Game Thread GAME# 1: PELICANS @ BLAZERS - OCTOBER 28, 2015 - WEDNESDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), KGW

The Clippers beat the Kings? That's quite an upset. I can see why it's the top story. And Griffin scoring 33...full on hero mode by the unsung Blake Griffin to propel his underdog Clippers to the victory over the juggernaut Kings. The emergence of Blake Griffin as a legit starter/sixth man is definitely something for NBA fans to watch for this season.

 

All of the Blazers players who played last night have legit NBA talent. Whatever bad plays or miscues they had were because of inexperience, not lack of talent. This is a great sign for the future. Other than Dame, and maybe CJ, the only player who is even close to his ceiling is Plumlee.

Let the good times roll.

 

But I was right. Plumlee in foul trouble and Davis was the primary defender. Nothing against Plumlee, but this was not the best matchup for him. Loved his passing though. I think he is a better than almost anyone on the team last year.

 

Its becoming more and more clear that it is by design and encouraged for Plumlee to push the ball up the court when he gets the rebound. Its crazy to see sometimes when you think about Robin Lopez, Oden or Przybilla doing that.

 

plums behind the back/over his head to who was it CJ or aminu? shit was great, you can see dude is just out there having fun.

 

Aminu. Can't remember ever seeing a greater first play of the season than that. Glad it went well or Plumlee may have seen the bench.

One of Plumlee's best values is that they can dump to him in the high post, or he can drive there, then the defense panics to cover him and he can find the open player. Or, if they don't cover him then he can get to the rim. There is a lot of value in that.

 

On a similar note, I really want Meyers to work on faking the 3, putting the ball on the floor and taking it to the hoop. From there he can either stop & pop at the FT line, take it all the way if the defense doesn't close, or hit someone with a nice pass for an open shot/lay-up if the defense does close. We saw him try it from the corner last night (bad spot, didn't go well), and I remember him doing it in the MEM series once. By the end of the season I expect it to be a reliable part of his arsenal, and then he's going to be hell for defenses to deal with.

Ryan Anderson apparently added that to his game. It was great to see that, on a few occasions, we closed out on him and made him put the ball on the floor. But now he's adept at doing that. However, he doesn't have the vision/passing skills that Meyers has.

 

Damn... He put that MF on SKATES....

 

Screw work; I'm going to watch the game again.

 

LOL

 

You came up with all this after only 48 minutes huh?

 

Wow!

 

Our machines are capable of slo mo, but this new XMO cam just makes everything look SO much smoother and better. Unfortunately, because of cost, we will only have it at home, but it looked amazing last night.

 

LOTS of money!

 

Probably the cost of 3 regular HD cameras......plus extra software for my machines to read it and get it out on the air!

 

Best part about the game last night was that I have a new cable box that actually can handle 1080p video and HDMI output. So much better looking.