For me....it was HORRIBLE! Not only do we lose on a 3 at the buzzer by Griffin, but the Beavs lose at the end after Ryan Nall fumbles! Just a terrible, terrible evening! With that said now that I've had a day to think about it I'm not too upset at the Blazers loss. It took a 3 at the buzzer by Griffin to beat us. I can live with that.
I was very bummed, but as much as I hate the Clippers and Doc Drivel, I thought they played better than us across the board and deserved the win. I think Blazers were lucky to even be in the game. Clippers have improved their system and every player I saw played hard for the whole game. Let's see if they can keep it up.
Totally agree with this post.......ohhhh thats right you have me on IGNORE, so you won't see this. Keep it up.
I think that plays into the mentality issue I was talking about. Stotts is a good coach, but like the young blazers he gets nervous and falls off at the end of games. The Blazers need a coach who can call the right plays to get close wins.
At least youre not also a miami dolphins fan too. all around terrible night for me, 3 losses one embarassing and two heartbreaking
Me at 5:30 this morning: Still haven't changed the station on my iHeart. Wanted to avoid sports (except this forum) basically all day because last night's games were so depressing.
The main thing to remember is to stay away from the S2 asylum the night after a tough loss. I would like to make it at least 24 hours before checking in, but I seem to need my lunacy fix well before that or I get the jitters.
Odd to say it, but I think Meyers might actually have been useful last night. Again and again they posted up Griffin just because he could bump his way to within 3 feet of the hoop and throw in an ugly hook or layup. The only player with any heft was Nurkic and he was saddled with fouls. Aminu and Davis are very good defenders but they're wiry at best. (And Meyers can actually play half-decent post D - he's just not so good at team/help D.)
I love Teodosic, but I think the Clips might have benefited from him going down. They're keeping it simple and playing a lot of isolation, and they have a big sturdy front line that can bully most teams. Without Teodosic their D is top-notch too. (Annoying that Austin Rivers appears to become a half-decent player. Also annoying that they hit just about every 3 they threw up there.)
This happens. An asshole makes a shot with 0:00 left and there is nothing that could rectify the situation. Actually, I would never think Blake Griffin would be a long range jump shooter and be used in that play.
In this scenario Teodosic is a lot better off than the imaginary sister. And that's even if it was a career ending injury.
As no doubt has been discussed in the game thread, it also took CJ missing two FTs, which is pretty unheard of. (One of them was earlier.)
Question: did they run any post-ups for Evan Turner last night? Seems like his effectiveness has declined a little in the past couple of games and I'm wondering if the reason is fewer post-ups.
