Game Thread 2022-23 Game #53 - BLAZERS @ BULLS - FEBRUARY 4, 2023 - SATURDAY - 5:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

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  1. blazerfan11

    blazerfan11 Well-Known Member

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    It was like the beginning of many games.
     
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    Maybe we win 2 home games against the Bucks and Warriors lol
     
  3. blazerfan11

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    It would be fine if the Blazers had a 68% winning record at home like the Mavericks.
    But they don't. It's only 56 percent.
    That difference has to be made up somehow.
     
  4. MickZagger

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    I mean it’s fine. But our problems are a little deeper than this game alone.
     
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    No question he needs to at least be replaced. Not having a center other than Drew isn’t going to work.
    Not sure I want Nurk back though. He simply isn’t that valuable as you say.
     
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    Second half they took 21 ft’s to the blazers 6. Not only did the discrepancy even put in the second half they ended the game with 4 more free throws.
     
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    There are two sides to that coin though. The reason why we need to hit all of our shots in order to win is because we can't stop anybody and when we get stops we don't get enough rebounds after. I don't think we need better shooters, we need better defenders.
     
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    We do. We need more length. It’s been a problem for 10+ years. Also a true PG off our bench to facilitate the offense.

    Look at Olshay’s history. In love with undersized guards
     
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  9. MickZagger

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    You don’t get to the line much when you rely so much on the jumper
     
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    Yeah nobody questions his talent. It’s his heart.
     
  11. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Just pulled up to the plane. Heading home…. Before I read this gem of a game thread….. let me guess, somebody is blaming the refs for our loss tonight.
     
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    People were complaining about the officiating but I don't think anyone had the delusion that it was the refs fault we lost. Our team lost that game. By our team I mean the Blazers and not the Lakers (didn't want that to be confusing).
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Nah, my pinwheel tattoo reminds me daily.
     
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    We don’t really like Scott Foster but at least it was called even for the most part?
     
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    so you're saying rebounding and defense?

    isn't it funny how teams with better length are generally better at rebounding and defense?
     
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    I blame Terry Scott’s @THE HCP
     
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    no it wasn't called evenly

    Blazers had a 16-2 first half edge in FT's. The officials looked at that at halftime and made adjustments, and one of the adjustments was to give the Bulls the benefit of the doubt on both ends of the floor. That's how the Bulls had a 23-6 edge in FT's in the 2nd half

    now you can look at the FT totals for the two teams and say "look, it was pretty even". But the reality is that the officials changed how they called the game at halftime and it favored the bump & grind defense the Bulls were playing.

    that's not to say that was the main reason, or only reason, the Bulls won. But it was just more headwind a team playing a B2B and 3rd in 4 nights was facing. Good officiating wouldn't have 'needed' a big adjustment at halftime. it would have remained consistent. This was not good officiating.
     
  18. riverman

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    fuck Scott Foster! I like your new avatar ...finally I can take you off ignore again!
     
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    In the second half we would drive into a defender with contact, no call. Immediately on the other end of the court the exact same level of contact and a whistle.
     
  20. UKRAINEFAN

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    I think they out rebounded us quite a bit in the second half also. I think it was about even at halftime but they ended with 8 more than us. Shot 60%, how did we only lose by 8?
     

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