Game Thread GAME# 22: BLAZERS @ BULLS - DECEMBER 5, 2016 - MONDAY, 5:00 PM (PDT), CSNNW

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Should Coach put Aminu back into the starting lineup for his first game back?

Poll closed Dec 7, 2016.

  1. Yes

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  2. No

    21 vote(s)
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  1. Pinwheel1

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    "Stotts and the players acknowledged that the tactic will only be used in certain circumstances, usually when the opponent features pick-and-roll players who are not three-point shooting threats, like Wade and Butler."
     
    Pinwheel1, Dec 6, 2016
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  2. riverman

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    I just think Meyers was trying to be physical last night but doesn't understand the concept yet
     
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  3. illmatic99

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    Meyers' foul trouble last night didn't have much to do with the blitzing. It was more of his usual incompetence and dumbass swatting.
     
    illmatic99, Dec 6, 2016
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    This is key, especially on this road trip, facing guys like Giannis, Andrew Harrison in MEM, and Teague, etc.
     
    illmatic99, Dec 6, 2016
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  5. Wizard Mentor

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    Someone went 1-3 from the field and 1-4 from the FT line.
    Our defense didn't completely suck.
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    Must mean Aminu is back :)
     
    Wizard Mentor, Dec 6, 2016
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    Aminu did more than that. Quote his whole stat line.
     
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    I look at the box scores and see opposing guards shooting a lot of FTs, our guards with 2 fouls each, but our bigs with 4 fouls each.

    That suggests opposing guards are getting past ours and to the rim, where our bigs are forced to foul.
     
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  8. Wizard Mentor

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    Not sure you got the point. It's not that Aminu sucks, it's that his shooting has been out-of-the-league bad. So, here's his line for the season:
    6 PPG
    27.7% FG
    48% FT
    25% 3FG

    but yes, he's also averaging 6.2 RPG, 1.7 APG, 1.4 SPG, 1.3 TOPG.
     
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  9. Denny Crane

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    9 games is a pretty small sample, no?
     
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  10. Wizard Mentor

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    I'm sure he'll pull out of the funk at some point, but today is not that day. Regardless, it doesn't matter...
    It doesn't matter how much of an MVP candidate Blazer fans think Dame is.
    It doesn't matter that CJ has Uncle Drew handles.
    It doesn't matter some think Harkless is a 6thMOY candidate.
    It doesn't matter Plumlee can pass.
    It doesn't matter Biebs can hit open 3s.

    Out defense has been absolutely horrific, our offense has sucked, and these things have led to an 8th seed in the making type of record. Fortunately, we've shown some definite improvement in our 3 game winning streak. So, many things have to happen, only one of which is that Aminu has to start shooting MUCH better.

    To be fair, some of those things have started to happen, but as you say 3 games is a small sample size.
     
    Wizard Mentor, Dec 6, 2016
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    I finally watched this game. Seems to me it was our defence in the fourth quarter (especially the first half of the fourth) that won us the game. I love that it was our defence that got us the win. We all know how good our offence is; it will be our defence that defines our season.
     
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