Game Thread GAME# 63: THUNDER @ BLAZERS - MARCH 3, 2018 - SATURDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), NBCSNW

The Blazers have added the ability to play defense this year. When they go all in on defense they do suffer on the offensive end. They still can play against certain opponents through their offense. But against teams like the TWolves and the Thunder they need to step up on defense. In both of those games they had to win it on both side of the court. The intensity of Zach Collins at the end of the game seemed to rub off on the entire team. Nice to see.

 

It depends on if Nurkic can mentally handle that

 

Personally speaking (And yes i could be way way off) but i don't really think it matters to Stotts who starts the game. He will adjust as he sees fit and the players seem to be fine with that. Nurk was all over Twitter last night giving props to Zach as he has been in the past saying what a beast Ed was.
I think Stotts has this team playing well and as a unit. I think he has got them understanding that each game will be different. He is going to use the rotation that is winning games.

 

I also think as much as Davis and Collins impacted that game. Pat Con had a huge impact on it as well. 3-6 shooting for 6 points, 4 rebs, 2 asst, 1 bk, 2 stls. He was all over the court making plays.

 

So they signed Brewer and he immediately gets 11 mins off the bench.

 

Let's send them a thank you note

 

Yeah the out of bounds was a total makeup call for that awful goaltending call.

 

I think I get what you are saying....but Davis can't really score at any time and Collins is still a rook in the 4th quarter, right?

I thought that was a horrible call as well but it actually ended up being the right call. Talkin Ball slowed that replay down and you see the ball grazed off the very bottom of the the backboard ever so slightly and came back out before Collins then blocked it off the backboard. It was very difficult to see at normal speed but they actually got that one right....even though it was a great play by Zach.

 

Don't make me sign up for Twitter just to follow Nurk

 

I listened to a lot of laker games on my commute home when he was a laker and the broadcast team would say as much.

 

I do not for one second think the morons on talking ball got that right, but whatever makes them sleep at night.

This is where I’d prefer robot refs because humans are garbage.

 

This.
Trade Aminu+ for a SF.
PFs are Zach / Biggie / Ed
Cs are Nurk / Ed / Zach
SFs are [unknown] / Turner / Pat

 

True, but the situation called for those two playing at the end of the game. Ed Davis is an energy guy who provides a spark mid-game, and as encouraging as collins' play was, there's a great chance that he's not gonna play well the next game (inexperience).