Game Thread GAME# 30: BLAZERS @ CLIPPERS - DECEMBER 17, 2018 - MONDAY, 7:30 PM, NBCSNW

Darkwebs · Dec 14, 2018

2017-18 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
16 - 13
(5-9 Road)
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
17 - 11
(9-3 Home)

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

PG

DAMIAN LILLARD VS SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER

SG

C.J. McCOLLUM VS AVERY BRADLEY

SF

MAURICE HARKLESS VS TOBIAS HARRIS

PF

AL-FAROUQ AMINU VS DANILO GALLINARI

C

JUSUF NURKIC VS MARCIN GORTAT

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WHEN: 7:30 PM (PST), MONDAY, 12/17/2018

WHERE: STAPLES CENTER, LOS ANGELES, CA

TV BROADCAST:

RADIO BROADCAST:

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--------------BENCH--------------
- PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS -

CURRY , BALDWIN , SIMONS

TURNER , STAUSKAS , TRENT Jr.

LAYMAN , SWANIGAN

COLLINS , LEONARD

- LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS-

BEVERLEY , TEODOSIC , THORNWELL

WALLACE , HARRELL , SCOTT

MOTLEY , DELGADO , MARJANOVIC

INJURIES
TRAIL BLAZERS
None
CLIPPERS
Lou Williams (hamstring): OUT
Jerome Robinson (foot): OUT
Luc Mbah a Moute (knee): OUT

HEAD COACHES

- VS –

TERRY STOTTS --- DOC RIVERS

OFFICIAL CLIPPERS' GAME NOTES

OFFICIAL BLAZERS' GAME NOTES

• Monday’s game marks the third of four meetings between the Trail Blazers and the Clippers during the 2018-19 season. The season series is tied, 1-1.

• LAST MEETING: The Clippers used a 38-16 third quarter advantage to beat the Trail Blazers at Moda Center on Nov. 25, 104-100. Damian Lillard led the Trail Blazers with 30

points (12-27 FG, 3/13 3-PT, 3-4 FT) to go with six rebounds and four assists while Tobias Harris led the Clippers with 34 points (14-22 FG, 2-6 3-PT, 4-4 FT) and 11 rebounds.

• In two games against the Clippers this season, Damian Lillard has averaged 27.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists. Lillard has scored 20-plus points in six of his last seven games against the Clippers.

• CJ McCollum has averaged 20.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 1.5 assits in two games against the Clippers this season.

• In two games against Portland this season, Tobias Harris has averaged 24.5 points, 11.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists. Harris has had four double-doubles in his last nine games against the Trail Blazers, including both contests this season.

• HEAD-TO-HEAD HISTORY:
ALL TIME: Trail Blazers lead, 145-78
IN PORTLAND: Trail Blazers lead, 88-24
AT THE CLIPPERS: Trail Blazers lead, 57-54

Darkwebs · Dec 14, 2018

And just like that, we are back to 8th in the West.

What a nice win against the top team in the East. Our bench played like All-Stars. And it was great to see Seth break out like a teen entering puberty.

Now we face another challenge in the Clippers, one of the better teams in the West thus far in the season, and a team that beat us only a few weeks ago. Blazers haven't won a road game in nearly a month (6 straight road losses).

Here's our chance to right those ships by beating the Clips.

Darkwebs · Dec 14, 2018

I miss these:

Bruno_Sabino · Dec 14, 2018

Big game

DUB · Dec 14, 2018

Darkwebs said:
I miss these:

I had two problems with those.
1: You couldn't see the plaid from a distance.
2: No diagonal stripe.

That said, they're still better than this years white uni's that we accidently put in the wash with the blacks.

riverman · Dec 14, 2018

Darkwebs said:
I miss these:

My favorite along with the sleeved white ripcity ones from the Mason Plumlee days

Darkwebs · Dec 14, 2018

riverman said:
My favorite along with the sleeved white ripcity ones from the Mason Plumlee days

Yeah, those white sleeved ones were lit, as the kids say these days.

blazerkor · Dec 15, 2018

I think Dame is going to have a really special night and we'll win this one, on the road, against a pretty good Clippers team.

TBpup · Dec 15, 2018

It's time for a road win!

Strenuus · Dec 15, 2018

Cautiously optimistic.

riverman · Dec 15, 2018

Darkwebs said:
Yeah, those white sleeved ones were lit, as the kids say these days.

That's the one jersey I'd love to have...I'll pick one up one day...I'd like the Ed Davis one.

kjironman1 · Dec 15, 2018

So you got this team mixed up with the Colunbus Clippers baseball team? @Darkwebs

kjironman1 · Dec 15, 2018

Clippers just got beat by the Thunder.
Gallinari went for 28.
At least the Blazers have Moe Harkless.

