Game Thread GAME# 39: PELICANS @ BLAZERS - MARCH 16, 2021 - TUESDAY, 7:00, TNT & NBCSNW

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Whose broadcast do you usually prefer?

Poll closed Mar 21, 2021.

  1. Blazers

    16 vote(s)
    41.0%

  2. ESPN

    3 vote(s)
    7.7%

  3. NBATV

    1 vote(s)
    2.6%

  4. Opposing team

    4 vote(s)
    10.3%

  5. TNT

    15 vote(s)
    38.5%
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  1. James lamphear

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    Really pathetic all round basketball that half. There really isn't no positive in the half. How a coach can keep his composer watch that is something wrong.
     
    James lamphear, Mar 16, 2021
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    Dude gets the same wide open corner three twice on one possession after already hitting three in the quarter. We are so dumb.
     
    BlazerBeav, Mar 16, 2021
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    this was predictable. 0 preparation. 0 attention to detail. what's the point of the coach
     
    illmatic99, Mar 16, 2021
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  4. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    When a guy who is shooting 30% from 3 is killing you from 3, FUCKING CHANGE YOUR DEFENSE.

    For fucks sake. It's clear that the team isn't going to improve their defense until they actually play defense.
     
    julius, Mar 16, 2021
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    you can say this literally every game.
     
    Scalma, Mar 16, 2021
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    Any adjustments we make are so minimal you'd barely notice them. Same thing, game-in, game-out, half-in, half-out, quarter-in, quarter-out.
     
    PCmor7, Mar 16, 2021
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    Where does our 3pt defense rank this year? Got to be last or close to it, right?

    Feels like we're down way more than 14. Not sure if that's a good or bad thing.
     
    Tince, Mar 16, 2021
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    I'm so fucking mad that we have someone as good as Damian Lillard and Terry Stotts is just fucking over his prime. PLEASE get this fraud of a coach as far away from fucking Portland as possible. Im SOOOOO done.
     
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    Terrible effort at home. No energy in the first half.

    But, hey CJ made two threes
     
    Chris Craig, Mar 16, 2021
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    Ingram is high as shit
     
    Chris Craig, Mar 16, 2021
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    well we went into the zone. it gave up 4 wide open threes
     
    illmatic99, Mar 16, 2021
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    On the bright side at least this is happening during CJ's first game back so no one is lulled into thinking he was the answer to our woes.
     
    MadeFromDust, Mar 16, 2021
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  14. James lamphear

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    What motion you got guards pounding the ball or dribbling around 30 feet out trying find a whole in defense trying to get to the hoop.
     
    James lamphear, Mar 16, 2021
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    why do you not see that this is teaching/coaching/accountability? how the hell do you still defend stotts and post shit like this
     
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    It’s coaching. It’s always been coaching. I only care about trades because it’ll distract me for a day cuz In reality it won’t matter.
     
    Scalma, Mar 16, 2021
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    I read someone say a reason not to shit can Stotts was that "name a team that went on to win the title when they fired a coach mid-season".

    The best response is "the team isn't winning the title this year anyways. Might as well fix it now"
     
    julius, Mar 16, 2021
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    I wasn't defending this, I was posting a tweet that was critical of Stotts/Portland's defense. I can't do anything right!

    Note to self: Do not use data, do not post tweets that are critical of Stotts.
     
    Tince, Mar 16, 2021
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    See Torey...you should be celebrating losing games...that's what gets a coach fired...you're wasting your emotions...what you want to happen will probably happen quicker if you lose more games...winning is not going to get the coach fired....
     
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    We know the Pelicans can score, though, and we know our defense isn't good. But the Pels don't play any defense, and yet we've turned the ball over 8 times and can't make the open shots we have.

    We already had the obligatory once-per-game RoCo WTH pass when he's throwing an outlet to Kanter at halfcourt. Then DJJ has a brain freeze and misses Dame in the backcourt after a good defensive play -- that turns into a 3 for NO.

    But the play that really stood out to me was the time the Pelicans had a miscommunication and had 3 defenders on the pick-and-roll 27 feet from the basket and the best shot we could get with a 3-on-2 was Covington pulling up for a 3 high on the wing where it can be rushed because the out-of-position defenders didn't have far to recover. Of course, he bricked it.
     
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