Game Thread GAME# 31: BLAZERS @ PELICANS - DECEMBER 23, 2015 - WEDNESDAY, 5:00 PM (PST), KGW

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Which team has been the most disappointing this year? You may select two.

Poll closed Dec 29, 2015.

  1. Washington Wizards

    5 vote(s)
    19.2%

  2. Milwaukee Bucks

    7 vote(s)
    26.9%

  3. New Orleans Pelicans

    18 vote(s)
    69.2%

  4. Sacramento Kings

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  5. Portland Trail Blazers

    2 vote(s)
    7.7%

  6. Houston Rockets

    13 vote(s)
    50.0%

  7. Brooklyn Nets

    1 vote(s)
    3.8%
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  1. jlprk

    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    To pass the time, the N.O. commentators are talking about tonight's other games, and this week's Pelican games. They say that Will Barton had 23 points in the 1st half (did I hear that right) but was shut down when Jrue Holliday got serious on him.

    Makes me wonder which of our lousy subs will break out with other teams as soon as we let them
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    7 quick 3pt shots and we're right back in it!

    Oops...

    Make that 8 quick 3pt shots.

    Go Blazers!
     
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    pretty shot by Plumdog
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    To ratchet up the pressure on McCollum and Stotts to give McCollum a lot of minutes at PG, Olshey didn't give Lillard a good sub. So now we pay.
     
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    Pat should go pitch and make some cheese
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    Montero gets in and did he make the shot? Connie in with Frazier, Vonleh, and Leonard.
     
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    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    Oi fruddle duds.
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    Leonard makes one and brings us up to only 25 down with 4 minutes left.
     
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    base bal will be verry verry good to me...says Pat
     
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    Leonard backs in the big defender and turns around and puts in the 10-footer! He's been told to practice that move in garbage time.
     
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    DUB Da, da da, da dah!

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    MyLe is pretty good at posting up at the free throw line.

    I wonder what he'd be like on the low post?

    Stotts seems determined to not let us find out.
     
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    Back in 1971, Mel Counts had played for a different team every year. He was 7-0, probably 6-10 by today's standards, and was a purely garbage time player. When the coach put him in, the crowd would always start laughing. This was the official announcement that we were in garbage time.

    Leonard suddenly making all his shots reminds me of Counts, a tall white guy.
     
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    RipCityDSCPL Could be worse, at least it's not Lonzo.

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    Tourettes acting up?
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    Montero makes 2 FTs then Connie puts in an 18-footer after a slow fake. Not bad.
     
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    Will had a similar game against the Lakers last night.

    Will came off of the bench and scored 18 points in the first quarter. He had 22 points three minutes into the second quarter. Then the Lakers decided to guard Will and he finished the game with 25 points.
     
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    The Pelicans were trying the whole 2nd half to not run away with the game and embarrass us and make us mad. They paced themselves well. Gracious winners.
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    He's good at passing, but his teammates miss, so he goes sullen. He wants to be a playmaker like Batum but without the unnecessary dribbling. So his passes surprise teammates, not preceded by dribbling warning them of the coming pass.
     
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    I think I'd like to see Montero as our back-up PG. There's some potential there, whereas there really isn't with Frazier.
     
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  19. jlprk

    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    That is probably the game they were talking about. I barely heard them in passing while I was typing.
     
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    Not that it would make a difference, but I'd love to know what our defensive gameplan is when it comes to playing high screen and roll. I was critical last year that our bigs backed off all the time and gave up open 3s, but I chalked it up to playing RoLo and LA, who weren't agile from side to side. I thought getting Plumlee and Davis to go with Leonard would allow us to blitz the ballhandler more, take some of the initiative out of the offense's hands, don't let them dictate things. But we seem to get perpetually caught in no man's land now.

    It's mostly Leonard, and for a while I thought it was just that he is so passive at everything that he just has no confidence going out and forcing 6-3 guys to try to drive by a 7-1 guy. But as I watch more and more, it's everyone of our bigs.

    IMO, when you are playing undersized bigs, play to their strength ... use their agility. Of course sometimes our small guards are going to get caught with a bad matchup, but I'd rather take my chances with that than just giving up and letting the other team do whatever they want.
     
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