GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ BULLS - DECEMBER 12, 2014 - FRIDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), ESPN & CSN

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Will the Bulls hold the Blazers below 100 points?

Poll closed Dec 13, 2014.

  1. YES

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  2. NO

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  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    S T A R T E R S


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    WHEN: 4:00 PM, FRIDAY, 12/12/2014​


    WHERE: United Center, Chicago, IL​
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    TV BROADCAST:

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    RADIO BROADCAST:
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    BENCH

    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
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    BLAKE , BARTON , CRABBE , FREELAND , KAMAN


    CHICAGO BULLS
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    BROOKS, HINRICH , SNELL , MIROTIC , BAIRSTOW



    INJURIES
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    C.J. McCollum (fractured right index finger): OUT
    BULLS
    Doug McDermott (knee): OUT
    Joakim Noah (ankle): OUT
    Taj Gibson (ankle): PROBABLE
    Pau Gasol (shoulder/chest): PROBABLE




    HEAD COACHES
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    TERRY STOTTS -- TOM THIBODEAU




    :reading:BLAZERS' GAME NOTES ​



    GO BLAZERS!!!​
     
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  2. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Re: GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ BULLS - DECEMBER 12, 2014 - FRIDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), ESPN &

    Blazers @ CHI Game Preview (12/12/14):
    Them: 13-8, 1st in Central Division

    Our Last game: I don't know. Will Smith flashed a red blinky thing at me. OK, fine....

    L @ MIN, 90-82 12/10/14
    Their Last game: W v. BKN 105-80
    Changes to their roster:
    Injury Updates:
    CJ McCollum, Out (finger).
    Dorell Wright (day-to-day), Will Barton (day-to-day)
    Chicago:
    Pau Gasol (sore shoulder) is probable for Friday's game against Portland
    Doug McDermott (sore right knee) will miss Friday's game against Portland
    Joakim Noah (sprained right ankle) will miss Friday's game against Portland

    Matchups:
    PG: Damian Lillard v. Derrick Rose (16.2ppg, 5.1apg, 3.2rpg)
    SG: Wesley Matthews v. Jimmy Butler (21.5ppg, 5.5rpg, 3.4apg)
    SF: Nic Batum v. Mike Dunleavy (10.3ppg, 3.7rpg)
    PF: LaMarcus Aldridge v. Taj Gibson (12.3ppg, 6.2rpg)
    C: Robin Lopez v. Pau Gasol (19.8ppg, 12.2rpg, 2.1apg)

    Give-a-Rip (City) Factor—a.k.a. why you should watch: To get the taste of Wednesday night out of your mouth. To see Rose v. Lillard. To see if the 3-point shot ever comes back. To see how hard LMA bounces back against the likes of Pau Gasol and Taj Gibson.

    Current Power Rankings:

    RipCityTwo (PtldPlatypus): (3) Rose appears to be fully recovered, and was playing well at the end of the preseason. Fully healthy, they should be a force.

    ESPN: (10) If you like to subtract home defeats from road wins, like we do, Chicago is tops in the East as we speak at plus-5. Something tells me, though, that it'd be tough to get Tom Thibodeau to see it that way, with the Bulls just 2-5 at home and D-Rose shooting 40.3 percent from the field when he does play.

    Covers.com (12) It's tough to have the Bulls all the way down here, but I'm guessing a 2-5 (straight up!) home record has to turn around. That's still a pretty small sample size.

    NBA.com Pace: 96.4 (10), OffRtg: 105.0 (12), DefRtg: 102.6 (11), NetRtg: +2.4 (13)
    The Bulls have lost three straight at the United Center, where they'll spend most of the next five weeks. Derrick Rose's new affinity for 3-pointers (which account for 45 percent of his shots) hasn't paid off. He has shot just 30 percent on 3s and has career-low marks (if you don't count last season) in effective field goal percentage and true shooting percentage.

    Link to Grandpa Blaze's Prediction Game
    Link to MediocreMan's Over/Under game

    Links to other team’s site(s): http://www.nba.com/bulls/ Chicago’s NBA page
    Blog-A-Bull

    Final Thoughts: CHI isn't really CHI this year. Yes, Rose is back, and there's the potential for him to go off Rose-style, but he's not shooting well following his knee problems and their vaunted D is 10th in the league in PPG and DRtg. CHI hasn't gelled yet on either offense or defense due to injuries, and with McDermott and Noah out I don't expect that they'll do much better tonight. I don't think POR will have 2 stinkers in a row in them, and with this being ESPN-I-vised I expect that POR's cohesion and bench (really?!?) will bring a needed road W.

    Blazers 105
    CHI 99
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ BULLS - DECEMBER 12, 2014 - FRIDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), ESPN &

    No noah
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ BULLS - DECEMBER 12, 2014 - FRIDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), ESPN &

    Outstanding, Darkwebs.
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ BULLS - DECEMBER 12, 2014 - FRIDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), ESPN &

    Awesome graphics.
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ BULLS - DECEMBER 12, 2014 - FRIDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), ESPN &

    Must win?
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ BULLS - DECEMBER 12, 2014 - FRIDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), ESPN &

    After the Wolves loss I'm not going to make a prediction for this game.

    I, however, will be watching if Denny vanishes like he did a few weeks ago when Portland whooped upon his Bulls.
     
    Fez Hammersticks, Dec 12, 2014
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    Re: GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ BULLS - DECEMBER 12, 2014 - FRIDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), ESPN &

    Hahaha I love that rainbow starting with Matthews and ending on Lillard! Repped!
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ BULLS - DECEMBER 12, 2014 - FRIDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), ESPN &

    Very nice!!! Well done! Outstanding
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ BULLS - DECEMBER 12, 2014 - FRIDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), ESPN &

    Rainbroz, represent!!! Lol
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ BULLS - DECEMBER 12, 2014 - FRIDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), ESPN &

    Top notch work DW.
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ BULLS - DECEMBER 12, 2014 - FRIDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), ESPN &

    Not. Even. Close.
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ BULLS - DECEMBER 12, 2014 - FRIDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), ESPN &

    Appreciate all the praise, guys. Guess that 3 hours I spend working on this thread wasn't for naught. :)
     
    Darkwebs, Dec 12, 2014
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    Re: GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ BULLS - DECEMBER 12, 2014 - FRIDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), ESPN &

    If you only spent 3 hours, there's room to improve. ;)

    Nice work.

    Game preview updated in Post 2.
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ BULLS - DECEMBER 12, 2014 - FRIDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), ESPN &

    Fuck Hubie Brown
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ BULLS - DECEMBER 12, 2014 - FRIDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), ESPN &

    Get ready for "Damin Lillyyard"
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ BULLS - DECEMBER 12, 2014 - FRIDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), ESPN &

    Go Blazers!!!
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ BULLS - DECEMBER 12, 2014 - FRIDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), ESPN &

    We are going to hear Hubie talk the entire game about some play that happened like 5 hours ago
     
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    pretty sure the spotlight in the eyes during the opening tip doesn't help
     
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    Aldridge!
     
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