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Just want to point out LA shot a lot of jump shots last night. He also missed a whole lot of them. Maybe he should consider moving closer to the rim just saying.

I would also like to thank LA, Wes, and the new kid CJ on their turnovers 4, 4, and 5 respectively totally made up for Durant losing 8 trying to do too much on offense.

But most of all I would like to thank the Bench especially Earl Watson and Meyers Leonard for showing us all why this team will suck in the playoffs without a deadline move.

Not even the refs could make up for shooting 37.4% tonight.

Oh well moving on.
 
cmeese47 said:
Just want to point out LA shot a lot of jump shots last night. He also missed a whole lot of them. Maybe he should consider moving closer to the rim just saying.

I would also like to thank LA, Wes, and the new kid CJ on their turnovers 4, 4, and 5 respectively totally made up for Durant losing 8 trying to do too much on offense.

But most of all I would like to thank the Bench especially Earl Watson and Meyers Leonard for showing us all why this team will suck in the playoffs without a deadline move.

Not even the refs could make up for shooting 37.4% tonight.

Oh well moving on.
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I thought it was actually one of the best reffed games I've seen in a while. They let a lot go on both sides.

I'm just wondering if the starters are finally getting run down. Everyone seems to be shooting much worse than the start of the season.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I thought it was actually one of the best reffed games I've seen in a while. They let a lot go on both sides.

I'm just wondering if the starters are finally getting run down. Everyone seems to be shooting much worse than the start of the season.
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I missed last night's game so I was mostly referring to the +15 free throw discrepancy.
 
cmeese47 said:
I missed last night's game so I was mostly referring to the +15 free throw discrepancy.
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Well, the Thunder had at least three or four technicals, so that's one thing. They were pissed because the refs weren't sucking their respective dongs all night, so they started throwing a tantrum.
 
I'm hoping this is just a midseason lull. He'll get it back when the games begin to mean more. We forget that he's still a second year player
 
Sinobas said:
Oh are you fucking serious? He shot 5-22.
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In PapaG's world LA can do no wrong 22% from the field is a great night cause he posted 12 rebounds and a +5.

He also had 4 TO and on 2 FTA's on a night in which from the looks of it we were getting calls.

Then again maybe he has not associated the fact that 19 foot jump shots rarely result in free throws.
 
yuyuza1 said:
I'm hoping this is just a midseason lull. He'll get it back when the games begin to mean more. We forget that he's still a second year player
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Lillard was not really the problem tonight sure his shot was not falling especially from deep but his +5 lead the team, he has 7 assists to only 1 turnover and Reggie Jackson only went 7-19 leaving their match up pretty much a draw.

I blame Earl Watson and Meyers Leonard.
 
Just to nitpick here, but Dame guarded Jackson for maybe two possessions all game. He was on Thabo. Meyers was actually not horrible. He made a few mistakes on D but he looked ok. As did Earl.

What we were lacking were Dame's killer shots and LA hitting even one FG in the second half. I know coaches believe in their stars a lot but tonight, he should have used LA as a decoy in the fourth. I've never seen him as ice cold as he was last night.
 
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yuyuza1 said:
Just to nitpick here, but Dame guarded Jackson for maybe two possessions all game. He was on Thabo.
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He defended him towards the end of the game. Jackson definitely blew up as soon as we switched Nic off him. I know Earl took a turn guarding Jackson, but I think it was mostly Dame at the end when Jackson became a real problem.
 
Natebishop3 said:
He defended him towards the end of the game. Jackson definitely blew up as soon as we switched Nic off him. I know Earl took a turn guarding Jackson, but I think it was mostly Dame at the end when Jackson became a real problem.
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Real problem? Jackson went 1-3 in the 4th and had two FTA when the Blazers were forced to foul after LA missed the game winner.
 
cmeese47 said:
Real problem? Jackson went 1-3 in the 4th and had two FTA when the Blazers were forced to foul after LA missed the game winner.
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He did his damage at the end of the third when the switch happened. 6-9 and 3 baskets right at the rim.
 
BlazerCaravan said:
And it still didn't get OKC the lead. Big deal. This game was not lost in the third.
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The game was lost because nobody could hit a shot :lol:

It sucks because Dame was having a really good game in the first half. 15 points and 6 or 7 assists I think. He just went completely ice cold in the second half.
 
