Game Thread GAME# 28: BLAZERS @ MAGIC - DECEMBER 15, 2017 - FRIDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), NBCSNW

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Who do you think should start at center, assuming Nurkic isn't back yet?

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2017-18 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
14 - 13
(7-5 Road)
ORLANDO MAGIC
11 - 18
(6-7 Home)


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---------PROBABLE STARTERS---------

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PG
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DAMIAN LILLARD VS ELFRID PAYTON

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SG
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C.J. McCOLLUM VS MARIO HEZONJA

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SF
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EVAN TURNER VS JONATHON SIMMONS

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AL-FAROUQ AMINU VS AARON GORDON

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JUSUF NURKIC VS NIKOLA VUCEVIC



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WHEN: 4:00 PM, FRIDAY, 12/15/2017

WHERE: AMERICANAIRLINES ARENA, ORLANDO, FL
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TV BROADCAST:
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RADIO BROADCAST:
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--------------BENCH--------------
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
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NAPIER , CONNAUGHTON , HARKLESS
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LAYMAN , SWANIGAN , VONLEH
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COLLINS , DAVIS , LEONARD

------ ORLANDO MAGIC------
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AUGUSTIN , MACK , AFFLALO
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ARTIS , IWUNDU , FOURNIER
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PAYNE , BIRCH
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BIYOMBO , SPEIGHTS


INJURIES
TRAIL BLAZERS
Meyers Leonard (illness): QUESTIONABLE
Jusuf Nurkic (sprained right ankle): QUESTIONABLE
C.J. Wilcox (right knee rehab): OUT
MAGIC
Aaron Gordon (concussion): QUESTIONABLE
Arron Afflalo (back spasms): QUESTIONABLE
Evan Fournier (sprained right ankle): QUESTIONABLE
Jonathan Isaac (sprained right ankle): DOUBTFUL
Terrence Ross (sprained right MCL, non-displaced fracture of right tibial plateau): OUT



HEAD COACHES
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TERRY STOTTS --- FRANK VOGEL

:reading:OFFICIAL MAGIC'S GAME NOTES
:reading: OFFICIAL BLAZERS' GAME NOTES ​

• Friday’s game marks the second of two regular season matchups between the Trail Blazers and the Magic during the 2017-18 season.
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• LAST GAME: Portland defeated Orlando, 99-94, in Portland on Nov. 15. Damian Lillard led the Trail Blazers with 26 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists while Evan Fournier had 22 points to pace six Magic players in double figures.

• Portland has won two straight games against Orlando and three of the last four meetings between the two teams.

• Damian Lillard has scored 25-plus points in three straight games against the Magic and has recorded a double-double in three of his last five games against Orlando.

• CJ McCollum scored 24 points (8-16 FG, 4-4 3-PT, 4-4 FT) to go with four rebounds, three assists and three steals against the Magic on Nov. 15. McCollum has scored 20-plus points in four of his last five games against Orlando.

• Shabazz Napier scored 19 points (7-12 FG, 5-5 3-PT) against the Magic in the Nov. 15 meeting.

• HEAD-TO-HEAD HISTORY:
ALL TIME: Trail Blazers lead, 31-25
IN PORTLAND: Trail Blazers lead, 18-11
AT THE MAGIC: Magic lead, 14-13
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Bring back the clean look threads, no more of this haughty, hoity, stick it up your toity, high and mighty, tight-nosed, toffee-arsed, sun-dried-tomato-eating lah-de-dah-dy lah-de-daas thread!
 
i wonder if anyone has ever told elfrid payton that his hair looks fucking retarded....
 
RickyJoe said:
If Nurkic is back, can we start Collins next to him please?
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Give Terry three months.

At the very least start Vonleh. Don’t know why he got taken out to begin with.

Although Gordon is probably not the matchup for either one.
 
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Scalma said:
Give Terry three months.

At the very least start Vonleh. Don’t know why he got taken out to begin with.

Although Gordon is probably not the matchup for either one.
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The real thing he needs to figure out is start Aminu at the 3. Then Collins or Vonleh at the 4 comes naturally.
It's so painfully obvious that this is the lineup we need to go to...
 
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SIeepwalker said:
The real think he needs to figure out is start Aminu at the 3. Then Collins or Vonleh at the 4 comes naturally.
It's so painfully obvious that this is the lineup we need to go to...
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That, and hire a proven big man coach are my two current pet peeves. It astounds me how two things so obvious to EVERYONE outside of the organization cannot be equally obvious to those inside the organization.

BNM
 
Boob-No-More said:
That, and hire a proven big man coach are my two current pet peeves. It astounds me how two things so obvious to EVERYONE outside of the organization cannot be equally obvious to those inside the organization.

BNM
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Its not like we have a bunch of young front court players or anything that need coaching now more than ever so I don't see what the problem is.
 
SIeepwalker said:
The real thing he needs to figure out is start Aminu at the 3. Then Collins or Vonleh at the 4 comes naturally.
It's so painfully obvious that this is the lineup we need to go to...
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I've been wanting to see this since pre-season
 
SIeepwalker said:
The real thing he needs to figure out is start Aminu at the 3. Then Collins or Vonleh at the 4 comes naturally.
It's so painfully obvious that this is the lineup we need to go to...
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What's the damn point? We're going to suck anyway. Just sit back and enjoy watching the young players.
 
BigGameDamian said:
What's the damn point? We're going to suck anyway. Just sit back and enjoy watching the young players.
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Which is why we should move Aminu to the 3. So, we can play Collins and Vonleh, you know, our younger players, at the 4.

Geezus, how to you not make this connection? Playing Aminu at the 4 takes minutes away from the young guys we should be developing.

Playing Aminu at the 3 takes away minutes from the Ghost of Harkless Past - this is a good thing.

BNM
 
andalusian said:
Bring back the clean look threads, no more of this haughty, hoity, stick it up your toity, high and mighty, tight-nosed, toffee-arsed, sun-dried-tomato-eating lah-de-dah-dy lah-de-daas thread!
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Dafuq are you talking about? :D
 
Boob-No-More said:
That, and hire a proven big man coach are my two current pet peeves. It astounds me how two things so obvious to EVERYONE outside of the organization cannot be equally obvious to those inside the organization.

BNM
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Neil told Kim Hughes to get off his lawn.

:oldman:
 
dviss1 said:
Neil told Kim Hughes to get off his lawn.

:oldman:
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And ever since, this organization has been dead set against hiring another proven big man coach.

They pissed away any chance Meyers had at improvement. He regressed after they fired Hughes.

Vonleh is in his third season in Portland and still doesn't have a single go to offensive move.

And now we have Nurkic, who at 23 is still a work in progress and we spent three first round draft picks in a deep draft on a pair of 20-year old big men.

Hell, with so many young bigs to work with, we don't need one big man coach, we need two!

BNM
 
Nurk is starting

If Collins doesn’t stay in the rotation they may as well leave Terry at Disneyworld.
 
Go Blazers....a game we should steal on the road! Be good to see Nurk get some burn..
 
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