Game Thread GAME# 29: RAPTORS @ BLAZERS - DECEMBER 14, 2018 - FRIDAY, 7:00 PM, NBCSNW

In other news....

Memphis: Did we say Dillon Brooks? Naw man, wrong Brooks.

 

Gotta be so awkward for Marshon...

 

Making shots is not the only way you can open up lanes.

Them playing well doesnt mean Stotts coached well. We can have 0 ball movement but we can score 120 off of isolations and basic pick n roll. Is that brand conductive to overall, long-term success? No.

Granted, I only saw the 4th, but we hit a lot of shots while playing the same brand weve been playing over the past few games. The main difference was transition offense.

Now that I read it again, you're comment could have multiple meanings, and be interpreted in multiple ways. Maybe I interpreted it differently than you meant it.

 

That is not what happened this evening.

 

Valacanukas rarely plays now under the coaching of "Hello NURSE!". I stand corrected on Green and Leonard, both are shooting 3's well this year. Green, in the past, was uber inconsistent, and a maddening fantasy player. They shot lights out, but the defense of the Blazers was as good as I've seen it against this quality of a team.

 

what's another word for schizophrenic that rhymes with bench?

every once in a while everything goes just about perfect for a team, and this was a good night for it. Blazers almost looked like a contender (almost) instead of a lottery team

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there was that series of 3 or 4 possessions right toward the end that had me screaming at CJ. Two possessions in a row he decided he was going to go iso. You could just see it coming...no way he was going to pass, none, so he dribbles a bunch, offensive motion stops, and MeJ throws up 2 bricks on highly contested shots...and Toronto scores right after, both times. The next possession, Dame has the ball instead of CJ, there's offensive motion, CJ gets the ball in a spot-up situation and swishes a three. CJ is nowhere near as good as he thinks he is at one-on-one basketball, but he's a great spot-up shooter. I just can't see Stotts being strong enough to reign in CJ's black hole tendencies, and either that's needed or a CJ trade is needed. Sorry for a little bit of a downer after a great win, but it just rankled me

 

Yeah it pretty much looks like you read the first line and responded.

 

Go back and watch the first three quarters...I think you'll like a lot of what you see.

 

You missed our best game of the year. Our D wasn’t great but the bench was fantastic!

 

No question they were lights out tonight. They were making well defended shots. No way they make those every night.

 

I heard that our ball movement was better during the 1st 3 quarters.

The 4th quarter was Curry scoring off pick n roll, and us scoring because we pushed in transition and the defense wasnt set so we had an open pass (Collins) or we kicked and the guy had a driving lane due to the defense being off-balance (Stauskas). The transition aggressiveness was a very a positive change, but other than that, it was nothing out of the ordinary except we hit most of our shots.

 

By the way, can someone tell Nurk to DUNK the ball. He missed 6 layups that he could have dunked. I love Nurk. He had a nice game, except for all the missed close in shots. Iremember a game last week when he dunked everything close, and it was a thing of beauty. If he dunks those misses tonight, this is a blowout win. But I loved the win. Bravo Blazers.

 

My old HS was playing our #1 rival. I know a lot of guys on the team. Wasnt gonna miss that.

 

Defense was not that bad but there is no question a couple guys were hitting shots.

 

DUNK NURK DUNK!

 

Don't miss the important stuff. You never get a chance to go back and watch stuff like that.

 

Yup.

A large part of me would love for CJ to embrace being more of gunner type from 3. Similar to the transition Middleton has made under Bud and Beal did 2 years ago before Wall got hurt.

 

Kawhi didn’t hit a FG til 2nd qtr, I think. Mo played fantastic D on him. Then Leonard went off in 2nd half like Strenuus predicted.

 

We had nearly 30 assists.