Game Thread SEEDING GAME# 5: CLIPPERS @ BLAZERS - AUGUST 8, 2020 - SATURDAY, 10:00AM, TNT & NBCSNW

Well he posted the tweet, and it was Shit Bayless' usual diss on Dame.

 

Dame missed FTs hurt, but what lost us the game was stagnant offense that wasn't prepared to beat the trap, and constant defensive switching. I'm sure you guys know who I blame for that shit.

 

I’m going to watch tomorrow’s game with a Blazers win and Dame putting up 50 points

 

How many close in to the hoop, did Zman & Nurk miss? At least 5-6 I saw.

 

"Trap? What's that?"

-Terry Stotts

 

He’s had six years to address the “Dame trap” and has done nothing at all. If that doesn’t tell you how inept Stotts is, I don’t know what to tell you.

 

Disappointing. Right up to the missed free throws I was totally sure Blazers would win.

 

lol, actually been married for almost 38 years and never been divorced. Comparing a Blazers loss to an alcoholic wife makes zero sense, but whatever works for you. Nobody has said they don;t want the team to improve and that has nothing to do with what I read from some fans who said seasons over, we're fucked or blow it up. No doubt it was a tough loss, but it was only ONE loss. Some of the comments in this thread have been ridiculous but typical when the Blazers lose and the comments I am talking about had ZERO to do with wanting to improve the team.

 

I was mad that we lost and I never said Fuck the Blazers and then claim I am the biggest fan. In fact, that thought would never even enter into my mind.

 

About what I expected in here. There’s a reason I stay out of game threads, especially after a really bad loss.

 

Yep, game threads are typically some of the worst reactions from posters, sometimes even when we win, but definitely when we lose.

 

The agony of defeat...
I played a lot of competitive sports in the day and even up to mid 50's with fp softball. Yep, after every big loss especially guys got pissed off/down, for a short time, then players began to pick each other up, along with coaches to go into the next game feeling positive and confident. I don't expect the Blazers to cry in their beer to long, to use an old timers phrase.

 

People are more emotional during games. What a surprise then that game threads are more emotional.

news at 11

 

I’m confused. You’re saying that we lose in the series we lose in? What about the first and second round WINS?

 

“We”? Do you have part ownership of the team? Are you a player or a member of the coaching or support staff? Didn’t think so. So stop telling other posters how they should feel or what an appropriate reaction to a win or loss is. You wanna act like things are rosy and no changes need to be made - fine, that’s your prerogative... but don’t tell others how to feel.

 

He knows everything about the Blazers and lives and dies even preseason games.

 

Self Control under pressure helps.

 

I'm saying that if Portland wants to actually advance further then one 2nd round win in the last 20 years they might need to set a new course

I'm also saying that bowing out of the playoffs over the last 4 years with a 1-16 record in those series sucks a ton of donkey balls and indicates that the roster needs some major fucking work. They have played the Warriors 3 times in the playoffs and the only game they won was when Curry was out 4 years ago. Even a single win last season would have at least shown a little progression, but they couldn't even generate that. And the Warriors, just like the Pelicans, were doing the same thing they did 4 years ago and that's blanket Dame daring anybody else to beat them. Blazers still have no answer to that strategy, and it's a big reason why the Clipper bench won the game today

 

I’m pretty sure every Blazer fan was pissed off in a major way by that loss. I know I used a few choice words. That said, it came down to a bad break on a made 3 point shot on a broken play by the Clips, and some uncharacteristically un-clutch end of game play by Dame. It happens. Decisions about changes to the roster or coaching can’t happen until after the season so what’s the point of arguing about it now?