OT: Blazers @ New Jersey Game Thread

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  1. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    What "big" games has Sergio closed out successfully?
     
    julius, Jan 15, 2009
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    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    This is comedy gold -- signature worthy. :biglaugh::clap::crazy::cheers:
     
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    MARIS61 Real American

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    Lopez completely shut him down. Rendered him useless.
     
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    Smarter? We won. I would have loved to see it, I think it would have been good, when he picked up a foul, and Anderson picked up a foul to work it inside. It would have been good to see. But for every two he gets, or 1.5, roughly, with FTs, he was close to giving up 2 on the other end. And either way, to say it would have been smarter, again, we won. Smarter meaning we win by 12 instead? :dunno: He coached us into a win by going with a lineup that gave the Nets fits, I think.
     
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  5. Nikolokolus

    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Actually this I agree with; he found a lineup that utterly befuddled the Nets defense.
     
    Nikolokolus, Jan 15, 2009
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    Pretty sweet win. Frustrating that Oden had such an invisible game (invisible not just in terms of impact, but apparently to his teammates, too) but that was counter-balanced by Bayless building on his promising games with a breakout! What an awesome game for him...23 points on 8 shots is pretty ridiculous efficiency. He gets to the line at will...very Dwyane Wade-esque.

    I'm convinced. Let Bayless start and play starter minutes in Blake's absence. If this was an aberration and he fails, replace him with Blake when Blake gets back. If he continues to succeed, then let Gehrig replace Pipp permanently.
     
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  7. KingSpeed

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    Dude. The +/- stat means little unless you believe Sergio is better than Roy or that Frye is worlds better than LMA.
     
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    Not to mention that this was against one of the best defensive PG's in the league (and Dooling's no slouch defensively either). I certainly wouldn't be averse to seeing how the Bayless-Roy starting combo functions; at the very least, it would be interesting to how our 1st quarters go.

    However, I also have concerns as to how starting Bayless might affect Oden. If our real point guards can barely get him any looks, will he even touch the ball with Jerryd at the point?
     
    PtldPlatypus, Jan 15, 2009
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    Minstrel Top Of The Pops Global Moderator

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    He does.

    He might.
     
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    Were you born and raised in a hermetically-sealed black hole or something?

    Let KP tell you about one of them:

    Pritchard, and Blazers president Steve Patterson flew to Japan to watch the World Championships. They wanted to support Portland coach Nate McMillian, who was an assistant coach for Team USA, and also wanted to get a look at Sergio's game.

    "What I like best about Sergio is the fact that he's a gamer," said Pritchard. "Against probably the best team in the world, Argentina, Sergio came in and changed the whole game. I just didn't understand in the next game why he didn't even come into the game until the third quarter. But, the kid has confidence. In this league if you have confidence and ability, then you have a chance at success. He's a great kid as well, and I'm even more confident now that he's going to help us, perhaps immediately."

    From Wiki:

    Thought to be one of the best European prospects of his age, Rodr?*guez was named the MVP of the 2004 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, which was held in Zaragoza, Spain, while playing with the Spanish national junior team. He led the host Spanish team to the tournament's gold medal. He averaged in the 8 games of that tournament, 19 points per game, 4.6 rebounds per game, 8.5 assists per game and 2.1 steals per game.

    In August 2006, Rodr?*guez won the gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship while playing with the senior Spanish National Team. He also won the silver medal with Spain's senior national team at the 2007 European Championship.
    [edit] Awards and accomplishments

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    Won the gold medal at the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship 2004
    FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship MVP 2004
    Won the gold medal at the 2006 FIBA World Championship
    Won the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship
     
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    Wow; I missed the 2nd quarter of the game and beyond due to a meeting, but holy shit I saw the highlights on NBA, and it was all New Jersey highlights, I saw Bayless come out of his shoes on a D.Harris fake...wow.

    Nice phatty dunk by Bayless however..


    Also - why didn't Oden play more? I saw him totally stuff Lopez earlier in the game...

    Sergio will still start Saturday, guaranteed. He looked good in the 1st quarter. Bayless however, turned it up late in the game, nice team work there.
     
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    It just requires some chemistry. All of the guards are capable, IMO, and have done it at times. I'm not entirely sure what causes the problem in other games. Sometimes it is that Oden is not showing properly to allow an entry pass, but there have been many times over the season where I've seen him establish himself, show and have his hands up and ready but the ball never goes in.
     
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    Bayless has now played well against two of the best young point guard talents in the league, Derrick Rose and Devin Harris. Establishing himself!
     
    Minstrel, Jan 15, 2009
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    I hate to tell you this, but the world championships don't hold a stick to the NBA. :pimp:
     
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    what do these things have to do with the nba? It's a different game over here
     
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  17. CutTheCheck

    CutTheCheck "BALL DON'T LIE"

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    that's what i was wondering:crazy:
     
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    if you call getting blocked by oden, letting oden score, and then committing 2-3 fouls on oden rendering him useless then i agree.
     
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  19. Nikolokolus

    Nikolokolus There's always next year

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    Don't forget Stuckey
     
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  20. julius

    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Um, none of those really prove that he's closed out games. He's played on teams that played in big games, but it doesn't mean HE'S closed out games successfully. Considering he was rarely, if ever, the starter.
     
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