4 pts 2 rebs 4 fouls Another typical game from G.O. He made his usual bone headed fouls but Nate has got to get him more touches.
I'd love to disagree with this, but I can't. This team was better defensively last season. I think it's time to sit Oden and try Przy in order to stop these brutal starts by the opponent in the pick and roll, and also to waste some fouls protecting the rim when the guard are invariably beaten on the perimeter. I also hope Steve Blake and Martell Webster come back soon.
A very young team at the end of a long road trip just lost to another very young team. I don't get all of the McMillan hate, but I am getting used to it.
Neither Joel nor Greg could get back in time as the pace was too fast. Nate tried to slow it down, but couldn't, and we went down by 20. We can outrun the Okies, but we started way too late.
Oh, and for the life of me I cannot understand why Nate McMillan never uses the pick and roll himself. It's the most effective play in basketball (according to him at least), and he uses it like twice a game. I'm bewildered.
Yeah, that's a real puzzler. Sergio and Joel have it down to perfection and could literally score 45 out of 50 times a game if they ran it. But I guess that would cut into the "Roy iso" attempts or some other bad vibe.
Tough loss in this tight playoff race. But not a killer in my eyes. Thunder have been playing tough, taking teams out and pissed they just let one go to Denver. Blazers are on the end of a road trip and steped right into a snake pit. That isn't to say the Blazers are playing well. They are playing medicore of late (even in that winning streak) and need a big win to get them going (I was hoping it was the Dallas game). I'll say the unpopular though . . . this team misses Blake, especially on the road. For all of Sergio stepping up and driving more and Bayless doing his thing, they miss miss the steadiness and leadership you need from a PG. Blazers need to get healthy (Joel, Martell, Blake, Roy) and they will start clicking in the second half of the season.
LaBron says Nate is a great defensive coach!!! I have to say I disagree after tonight. If Nate needs to sit these guys for not playing D then do it. I don't care if it's Brandon Roy, who should be stepping up and yelling at these guys. This loss is a disgrace.
I know I am overreacting probably, but it really pisses me off that I put so much time and energy into this team and the effort just isn't there..we need to quit looking forward to the all-star break.
The defense improved considerably after the first 24 minutes of the game. Perhaps less Oden and Sergio defending the pick and roll means better defense?
Tough to get into a rhythm when both the coach won't run plays for you and the players won't feed him. 0 shot attempts in 1 half..wow.. we sure know how to use our #1 pick. And no I don't want Durant, Nate would mess him up 2.
Is it too much to ask a physical freak like Oden to crash the offensive boards, protect the rim, and hustle? It's gone from "Greg is going to be a defender and a rebounder" to "he doesn't get enough shots, so it's everybody else's fault". He wasn't drafted for his offense. Durant could have obviously handled that role.
Retribution means nothing at home. We know this team can play at home. They feed off the emotion of the crowd. What this team HASN'T shown, is the ability to consistently win on the road. And again, can anyone explain to me why Nate doesn't use the PNR more often?
If you watched the game though, he was going after every offensive rebound. I can recall at least 5 situations where Oden tapped the ball around but no one was there to help him because they were all jogging back on defense. It's not Oden who's not giving the effort, more like ever one else just chugging along. Pathetic.
