GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ WOLVES - 12/18/13, WED, 5 PM (PST), CSNNW

Damian Lillard will be pissed.

 

I think he was just so ineffective against Pek.

 

Would Pop have asked his tired (4 games in a 5 night road trip) guys to try to come back from that deficit, or would he have used it as a teaching opportunity to groom his bench players? Injuries happen when guys are tired. We had 4 starters with 39-42 minutes. For what? Riding our horses that hard in the second half made no sense.

 

Man... if there was ANYONE else hitting tonight, it would have been a better game. Nic was cold, LA was cold, Wes was cold. Not a good combo. Lillard seems to have his best games when everyone else is flat because he steps up his game to try to make up for the others.

 

He looked quite tired to me, probably from his MVP level play and playing in his fourth game in 5 nights. You are such a downer.

 

Not sure I'm following the logic here...

 

Sucks losing to the Wolves although the starters made it look more respectable at the end, it was the ugliest 1st half of ball this season. Lillard is making a statement with his end game fearlessness out there. We'll get them in Portland next time! Go Blazers!

 

I would love to face these guys in the first round...

 

Game 2: Minn will play @GS the night before they play @Port (Blazers will have had 2 days rest)

Game 3: Minn will play @NO the night before they play Port at home (Blazer will play Indy the night before)

Game 4: Minn will play @Utah the night before they play @Portland (Blazers will have a day off)

Schedules matter. Definitely played a role tonight. Get home boys!

 

I hear ya, but the team has two days off until the next game and then 4 game until their next game after that, but I hear ya.

 

Minnesota has to be in the playoff for that to occur.

 

I would have played the 3rd string for the whole second half after watching the first half but I guess that's why I get so many coaching offers from the NBA..gotta admit, I feel better after they closed the gap.

 

You can tell by the comment that it's not even worth explaining it to them. lol

 

Queue all the negative nancy threads after a 3-1 road trip where we played 3 playoff teams in 5 nights, while destroying the non-playoff team

 

And I'll admit that there is always a psychological component to sports. In this case, the big comeback tells the team to never quit.

 

This is the 3rd time they've beat the Blazers .......in 24 tries.

 

And we had to spot them 32 points in this one. lol

 

If a player gets traded during a game you can't play him for the rest of the game right? Playing Robinson only 4 minutes makes zero sense. I just don't understand this. I mean is he really that bad of a player? I don't think so.

 

A rusty CJ will be a massive upgrade over Mo.