ROCKETS @ BLAZERS - GAME THREAD - 11/05/13, 7:00 PM, TUESDAY

Holy Cow!, Never thought I would see the day that we lose because we don't have Freeland.

 

The way the refs coddle Harden is very reminiscent of Kobe.

 

Right? I was thinking the same, but it's true. There was a reason he was a 1st round pick after all lol

 

I'm really curious to see how CJ will do. Think he can really help us.

 

Geez! I am glad I don't feel like we lost Durant.

 

Fuckin' shitty game. That's all I've got.

 

Huh.. look at us agreeing...

 

Yep.

the night Roy scored 52, he was treated that way. There was a few weeks there where Roy got sent to the line everytime he penetrated.

 

It's never going to be even, but the most disgusting thing is how predictable it is which way the calls are going to go night in and night out.

Maybe it's because I'm young and can't remember much before 1990, but I swear Stern has had out out for PA and the Blazers ever since the Chris Dudley thing. I think that whole deal really pissed him off and put PA on his shit list. And the whole small market thing.

 

This was Joel Freelands most impressive game.

 

Badly-officiated, but the game was even till Leonard entered in the 2nd quarter. He did it again--when an opponent drives and dunks, he steps away, bends over to protect himself, and squints his eyes closed to shield them. His face looks afraid and his body is doubled up.

This is one reason I say it must be his contacts.

 

Just got back from the game, and i think live, you really appreciate just how much of a piece of shit (as a bball player) Myers is.

 

It certainly was his loudest statement.

 

I wonder what Meyers did in workouts to convince our scouts to draft him. I remember hearing the impressive stories of Ha Sung Jin doing the splits so I'll assume its something similar. Definitely wasn't in a game of basketball.

 

They put him up against a wall and measured 7'0"

 

Probably pure athleticism. Looking back Zeller was probably the guy to go for. He had a low ceiling but was polished at least.

 

I'm still not sure what pissed me off more tonight at the Moda Center:

1. Our horrific free throw shooting.
2. The ridiculous officiating by the three blind mice
3. Meyers Leonard. Everything about Meyers Leonard.
4. Trying to get the crowd to chant 'Mick-eee-dees' while down 16.

Seriously, the only personnel move the Blazers need to make before firing whoever it was that said to draft Leonard is to fire Todd and the rest of his lame game-ops squad.

 

No they put him up against Tyler Zeller. Who is close to a wall himself.

 

Here are some observations of mine:

1. The officiating was poor on both sides, but the amount of ticky tack horsesh!t that was called against anyone guarding Harden was atrocious. They were calling fouls before he had even dribbled the ball.

2. Mo Williams should not be taking the ball up past half court when he is in "hero ball" mode, and we should be getting entry passes to LA in the post. We were down single digits midway through the 4th, go to your all-star not someone who's going to take off balance long two point shots(4 seconds into the shot clock no less).

3. Meyers Leonard is useless defensively, and I just really don't believe that's something that we will see develope. He doesn't have the mindset, nor the physicality to bang down low with the big guys at the NBA level. My opinion is that the niche he'll have to carve out is a center with a nice shooting touch who can spread the floor. Having said that, this team has plenty of shooters which puts him at the bottom of the list when it comes to getting him shots in the offense, even playing with other subs.

4. I don't feel we doubled Howard enough, as he faced a lot of 1 on 1 possessions on the low block. I would've liked to see him have to deal with double teams and pass out, which would have inadvertently reduced the foul issue we had.

5. If you're going to lose to the Rockets, make someone not named Howard/Harden beat you. I would like to see the guards cut under the picks in PnR situations. If they're going to beat you with 3 pointers, so be it. That's a loss I could handle, but letting them shove it down our throat with their two stars doing whatever they wanted, is unacceptable. Make Parsons, Beverly, Asik, and Garcia beat you.

6. How many times do you have to see the same thing before you adjust? Harden came off something like 147 picks that let him float to the top of the key for an easy jumper. The guard got lost in the pick, the big didn't commit to rotating out and contesting the shot, and the results were an all-star taking glorified free throws over and over.