Blazers @ Knicks 2/2/2008 Game Thread

Wow, another gutsy win! This team is too young to be this good in the 4th.

Oden should be nice and fresh for tomorrow...

 

There is no such thing as an ugly loss
-HCP

 

I actually thought we got a lot of favorable non-calls down the stretch. There were several plays where it seemed like we fouled and it wasn't called.

 

Yes there is. Example of ugly loss = loss at GSW.

 

HAHAHAHA!! I suck!

Yeah I didn't mean to call him a pig, that's for sure! Good defense and some nice shots down the stretch there.

 

It went both ways. I felt like Roy would get hammered, no call, and then NY would drive downcourt, get fouled, and a makeup non-call.

 

Wow, watching ESPNews...they tease the Portland-New York highlights with "And coming up, going to Broadway...where the high-flying Knicks throw down with the Portland Trailblazers" with a montage of assorted Knicks highlights from the season.

Considering Portland is the far better team, is considered the far more talented team for the future and won the game, that's pretty absurd.

 

You know how Stern pushes the sports entertainment angle with the league? I truly believe that NBA refs won't let the home team get blown out. It's totally predictable that if the road team jumps out to an early lead, some of their better players will get into foul trouble and allow the home team back in. It's bad business for the customers to leave upset. The road club just needs to hang around until the 4th. Thats when it's winning time. The customers haven't had their favorite club embarrassed and the calls seem to even out.

So to answer your question, yes I got the same feeling.

STOMP

 

ESPN is a slave to the big markets, no matter how pathetic their teams may be.

 

Btw, we wouldn't have been able to 'turn it on' if Roy hadn't kept us in the game in the first place. Roy is my MVP!

 

Greg plays scared. He's even second guessing himself on dunks! It's a little concerning.

Przybilla should be starting.

 

all national media is a slave to whatever generates the most viewers and that will probably never be a small market West coast team. It's not a matter of being fair, it's about money

STOMP

 

Good solid, persevering road win for the guys tonight. I've been trying to figure it out all night but still can't figure out how the hell David Lee played circles around our boy Greg!?!?!?

 

Holy crap, you get down on anyone who has a bad game, and you get down on them FAST. The difference between Joel and Oden tonight was minutes....and two missed dunks. Oden played perfectly fine.

IMO, Batum had a more questionable appearance than Oden did, but it's fine, it's only one game.

I can't wait to see what happens when Roy has a down game.

 

I can point to any stats, but I think that shows just big of a market NY is . . .

 

I do agree Joel is playing better then Oden but I also think Oden is playing better. I think if the Blazers are ever going to be a championship team we need Oden to be playing at a high level and we need to play Oden as much as possible. So, I would start Oden and bring Joel off the bench. We still are winning with Oden starting and I don't think starting Joel will really help us win anymore games.

 

Greg played fine. 7 boards and 2 blocked shots in 19 minutes.

 

People playing scared don't get 2 blocks, 7 boards and 0 turnovers in 19 minutes. Greg Blew some point blank jams, so he clearly didn't have a good offensive night, but I thought he looked OK. I have a feeling Nate knew things could get way out of hand playing rat ball and so he inserted his 7'1" veteran in there to take control of the paint; someone who wouldn't get confused by D'Antoni's voodoo ball, and I think he made the right call.