Game Thread GAME# 36: BLAZERS @ WIZARDS - JANUARY 3, 2020 - FRIDAY, 4:00 PM , NBCSNW

But their gonna win tonight! Corner turned!!!!

 

Last 2 games Melo been shooting well tonight only 8 shots.

 

Good thing there is no strong correlation between assists and winning.

 

Whiteside is playing great. And this is exactly the problem, how do you expect Nurkic to come back and all of sudden all problems will be solved? I highly doubt that Nurkic will be better than Whiteside when he comes back, it's gonna take a lot of Time, injurys are not the problem

 

We had 9 assists at halftime, so we were on track for our average. Shooting 2/13 from three in the second half probably has a lot to do with it, and many of those were open threes.

 

I think they can coexist when Nurk comes back. They can figure out the rest in off season.

 

This is bad...

 

Sorry about your elbow, Lillard; sorry your coach still has you in the game!

 

No Nas? Weird

 

Good bounce back victory!

 

Hassan: “What year we in?”

The first 20/20 of 2020.

 

The best part of the game is that I saw Brooke postgame interview again. I kinda missed her but next game is another L. Oh well

 

Rest Dame next game, we are not beating the Heat anyways

 

Blazers wanted a bounceback after the hungover New Years day NY game. I get it.

 

All wins are good but I wouldn't read to much into it due Wizard are God awful this year. Plus Beal wasn't in the game tonight. McRae add big game against us with 37 points. Plus they hit 11 threes against us so they haven't solve that part of defense.

 

CJ 36 minutes
Dame 34 minutes
Whiteside 33 minutes

against the Wizards playing without: Bradley Beal, John Wall, Isaiah Thomas, Davis Bertrans, Rui Hachimura, Thomas Bryant, CJ Miles, & Moritz Wagner, and that's a team that is clearly tanking right now

I guess Portland is desperate for a win...any win. Sad state of affairs

16 assists on 45 FG's. That will win a game occasionally against a bottom-feeder, but almost never against a good team. Miami & Toront up next...yikes!

 

I smell a streak is coming... 0-2 next two games.

 

since it seems I read one of these non sense posts every time Whiteside has a good game. Here’s how Nurk is better;

Screen setter, elite. Gets his guys cleaner looks.
Facilitator. The playbook expands as the offense can run through him. Makes the offense less predictable.
Pick and roll. Whiteside is slow and lost, Nurk is nimble and a huge weapon.
Defender, is more active in the passing lanes, doesn’t take as many plays off, or is more aware (hard to judge whether it’s effort or IQ)
Bigger Impact on the boards, he is elite in box outs per game, as he was top 5 last year. For comparisons sake, Whiteside isn’t even in the top 30. There’s more to rebounding than just the amount of rebounds a guy gets. Robin Lopez is a prime example.

No offense, but anyone that thinks Whiteside is in Nurks zip code as a basketball player, doesn’t know what the hell he’s talking about. Whiteside has been a good band aid, but he is not Nurkic.

 

We own those scrubs! We did give up 35 points (averages 11.5) to Jordan (don't call me Rodney) McRae so it's not like we locked them down.

 

im not sure this one even counts.

whiteside doing shit tho.