Game Thread GAME# 3: BLAZERS @ BUCKS - OCTOBER 21, 2017 - SATURDAY, 5:30 (PDT), NBCSNW

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Who is currently the most athletic player in the NBA?

  1. LeBron James

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    8.0%

  2. Aaron Gordon

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    2.0%

  3. Giannis Antetokounmpo

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    60.0%

  4. Russell Westbrook

    13 vote(s)
    26.0%

  5. Zach LaVine

    1 vote(s)
    2.0%

  6. Other

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    2.0%
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  1. DreamKillah

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    Some Bucks' fan forum is probably posting our url and laughing at us for being "salty" . . .
     
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    Dame and CJ got theirs a lot the game, but length bothered them at crunch time.
     
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    Sinobas Banned User BANNED

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    I don't deal with it, it just ruins the game. It's no different than spotting another team points.
     
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    The Cavs , Warriors and Thunders also lost ... if that makes anyone feel better.
     
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    Good point. Chief going MIA was probably a difference maker.
     
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    Either way he got fouled. So you can't really say he made the wrong decision. Who knows maybe he passes to Dame and Dame gets fouled..... and they don't call it.
     
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    Again, could Nurk have played better at times? Sure, but when you see his stat line and think that's a bad game then I'm not sure what you expect to get from your center. If we had picked up a center in free agent that was averaging 17,11,3 and 3 I would have been ecstatic. Don't let the Nurk fever from last year get you too twisted.
     
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    Why that one stat is big because your percentage goes up when your scoring the paint and 54 points is a lot points in the game. But other stats are important and we basically play even or better in those stats. But when you get out score by 28 points in the paint that real big difference.
     
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    It's just the reality of a superstar marketing-driven league. We didn't adjust and shut down everyone else.
     
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    He didn't quit, that's just who he is. He'll have one good game but then suck for 5-10 games before having another good game.
     
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    he led the team in assists ......off the bench.
     
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    On a positive note I am highly encouraged by Dame's defense so far. He is averaging over a steal and a block per game but beyond that the eye test is telling you the effort has been turned up a notch
     
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    I will agree with this except with your part about Nurk. Anyone who thought he was going to become a 25 PPG Center is a fool. He put up some good numbers tonight that I can live with. For now.
     
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    It was just a lot of really bad match ups for us. They had length and we couldn't take advantage of the mismatches on our end (6'8" guys guarding Dame and CJ).
     
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    I don't define a good game based on a stat line. Nurk sucked.
     
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    I didn't expect 25ppg, but I also didn't expect 7/17 shooting.
    Sure, his raw stats look good, but he didn't play well AT ALL. I'm not concerned, I think he'll get it together. But through the first three games (again, I missed most of IND) he's looked pretty shitty.
     
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    It’s a loss. Is what it is. Giannis is playing out of his mind, bucks are long, they can play defense. On to the next one
     
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    If CJ passes it the foul never happens. lol. That's the point.
     
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    Wrong century. The game has changed. Sure I will take more in the paint. But we were up in the last minute. The game came down to one play. The call did not go in our favor. It happens. But how many games does GS win in the paint? Not as many as they win
     
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    What do you base it on then?
     
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