Natebishop3 said:
The game was lost because nobody could hit a shot :lol:

It sucks because Dame was having a really good game in the first half. 15 points and 6 or 7 assists I think. He just went completely ice cold in the second half.
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agree, just like Indy it was "ours to win or lose" and we lost it, simply awful shooting and we were still right there
 
Blazinaway said:
agree, just like Indy it was "ours to win or lose" and we lost it, simply awful shooting and we were still right there
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For some reason, we went from being a team that was very good in the second half, to a team that is now horrible in the second half.

It has to be fatigue. Our starters have been looking very good in the first half... and then just a huge dropoff.
 
Natebishop3 said:
For some reason, we went from being a team that was very good in the second half, to a team that is now horrible in the second half.

It has to be fatigue. Our starters have been looking very good in the first half... and then just a huge dropoff.
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But this can't be a surprise. Stotts has ridden the starters hard since the beginning of the season and it was only a matter of time before they wore down. He can say he doesn't have a bench but at the same time, they haven't really had much of a chance to develop and get better.

Every year Pop finds some scrub and turns him into a gem by playing him all season long so by the end of the year, the kid has confidence and is contributing. Stotts seems to think he will just ride the starters for 40-42 minutes in the playoffs after wearing them out all season long. Just doesn't make much sense.

They have lost a little swagger but that comes a lot from scheduling. In the first couple of months, they played a ton of games against the East and almost every playoff team was at home. Now those Eastern games have gone away and they are playing playoff teams on the road much more often and real contenders are stepping up in the 2nd half of the season as they tend to do almost every year.

:matrix:
 
Shooter said:
So true. And that's the half that counts. :)
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Yup. We blew a 10 point half-time lead. I think it's cumulative though. I think our starters are just exhausted. We saw the same thing last season. We need a damn bench. It's not Neil's fault that Wright and Mo have turned out so badly, but something must be done.
 
TBpup said:
But this can't be a surprise. Stotts has ridden the starters hard since the beginning of the season and it was only a matter of time before they wore down. He can say he doesn't have a bench but at the same time, they haven't really had much of a chance to develop and get better.

Every year Pop finds some scrub and turns him into a gem by playing him all season long so by the end of the year, the kid has confidence and is contributing. Stotts seems to think he will just ride the starters for 40-42 minutes in the playoffs after wearing them out all season long. Just doesn't make much sense.

They have lost a little swagger but that comes a lot from scheduling. In the first couple of months, they played a ton of games against the East and almost every playoff team was at home. Now those Eastern games have gone away and they are playing playoff teams on the road much more often and real contenders are stepping up in the 2nd half of the season as they tend to do almost every year.

:matrix:
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Great post and something I've been trying to tell people on Blazersedge for a while now, but the homerism is absolutely insane over there. This is not a shooting funk and the fatigue will only get worse as the seasons goes on which doesn't bode well for our jump shooting offense.
 
That's some nice analysis, refuted only by the facts. Nobody on the team averages more than 37 minutes a game.
 
The swag is gone? The Blazers played the top two teams in the league, Indiana and the Thunder, in the past week. They lost both games, but could have won each if a single shot had gone their way. In neither game has their most experienced player off the bench been available. In last night's game, LMA shot less than 25%, and how often is that going to happen? Yeah, put me on the list of those not jumping off the bandwagon.
 
e_blazer said:
The swag is gone? The Blazers played the top two teams in the league, Indiana and the Thunder, in the past week. They lost both games, but could have won each if a single shot had gone their way. In neither game has their most experienced player off the bench been available. In last night's game, LMA shot less than 25%, and how often is that going to happen? Yeah, put me on the list of those not jumping off the bandwagon.
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Oops....This was supposed to be a reply to Blazer Caravan's post.

Nimber of starters in the top 40 of Avg minutes played

OKC - 1
SAS - 0
LAC - 2
HOU - 3
GS - 3
IND - 2
MIA - 1
POR - 4
 
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Natebishop3 said:
For some reason, we went from being a team that was very good in the second half, to a team that is now horrible in the second half.

It has to be fatigue. Our starters have been looking very good in the first half... and then just a huge dropoff.
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I agree. And the season is only half over.
 
BBert said:
I agree. And the season is only half over.
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Guys are banged up. Guys look tired. I don't see this changing, and possibly only getting worse.

I really hope Neil makes a trade.
 
ppilot said:
Great post and something I've been trying to tell people on Blazersedge for a while now, but the homerism is absolutely insane over there. This is not a shooting funk and the fatigue will only get worse as the seasons goes on which doesn't bode well for our jump shooting offense.
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you're onto something here
 
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