Ya, I kind of like them.

 

[B-Roy]

From Casey:

Gotta admit. They don't look as bad as I had imagined.

You're right.

They look worse.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

It may just be me, but the feel of this game just fees more... classic. I think it's the transmitters from the MC -- not as good as the Rose Garden equipment, tuned for AM radio. It seems to impart a warm, homey feel to me.

I'm absolutely loving this. I just wish my settings on Audio Hijack (yeah, I'm recording the game) had been a little better at the beginning of the game; I've been tweaking them over halftime so The Schonz sounds good!

Go Blazers! You guys sound great!

 

[Nikolokolus]

I'm starting to think if we try to run every fast break opportunity, miller can be the initiator. But if it's slow we can still have Roy take the ball. Any thoughts on this idea/rule of thumb?

They'll get it sorted, it's just going to take time for this thing to gel completely ... but yeah that's probably one way to do it. Frankly I think Brandon is going to start adjusting to Miller's faster pace (to a degree) and will hopefully start figuring out that there are some easier opportunities there for him with Miller on the court.