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

Guys look, i don't want so Sound like a hater. But this Team/Roster is crap. Our Offense is terrible to watch, we make stupid plays and to many stupid turnovers (a lot unforced). With this Schedule we should have a 8:3 record or 9:2, we can beat Teams Who probably will not make to the playoffs, but that's all. I am not High on nurkic, he is a Foul and turnover machine, has no bball Iq and shots under 50% in the paint. That's really bad for a center. He is not that good as everybody think imo. I would be happy if we can trade him and let Collins play at the Center. He is a smart Player, has more bball Iq, he can shot the 3 and is probably in 2 or 3 years the better rim protector than Nurkic is. I don't want Nurkic here anymore. He sucks, yeah we won some games since he is here, but we need a center who is Playing and not after 1! Fucking Minute on the bench. Dame unfortenatly sucks also from 3 this year. I am really looking Forward to make a cut with this roster cause we are pure mediocre

 

If we not win the next 5 games in a row (Nets, Nuggets, Magic, 2* Kings) i really hope Olshey makes some trades

 

To play devils advocate here, that wasn't a game WINNING shot.

Just saying.

 

You would demand trades on anything less than an 11-5 record? We're not the Warriors.

 

Exactly, you had Ed freakin Davis and Evan Turner going one on one 3 plays in a row to close the game out. The Blazers play like frantic pussies in those situations. Fuck this team.

 

another close game loss, no surprise there... thats not coincidence at all

 

I know that, but look at the Schedule after the All Star Break for example. We need this wins NOW if we gonna make it to the Playoffs.

 

So either a coach who doesn't want to run with an athletic, young roster and not be last in easy, fast break points,

OR

Guards who can't/won't run when there are certainly opportunities to to so,

OR both.

That just doesn't sound very good to me.

 

I don't understand some of you.
Memphis is a tough team that Portland always struggles with and seems to always lose to.
Why some of you think Memphis is a team Portland should beat is beyond me.
The only thing that has held them back since they were up 2-1 on the Warriors in 2015 is health.

I'm high on Portland, but I'm also realistic.
Portland isn't better than Memphis, they're also not worse.
Portland isn't better than OKC, they're also not worse.
Portland isn't better than Milwaukee, they're also not worse.
Portland isn't better than the Raptors, they're also not worse.

The only team I think they should've beat, yet they lost to is the Clippers.
But it took missed free throws(from a guy who lead the league if FT % last year), poor defensive awareness, and a prayer for Portland to lose that game.

The sky is not falling.

 

One thing I was really happy to see last night was Terry benching Nurk. Jusuf was trash all night and was clearly out of it on both ends. Gave him a shot for 3-4 minutes in the fourth and pulled the plug after yet another turnover. Dude needs some tough love. Will be interesting to see how he responds.

 

They weren't calling traveling in the lane all night on either side, so while I see what you're saying. But I don't really think it applies.
I didn't really have an issue with the way the game was called.

The only complaint I can really have is the refs were letting them play all night on loose balls on the floor.
Then Portland gets called for a loose ball foul when the ball is on the floor in the 4th quarter.
If you're going to let players dive on top of Vonleh three times and not call a foul, instead you call jump balls.
You can't then change how you're going to call it in the 4th quarter when a Portland player commits a loose ball foul going after a ball on the floor.
As a referee myself, I don't like the inconsistency as my partner(s) and I strive to call it the same way throughout any game we call.

 

our starters didnt delivered (except CJ), they scored 29 pts combined, but bench delivered 32 pts combined

it all depends how you look at it, we can say Dame & Nurk cost us this game, or we can blame CJ for missing that shot, either way it goes, Im okay with it! but its getting frustrating losing close games, like really frustrating

 

We lost to a good team by 1 point and CJ had a chance to win it at the end. I don't see the need to panic. These kind of games will even out over the course of the season.

 

I agree with Mike on this. I alluded to this at the time of the play that I think he is referring to. When Dame gave the ball to Ed Davis in traffic late in the game it was a turnover waiting to happen. The odds of him making the shot even if he did control the ball were low against Gasol. At best he gets fouled, but do you want him at the line?

Now to be fair Dame made a great pass to Harkless at the basket that resulted in a lay up, but in general I prefer Dame or CJ to shoot in crunch time.

 

Right. When a player isn't playing well, give him some run and then try something else. Apparently that doesn't apply to Harkless.

Also, many of the descriptions is that CJ 'just missed' that last 17' jumper. It wasn't close. It barely drew iron on the way down. It was over a ball width short and from someone like CJ on a basically uncontested shot from that close is missing by a mile.

 

This reminds me of some looks Turner has been giving the last couple games, often after a turnover. It seems like he is mad cuz guys weren't expecting a pass; not sure if he is mad at the guys or at the coach for not practicing it enough.

 

I agree with Barkley when he says great players make their teammates better.

 

Lillard makes everyone around him better, the problem is he's surrounded by guys whose abilities have been maximized.