New Jersey vs Portland - November 21, 2007

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<p align="center"><font face="Verdana">November 31, 2007 @ 10:00pm EST
Rose Garden, Portland, OR
YES ,
Sopcast: http://myp2p.eu/NBA </font></p>
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<p align="center"><font face="Verdana" color="#0b355e">New Jersey Nets
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<p align="center"><font color="#e04b38"><font face="Verdana">Portland Trailblazers
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<h4 align="center"><font face="Verdana">Projected Starters</font></h4>
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<font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#0b355e">PG Jason Kidd SG Antoine Wright

</font><font size="2" face="Verdana" color="#0b355e">SF Richard Jefferson PF Malik Allen C Jason Collins
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<font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><font color="#e04b38">PG Steve Blake SG Brandon Roy

SF Martell Webster PF LaMarcus Aldridge C Channing Frye</font>
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<h4><font face="Verdana">Key Matchup: <font color="#0b355e">Interior Defense</font> v <font color="#e04b38">Points in the Paint</font></font></h4>


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The Trailblazers have their fair share of young, energetic bigmen who can score. It&rsquo;ll be up the Nets bigmen to clamp down the paint to keep Portland out of this game. While the Nets have been playing anything but good basketball, Portland will not be able to exploit all of their weaknesses; no Trailblazer will garner a double team. If Sean can limit his silly fouls, and Magloire can finally be an enforcer, they can take away one of their major strengths. font></font></p>
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<font face="Verdana">This is a winnable game for the Nets. Even if they have a quarter meltdown, as long as its not the 4th they&rsquo;ll have the ability to win an ugly game. That&rsquo;s still a big if, however. I would expect the Trailblazers to give the Nets the same difficulty they had playing the Hawks: youthful energy. One difference: the Nets had Vince against Atlanta. </font></p>


<font size="4" face="Verdana"><font color="#0b355e">75 </font>- <font color="#e04b38">82</font></font></p>
Still, F-Portland. Seriously.</td>
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Interesting stat:</p>

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Portland @ home = 4-0</p>

Portland on the roard = 0-7</p>

 

Honestly, if Vince is back and wecan't pull a win out in this game, we might as well trade Kidd for Kwaaaaaame.</p>

 

Vince practiced with the team, but I haven't heard any news of him starting. If he does I'll update the rig</p>

 

Gonna be the first game I've watched in a week.</p>

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All the games I have missed have been losses. Correlation?! </p>

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Anyways, I hope for a healthy return of Carter and a beatdown of these rooks!</p>

 

I'll post the secret link before the game time ;-)</p>

Will Magloire still start ? Hopefully Frank doesn't lose the faith on him.</p>

Vince Carter, Come back ! Hurry up !</p>

 

I hope we win this game, with or without VC. game starts at 10 pm on YES

 

ha yeah, just as I come back east, the game gets pushed back 2 hours (relative my time).</p>

 

hey, welcome back over here!

 

Man Im afraid that if VC doesnt play, Brandon Roy may really hurt us if he heats up. We dont have a similar *just add water* scorer without vince. Man RJ cant score 45ppg! Step up you bums!</p>

 

Wright would let Roy taste the bitter by the defense.</p>

 

Malik Allen and Collins are starting up front...Malik has been playing terribly and Collins is Collins, hopefully Vince will play</p>

 

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Malik Allen and Collins are starting up front...Malik has been playing terribly and Collins is Collins, hopefully Vince will play</p>

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Fire lawrence frank!!!!!</p>

 

Malik sucks. How is he still on the team?</p>

 

Why the hell are Malik and Collins starting? Is this team going to switch starters each game?</p>

P.S. I hope Vincent plays</p>

 

They too f*ckin' slow.</p>

 

I think Vince will give it a go tonight. And I don't get why Sean Williams isn't starting, especially against the youth the Blazers have up front. Very athletic.</p>

 

UUGGGGGGHHHHH.

 

I guess Frank thinks Collins is going to slow someone down</p>

 

HOly JEEBus I am jet-lagged. Or maybe just tired. Anyway it was awesome to drive out of Newark airport, roll down the window, and smell 'industry.'</p>

So Malik and Collins are starting? Grim. Let me go fix that regardless...</p>