Game Thread GAME# 11: GRIZZLIES @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 7, 2017 - TUESDAY, 7:00 (PST), NBCSNW

He's hit game winners against Philly (home) and Dallas (away) ... and are we going to forget about his back-to-back game saving 3's last season against Detroit at home? Just because he missed this one doesn't mean selective memory gets to take over.

 

CJ taking the shot was fine - my problem is his lack of awareness to not get the second shot up. What a waste.

 

Well as much as our offense sucked and we just made some god awful decisions, looking at you Nurk and Dame, our D has come a LONG ways. We aren't the revolving door to the basket like we were last year, a lot of that has to do with DAme and CJ fighting screens instead of going over and Nurk's big body eating up the paint, but we are playing scrappy and trying a LOT harder on D. Thats what I want to continue seeing the most is the improvement on D.

 

The second unit needs help. Too bad it might have to come from a rookie. That's bad planning on Olsheys part.

 

He's stubborn about changing anything. Ever.

 

Actually, I remember that Detroit game well. After making the two 3’s you mentioned he missed a pull up 14’er at the buzzer that would have won that game too. I’m not down on CJ, but it’s funny you brought that game up. Similar to tonight . . . he makes a bunch of tough ones then misses an easy one (by his standards) at the end. Love that guy but he needs to make the next look he gets like that with the game on the line.

 

If Phoenix buys out Monroe we should be on it. Too bad other playoff teams will be as well.

 

We are not fast break team due to 2 reason either Stotts don't want them to run or both of our guards are more suited in the 1/2 court and not on the break. I think little of both.

 

this.

It is nothing personal and it's not panic. If something does not work, you need to change it. He had his chances here. For me he should be long gonner, cos he makes this team soft. Too soft.

 

It’s weird tho we have some athletic players too. Lillard Harkless Aminu I mean even Nurk can run the floor pretty well.. we should run a lot more idk what’s the problem

I’m not usually down on Stotts but this might be the season that does him in

 

This season is going to do us fans in if they keep this up.

 

Just like CP3, Dame doesn't like to run. He likes to bring the ball up and get a feel of the D before initiating the offense.

 

Hmmmm, wonder who on here made that win prediction?

 

I know a lot get caught up blaming the refs, but it really does normally even itself out. For example, nobody here has mentioned that after Dame hit the one free throw and then CJ drilled that huge 3.......as Dame drove to the rack and lost the ball......as he regained control before passing it out the CJ, he straight took 4, FOUR with an F steps without dribbling! I had at least 6 solid definite looks of the walk. I was screaming in the truck that I couldn't believe they didn't call it. I know you could find plays both ways all night long that go uncalled, but that was a HUGE play and it went unnoticed. Tough loss, on to the next one.

 

Unfortunate loss. Grizzlies are really good though. They're 2-0 vs Houston and 1-0 vs Golden State. They just inexplicably lose to bad teams.

I feel like we really miss Aminu off our bench. And, in this match up , Meyers. Having no bigs that can shoot lets Gasol just camp the paint, and he's way too good defensively to have that.

Good game and hopefully we can start pulling out these close ones vs. good teams.

 

You ain’t lying in fact I even slightly turned away because I thought the travel will be called lol

 

CJ is getting his shot blocked a ton this season. He seems to be releasing the ball a step too late. Hopefully he gets that dialed in.

 

Saw that too. When he drove and got stuck. Looked like steps. In crunch time they seem to let them play though and maybe that was the refs make up for the shitty calls they had. Either way it definitely was steps

 

The word other assumes we are a playoff team. Putting the cart before the horse at this point