GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ NETS - 11/18/13, MONDAY, 4:30 PM (PST)

Yeah I was impressed. Even the stadium from inside and out looks top notch

 

Tat arena is super dope and looks like a spaceship!

 

I really dig the cor-ten siding.

 

Fez, that building is gorgeous. And they just started a project on the back side. They are building apartments on top of it!

 

Kidd doesn't look like he knows what he's doing. He just sits there while Lawrence Frank runs the show. The Rushke owner is an idiot for that hire.

 

Just watched the replay, great win.

Wow, I've never seen a team get ass-fucked by refs like we do and I already knew we won so I was as biased as normal, just watching in disbelief at many of the calls.

Loved the energy from Freeland and TRob, and the relentless effort from LMA to withstand the hot start by Garnett and eventually wear him down and punk their whole front line.

 

Portland is doing what they are supposed to do and beating teams they should, so absolute kudos to them.

I hope they can do it against good teams as well.

 

You saw the San Antonio game right?

 

like the spurs?

 

that was hilarious

 

Yes I did. Congrats on zeroing in on the lone good team so far on our schedule.

You saw the games against

Phoenix
Denver
Sacramento
Sacramento
Detroit
Phoenix
Boston
Toronto
Brooklyn

Right?

Our wins have come against teams with a combined winning % of .406. 7 of the 9 teams have a winning % of .400 or lower.

I am not slamming the team, I am simply pointing out that our schedule has been ridiculously easy so far.

That being said, they are winning the games they should be winning

 

No, you do what you always do: find something negative to say in a sea of positives when our team has won 7 straight.

Edit: And that "lone good team" went to the finals last year.

 

Which is awesome. However, neglecting the fact that our schedule has been what it has been is ignorant.

 

Don't want to get all emotional or anything, but we played 3 b2b games and 6 road games. Regardless if the teams are below .500, winning on the road isn't easy.

 

Mags, I agree with you. All road games are difficult, and Portland has played well. Would you agree with me that some road and home games, however, are harder than others?

 

Of course. But winning in BK on a back to back after being down the whole 1st half is impressive. Deron Williams (the guy who started Linsanity) or not I still think we would have won.

Now say something nice for a change.

 

Brook Lopez didn't play either.

I have been saying nice things. i am just looking at it in a more realistic window, IMO.

 

100% agree with you. I just don't want to downplay where we are at. I know for certain that our older team would have failed on these road trips, even to shitty teams. I also want to acknowledge that the older blazer teams would have been sooo effected by the piss poor officiating as well.

There is something different about this club and I know you see it. They are playing together and letting the game speak for themselves. They are winning games where a team plays extremely physical, half court games and high scoring run and guns. This team is multidimensional. They are finding ways to win, even when teams are trying to take them out of their comfort zone.

 

I keep seeing this ref talk. Portland is 17th in PF for the season, which is below the league average. I have seen every game as well and haven't noticed us getting jobbed by the refs in any unusual way

 

This game is proof enough that we were jobbed. But if you want to believe we aren't, that's your opinion. I think you should look at teams we faced and their average attempts they get, then the amount they got when they faced us. It's much higher than their average.