Game Thread EARLY/MORNING GAME! GAME# 22: BLAZERS @ KNICKS - FEBRUARY 6, 2021 - SATURDAY, 10:00, NBCSNW

@AldoTrapani I take it back man. Dame had 29 points on 20 shots and had 9 assists. He's totally the Melo of point guards.

 

We lost the game in the 2nd quarter. The bench came is and gave up the lead. Plus Trent started hot, then never saw the ball in the second and then forced it . OH yeah the Knicks out rebounded the Blazers.

 

We lost, on the road to an 11-13 team, to end a 6 game road trip, as underdogs, down CJ, Nurk, Collins, with other guys playing through injuries and minute restrictions? Oh the humanity!

 

Blazers suffer a bad loss in New York to finish off their long road trip. We'll break down why we keep having let downs like this following games that should build momentum. Join us for the Blazers Uprise Post Game Show:

 

Hello, Blazer fans, look at your team, now back to preseason roster, now back at your team, now back to the presason roster. Sadly, your team isn’t the preseason team, but if the current team stopped using ladies scented body wash and switched to Old Spice or on defense, he could smell like he’s Clyde Drexler and Terry Porter. Look down, back up, where are you? You’re on a court with the team your team could play like. What’s in your hand, back at me. I have it, it’s an oyster with two tickets to the NBA Finals. Look again, the tickets are now championship rings. Anything is possible when your team smells like Old Spice and not a 32-year-old Eastern European small forward. I’m on a horse.

 

Bad loss? We were the underdogs! Don't let facts get in the way of your narrative my friend!

Have fun spinning a short-handed 3-3 road trip as a negative!

 

He really needs to work on the other end of the court. His defense is bad. Other teams search him out. If he could even become a mediocre on that end it would really help.

 

Seeding is THE problem. Facing LAL in round 1 is death.

 

Oh yeah, and we played at 10 a.m. Pacific time. That definitely screws you up, too.

 

you're a Pavlovian Parrot...somebody mentions Dame and you go negative. It's either "Dame sucks because___" or "trade Dame so he can win a championship"

 

Playing the Lakers in any round is probably death. I mean, I don't know what to tell you, going to the championship goes through them or someone who beat them.

 

It’s interesting that each starter had either 20 or 10 field goal attempts.

 

Melo has as TS% of 0.508 and an offensive BPM of -1.6. Dame has a TS% of 0.631 and an offensive BPM if +7.2. In other words when Dame tries to take over he’s efficient. Melo is not. What in the world are you talking about.

 

Didn't you forget "matador defense"?

 

Thank you, thank you. I'll be here all week, which is just a few more hours.

 

...good to read! Thanks, that is promising-- Knicks do have one of the best defenses in the league (allegedly)

 

To be fair, they made some shots I wouldn't normally count on them making either, but our defense contributes to that regularly, so I didn't mention it before.

 

Yes they were and it appears if anything, they should have been favored by more. Vegas doesn't make spreads based off records. It appears the majority of the betting public agreed.