Game Thread GAME# 76: CELTICS @ BLAZERS - MARCH 31, 2016 - THURSDAY, 7:00 PM (PDT), CSNNW

Hey who's that cbs writer on twitter (grizzlies fan I think)? That dude is so salty about Portland being good he still driving that stupid narrative that the blazers making the playoffs will set them back. Hahaha I love it.

Edit: his twitter handle is hpbasketball.

 

Dame and CJ are averaging 48.2 ppg in Blazer wins this year. They combined for a season low 29 points against SAC last game (blow out win), and only 31 points tonight.

Although its frustrating to see them struggle to score, it is nice to see the team find other options to score and pull out the wins.

Lets hope that Dame and CJ get into a good shooting rhythm when the playoffs start! If not, it's nice to know others can step up.....

 

I think you meant to type hcpbasketball.

 

I unfollowed him early in the season. Dude is a douche. Every Blazers-related tweet seemed to have a negative tinge to it, and he'd always downplay us when we went through our good stretches.

 

Very good win. I was freaking out when we got down double digits and I scared my co-workers yelling at my computer when that blocked shot ended up being a Celtics' 3.

Boston is such a tough matchup for the Blazers. So I am extremely happy tonight.

 

He's just a salty grizzlies fan who knows the game is passing him and his team by lolol

 

I like this guy -

He continues to impress me with his versatility and hustle.

 

I'm here. You know how I feel. But hey the playoffs looks like a lock at the point hopefully it's worth it and we go far

 

You guys all ganging up on Tunchi need to take of the Rose tinted glasses for a while.
Lillard has played like utter garbage lately. Poor shot selection, terrible, apathetic defense - ill-advised passing.

Tunchi is telling what he sees - and I see it too.
Dames a great guy, and a great player - but he's not infallible.
He's played his guts out and probably needs a game or two off for rest before the play-offs.

 

hopefully these king of games will reinforce to Dame that he can trust his team mates and when he is off or has someone guarding him like Avery he does not have to force things, that was a great win

 

The only way this teams win is playing as a team. Dame has to trust his team mates there so many superstar doesn't trust his team mates Lebron and Kobe in his prime don't trust there team mates. The spurs win championship for the simple they play the right way as a team. I know why I mention the spurs boo boo on me. First of all I am blazer fan but I also basketball fan.

 

Best win of the season!!!!!

 

The question is will a pick outside the top 10 (but still in the lottery) make the Blazers go any farther? Do we need a another young athletic wing who has potential but can not shoot, we already have that in Harkless. (Plus we have Crabbe and Montero)

What young PF in the draft is better than Vonleh? Part of me wants to participate in the lottery, but it's hard to get to excited about this draft. Yes there is the possibility that we could get lucky with our draft pick. but i think we can get just as lucky with players who don't get drafted. There seems to be a few every year that excel. And there is only so many roster spots available for young developing players to sit and learn on the end of a bench.

 

Me after that dunk:

 

They've been overused so much this year they might be damaged goods at this point. All the talk about rest the last week is stupid. They have accumulated fatigue that won't go away easily. Rest and pacing players needs to happen throughout the season not in one or two games at the end of the season. Hopefully its a lesson we can learn next season. It's been a constant theme of Stotts coaching tenure here that his big minute starters are completely gassed by the end of the season and ineffective.

 

This post could have been relevant; 2 months ago.

 

When he stops predicting losses at the beginning of games I'll take him off ignore...this isn't Tunchi just calling what he sees...he's been doom and gloom since before the allstar break and when Dame has great games he disappears...I can now follow a game thread without constant whining...it's not rose colored glasses...it's about having a positive game experience for me...when he stops ganging up on Blazer players...not only Dame..I'll see your point, until then..I solved the Debbie Downer syndrome.