Game Thread GAME# 44: BLAZERS @ HEAT - MARCH 25, 2021 - THURSDAY, 4:30, TNT & NBCSNW

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Whom do you like best on TNT's Inside the NBA show?

Poll closed Mar 30, 2021.

  1. Charles Barkley

    29 vote(s)
    72.5%

  2. Ernie Johnson

    2 vote(s)
    5.0%

  3. Shaquille O'Neal

    3 vote(s)
    7.5%

  4. Kenny Smith

    6 vote(s)
    15.0%
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  1. KSF-ERIC

    KSF-ERIC Well-Known Member

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    Ariza -23
     
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    Bball easily the most punishing sport for the fan.
     
    bobf, Mar 25, 2021
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    You can feel the lack of joy when the team wins in here from people who so badly want to be mad at Stotts or Olshey or Kanter or anyone in a blazer uniform. For the 100th time I’m ok if they fire everyone. But spoelstra lost at home to us. Nurse’s team is awful. They have as many all stars as Portland. Brad Steven’s team is .500. If they fired Stotts tomorrow the entire rest of the NBA/fans/coaches would be shocked. In Portland people are shocked he is still coaching. It’s funny.
     
    calvin natt, Mar 25, 2021
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    KSF-ERIC Well-Known Member

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    If we lost all our games, the teams we played would have better records and thus, our schedule would be stronger.
     
    KSF-ERIC, Mar 25, 2021
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    KSF-ERIC Well-Known Member

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    Exactly.
     
    KSF-ERIC, Mar 25, 2021
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    tlongII Legendary Poster

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    Terrific win! All the CJ haters can suck it!
     
    tlongII, Mar 25, 2021
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    I wasn't impressed.

    I'm told because we don't pass we are easy to defend, Dame is still struggling, and they still gave up 125.
     
    Tince, Mar 25, 2021
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    Blazers find a way to survive in Miami and squeeze out a victory. The Blazers Uprise Postgame Show will talk about the game and wrap up today's trade deadline. Come chat hoops with us:
     
    hoopsjock, Mar 25, 2021
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    KSF-ERIC Well-Known Member

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    Have always loved him
     
    KSF-ERIC, Mar 25, 2021
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    KSF-ERIC Well-Known Member

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    Good win but CJ missed his last 6 threes.
     
    KSF-ERIC, Mar 25, 2021
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    Amen... great road win!
     
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    Cugel The epitome of mediocrity

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    I heard some pundit on Sirius NBA saying it's not inconceivable for Stotts to be COTY seeing where the team is and all the injuries. The grass is always greener I guess
     
    Cugel, Mar 25, 2021
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    Doesn’t matter. CJ was our primary scorer for the first 3 quarters.
     
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    Agreed. The problem is Dame. He needs to take off. If you can not beat orlando without vucevic i don’t know what to say
     
    Serbian, Mar 25, 2021
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    Pretty sure he denied Dame a game winning 3 though.
     
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    it's a function of expectations and the way we win. How many of these close games have been downright fluky, or because Dame goes supernova? does this look sustainable to you? Right now, with the way we play, i doubt we will win a single playoff game. Nearly every metric predicts this.

    And once again, we win on a last second FT by Dame after a game where we let a team missing its 3 of its 4 best players drop an easy 120 points on us.

    You want me to celebrate tonight and ignore the obvious?
     
    illmatic99, Mar 25, 2021
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    Enjoyed that game.
    Another win on the road!
    Looking at the schedule i did not have them winning this game or next.
     
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    That wouldn’t necessarily save his job George Karl and Dwayne Casey were fired immediately after winning COTY. Mike Brown was fired soon after he won too.
     
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    I'm betting it won't take a bunch of coaxing.
     
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    Me too.
     
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