Game Thread GAME# 36: SUNS @ BLAZERS - MARCH 11, 2021 - THURSDAY, 7:00, NBCSNW

I hope you are 100% right.

 

I presume if the Blazers stay in this game and have a chance to win in the end it will most likely have more to do with cOacHInG.

 

I honestly hope we see Dame pull up from half court at least twice in this game. If the guy can start hitting at 50% from out there when left alone, it will stretch opposing defenses in a ridiculous way. Imagine if a team had the luxury of their half court sets taking up literally half of the court instead of just a third of the court.

Jeff Van Gundy crazy rule change: Put two more lines on the floor parallel with the half court line but like five feet on either side of it and make those the knew lines for back court violations, giving teams another five feet to operate their offenses in.

 

i think the league has reached its max threshold for rules that support the offense. scoring has become so easy nowadays. need to reel a bit that back the other way now-- not to the levels of the 90s or early 00s obviously, but things like bringing back some semblance of handchecking, or doing away with Trae Young fouls, etc could help with the balance.

like this shit needs to go

 

If I was an opposing team Id let dame take as many 40 footers he wants.

 

So, game time is coming. Is CJ playing?

 

Guess not.

 

I think they should let the game get more physical again but that doesn't mean they can't stretch the court a little. Yeah there should be hand checking. That doesn't solve the fact that if you are hand checking or on someone's hip and they stop on a dime and go up for a shot, that's going to be a foul. If someone is driving to the hole and you're chasing them and they put on the breaks causing you to run them over, that's going to be a foul. The fact is, more contact should be allowed especially when trying to get position. More flopping fines and less calls for flopping should happen. Definitely less fouls should be considered flagrant. So I'm with all of that. Let the defenders play D but make the game more exciting by stretching the court.

 

Even if he shoots at a 40% clip?

 

Law of averages on numbers the more he shoots from that distance his % would go down and becomes more one dimensional.

 

Is this game being canceled? Bovada pulled it from betting.

 

make them shooting zones. If you sink a shot from that 5' zone on your side of the court, it's 4 points. If you sink a shot from behind mid-court it's 6 points

also, strobe lights

 

Does this really mean Harry is on the shelf bc of trade considerations? Seems like I really never saw anything bad during a game. Perhaps practice injury?

 

I really want to see us handle this Suns team and come out of the break strong! Go Blazers!

 

Goooooooo Blazerssssss!!

 

Yes that was sweet. Dame gave Steph a the first chance to close out the All Star game from deep. Steph wussed out, took a 3 from Dame’s midrange and missed. Then Dame showed him how it’s done with a real Logo shot! Nice of Steph to pre-celebrate though. Classic Dame.

 

Yikes we’re gray