The treatment he had has an odd side-effect. It allowed him to grown 8 inches in height, and 50 pounds in weight.
the 3 wins are nice, but like it was said, they could just have easily been 1-3. BUT bottom line is they weren't. I hope they take the pseudo break and recharge the batteries. they kind of lucked into 2 of these wins.
I agree with this. This loss tells us nothing. I have seen teams much better than this one, get crushed on the road. However I do think we need to prepare for the inevitable, the Blazers will not continue to win 80% of their games. But even 60% from here on out gives us a pretty good record by the end of the season. Like all teams we do have some deficiencies. Some match ups will be tougher than others. And automatically thinking we should easily win against any team (with a few exceptions) is not practical. The good thing is I think the players on this team are smart enough to realize this. If they are not, they will be after a few more losses like last night. They need to bring it every night. (Which is not possible) The dilemma I have had the last couple of weeks is who to root for when SA and OKC play other western playoff teams. Do I root for them to lose or accept that they will end up a head of us and root against the other teams who will be fighting us for that 4 place spot. I think it is important that we at least get home court advantage in the first round. At the moment 4th is my goal. Higher and lower are both possible, but teams like Houston and the Clippers are the ones I am rooting against the most.
This is why I enjoy your posts. Although you won't be giddy like me with our accomplishments, you also won't flip the fuck out when we lose. This is why I believe you are the poster child for the true "realist". I agree with you as well. I think Olshey is really waiting to see what happens with CJ coming back. I trust he will pull the trigger only if he knows it will help this ball club.
Magnifier....thanks for finding that. So in terms of winning percentage, Portland is tied for 4th. Not bad. They have beaten OKC, Indy, SA and Houston but all at home. Their road trips in January get insanely tough at the end of the month. Miami .714 OKC .692 Indy .625 Port .583 Spurs .583 Houst .545
Which is damn good man! I don't disagree that the future games will be really tough, but it will be really tough for all other contenders as well. As long as our club is in the same boat as other contenders, I'm fine with that. We are playing with "house money" right now.
Talk about a straw man OP. Who said the sky is falling? The team survived a tough 4 games in 5 nights stretch. They were understandably exhausted after all that travel and work, so the 4th game, against a tough team, on their court, was a tough hill to climb. All I've seen is praise for this season and this road trip. At the same time, there is no reason to stick our heads in the sand if there are areas of the team that are weak and the team should look to improve, if possible. Like the play of the bench. The team would benefit from improved bench play, or improved bench personnel, if possible. That's just reality. Again, who the heck said the sky is falling? This is one of the best early seasons the Blazers have ever had. And I'm enjoying it.
I'm excited for this stretch. I like seeing where we can get challenged, and having this road trip of really close wins against the "weaker" teams, I hope the team can see that they need to bring it more (like the 2nd half of tonight's game, but on more rest). I think we will do fine. I am confused though, how are we playing portland on the road? (unless you're just doing % of the top teams, and I swung and missed.)
About 5 posters in this very forum. And FYI, I said "before you go all"; meaning most haven't hit it yet.
