Game Thread GAME# 41: MAVERICKS @ BLAZERS - MARCH 19, 2021 - FRIDAY, 7:00, NBATV & NBCSNW

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Which Blazer do you predict will make one of the All-Defensive teams this season?

Poll closed Mar 25, 2021.

  1. Covington

    19 vote(s)
    44.2%

  2. Jones Jr

    2 vote(s)
    4.7%

  3. Lillard

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  4. Little

    1 vote(s)
    2.3%

  5. Trent Jr

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  6. Other

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  7. None

    24 vote(s)
    55.8%
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  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Tiebreaker against Dallas secured! This is just one win, but it might have playoff seeding implications when at season's end, so it's actual impact may be bigger.
     
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    Darkwebs, Mar 19, 2021
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    The Blazers always plays defense the last 5 minutes lol
     
    DDolla, Mar 19, 2021
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    Wow great win
     
    AldoTrapani, Mar 19, 2021
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Who is this and what have you done with Aldo?
     
    SlyPokerDog, Mar 19, 2021
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    Hood made two 3s but they were huge momentum shifters. Christ, if Trent can find his shot again, the offense is stacked.
     
    Cugel, Mar 19, 2021
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    it's really crazy how much attention teams pay to Dame. CJ was able to walk into 3 open three's tonight because the Mavs were all over Dame. Trent and RoCo had open three's because 2 Mavs were shadowing Dame. Melo had one too

    I guess all that chatter about Lillard being the most "feared" player in the NBA is true. He's certainly feared by other coaches
     
    wizenheimer, Mar 19, 2021
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    CJ's improvement IS sustainable. Waiting for all you guys who doubted to acknowledge it now.

    this makes us scary. just need ONE more piece who we can count on on defense
     
    illmatic99, Mar 19, 2021
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    OneSport3 The Knowledge Hoarder

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    RoCo is living up to the expectations and has been amazing the last month or so. DJJ has been great as well. His jumper is looking good too.

    Once again, RoCo/DJJ >>>>>>> Aminu/Harkless
     
    OneSport3, Mar 19, 2021
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    Might be the best, most-complete game the Blazers have played all season. I'm probably forgetting one. It's got to be right up there, though. Just in terms of consistent play, ball movement, contributions from throughout the lineup, and, especially smart play and clutch play toward the end.

    I thought we played outstanding defensively tonight. Yeah, people can point to the Mavs scoring 119 and their 3-point shooting percentage, but, you know what, fundamentally, we were very good, very active, our switched were good, we made Doncic work for shots, we forced 12 turnovers. There weren't a lot of absurd uncontested shots that I can recall Dallas getting. They made tough shots, and they are capable of that.

    On a given night, the way the Mavs plays tonight would have beaten a lot of good NBA teams. They barely led in this game and we won by two possessions.

    Really happy with what I saw. Makes me very excited to see what happens when Nurk comes back and we have a guy who can erase shots near the rim and someone backup center is trying to handle Enes. Very promising. Let's keep this up.
     
    PCmor7, Mar 19, 2021
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    Btw... Melo scores 18+ = Blazers Win
     
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    Nice win. Let's beat them again on Sunday. When we started this six game stretch with Minny, I said four wins would be good and we got our fourth tonight and that's with a loss against Minny. So this next game is icing but I want icing. GO BLAZERS!!!
     
    blazerkor, Mar 19, 2021
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    Mavs choked their lead against Portland so it evens out
     
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    42N8Bounce Red Hot And Rebuilding

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    Blazers now at a season high 9 games over 500.

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    Lets string a few more Ws together!
     
    42N8Bounce, Mar 19, 2021
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    Another nice win.
    They performed well on the B2B
    Gotta figure Dallas was ready for that game.
     
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    good thing the Blazers won tonight

    Spurs - Jazz - Nuggets - Suns - Warriors all won too. The only Blazer rival that lost was Dallas
     
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    are you saying this game is the way CJ will play for the rest of the season?
     
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    it's the way he HAS been playing all yr.

    guessing you're gonna come up with another nonsense way to trash him now.
     
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    Congrats Coach ....
     
    DDolla, Mar 19, 2021
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    did we just win the title? ???Fuckin stotts
     
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