Game Thread GAME# 62: BLAZERS @ RAPTORS - MARCH 1, 2019 - FRIDAY, 5:00 PM, ESPN & NBCSNW

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Who should get a majority of Kanter's minutes for this game?

Poll closed Mar 1, 2019.

  1. Meyers Leonard

    8 vote(s)
    14.0%

  2. Zach Collins

    36 vote(s)
    63.2%

  3. Split it evenly between Meyers and Zach

    12 vote(s)
    21.1%

  4. Somebody else

    1 vote(s)
    1.8%
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  1. LuckyShot

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    Especially on the night when Kanter isn't even in the same country.
     
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    andalusian Season - Restarted

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    If someone can make you appreciate kanter's defense...
     
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    Gasol looking spry tonight.

    Got Nurk once too.
     
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    tlongII Legendary Poster

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    @swish3 get your ass in here and defend your boy!
     
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    Blazers need to play Collins over Meyers in the 2nd half after Nurk picks up more fouls
     
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    The problem with the 3rd and crucial foul on Nurk, was that 3-4 players made the exact same move without being called for a foul, i.e J Lin
     
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    it's rinse & repeat: Raptors are going hard at Dame, trying to deny him the ball, drives, and shots; they are allowing CJ space, and CJ is having a good game...but Portland is losing. Several teams have copied the Pelicans template this year and Portland doesn't seem to have an answer
     
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    It's almost as if they don't want you to know what is a foul and what isn't...
     
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    He has less than one turnover per game. That was a turnover because of the move he tried to make, not because he can't dribble. He can handle the ball much better than people think, he's improved a lot in that area this year. Had a great drive earlier this game where he handled the ball really well against contact. People just can't get over the stigma.
     
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    It was immediate too...2 in the first 3 minutes...then he comes back in...immediate foul...they don't want him playing.
     
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    If he's that determined to not play Collins why not just go really small?
     
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    It'd help if we had a center that wasn't scared of going to the rim offensively. And defense is where we're really struggling right now.
     
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    The ref whining is magnificent
     
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    8 years into Terry Porter's career, Hubie was calling him Kevin Porter
     
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    Difference is Lin isn't 290 pounds of man meat crashing into someone.

    Sometimes you have to accept what the refs are doing in a game and adjust. Because if you don't you will just lose. Yeah, it's not fair, but if you want to win the game you must do it.
     
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    I'm not sure Terry gives a shit, honestly. His belief in his system is absolute. Even continuous playoff losses it's obvious, he'd rather fail with what he knows than lose with what he doesn't.
     
    ripcityboy, Mar 1, 2019
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    Yeah, if the refs are going to let you just foul the shit out of Dame and not hardly call anything it's a no brainer of a strategy.
     
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    People who can be beat off the dribble by Marc Gasol should not be on an NBA court.
     
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    Don't really have the players available to affectively go with Aminu at Center.

    I don't know what he has against Zach. I would've tried Meyers against Gasol too, but after about 3-5 minutes it was time to try Zach.
     
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  20. Chris Craig

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    With Kanter wed have the lead
     
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