Portland sits in the eight spot. Not sure i even want them in the playoffs at this point? Maybe they can get on a roll?

hoopsjock · Dec 15, 2018

kjironman1 said:
Clippers just got beat by the Thunder.
Gallinari went for 28.
At least the Blazers have Moe Harkless.

Portland sits in the eight spot. Not sure i even want them in the playoffs at this point? Maybe they can get on a roll?

The West seems so incredibly wide open. Honestly, I don't really fear any team outside of the Warriors. I say just try their best and see what happens. I'm not saying they will get far or anything but they should at least end their losing streak!

kjironman1 · Dec 15, 2018

hoopsjock said:
The West seems so incredibly wide open. Honestly, I don't really fear any team outside of the Warriors. I say just try their best and see what happens. I'm not saying they will get far or anything but they should at least end their losing streak!

The west is just crazy this year. Who knows? They might get a couple good runs going and get a good seed?

BonesJones · Dec 16, 2018

hoopsjock said:
The West seems so incredibly wide open. Honestly, I don't really fear any team outside of the Warriors. I say just try their best and see what happens. I'm not saying they will get far or anything but they should at least end their losing streak!

Imagine how much fun this would be without the Warriors? Itd be the most parity the NBA has ever had. It would be the best spot theyve ever been in.

BonesJones · Dec 16, 2018

FUN FACT: The Blazers currently rank 5th in the league in RPI, as they have the 3rd hardest SOS.

Orion Bailey · Dec 16, 2018

Win two of my predicted 15 game win streak!!!

TBpup · Dec 16, 2018

Playing teams that are on losing streaks has not bode well for the Blazers...

kjironman1 · Dec 16, 2018

BonesJones said:
FUN FACT: The Blazers currently rank 5th in the league in RPI, as they have the 3rd hardest SOS.

RPI and SOS are probably the most worthless stats on the board.

BonesJones · Dec 16, 2018

kjironman1 said:
RPI and SOS are probably the most worthless stats on the board.

I love when people make blanket statements without adding any context or reasoning.

It's a fact that we've played a really hard schedule. RPI isn't perfect, out of anyone on this forum, I'd know that best (I do bracketology).

kjironman1 · Dec 16, 2018

BonesJones said:
I love when people make blanket statements without adding any context or reasoning.

It's a fact that we've played a really hard schedule. RPI isn't perfect, out of anyone on this forum, I'd know that best (I do bracketology).

I figured that's why you titled your statement with "Fun Fact"

BonesJones · Dec 16, 2018

kjironman1 said:
I figured that's why you titled your statement with "Fun Fact"

Kinda, but the SOS thing is pretty accurate.

Out of the bottom 5 teams in the league, weve played 2 of our total of 12 games against them.

Weve played 5 of our total of 10 games against the top 5 teams in the East. Weve played 6 of our 20 against the bottom 10 teams in the East.

kjironman1 · Dec 16, 2018

BonesJones said:
Kinda, but the SOS thing is pretty accurate.

Out of the bottom 5 teams in the league, weve played 2 of our total of 12 games against them.

Weve played 5 of our total of 10 games against the top 5 teams in the East. Weve played 6 of our 20 against the bottom 10 teams in the East.

You can say that and yes even believe it but this conversation has been going on for years. SOS is based little on fact and circumstance. It ends up making intelligent people sound like they are completely dumbfounded by what goes on during a season. If someone is basing any part of their discussion on SOS they might as well be saying " We beat the Raptors and the Raptors just beat the Warriors so we are better than the Warriors". We are talking 20 plus years of discussion about SOS on multiple boards with literally hundreds of different posters. RPI is just as bad.

In the end STATS are simply stats. They work well to prove a point that people perceive to be correct. But no stat ever tells the whole story.

KingSpeed · Dec 16, 2018

If Mavs lose to Kings, Grizzlies lose to Warriors, and we beat the Clippers, we will be 5th in West.

KingSpeed · Dec 16, 2018

riverman said:
That's the one jersey I'd love to have...I'll pick one up one day...I'd like the Ed Davis one.

I have Aminu's.

KingSpeed · Dec 16, 2018

kjironman1 said:
You can say that and yes even believe it but this conversation has been going on for years. SOS is based little on fact and circumstance. It ends up making intelligent people sound like they are completely dumbfounded by what goes on during a season. If someone is basing any part of their discussion on SOS they might as well be saying " We beat the Raptors and the Raptors just beat the Warriors so we are better than the Warriors". We are talking 20 plus years of discussion about SOS on multiple boards with literally hundreds of different posters. RPI is just as bad.

In the end STATS are simply stats. They work well to prove a point that people perceive to be correct. But no stat ever tells the whole story.

I disagree. SOS matters. The Bulls, Hawks, and Cavs suck. We haven't gotten to play any of them yet. The East teams get play them four times each. That's 12 bonus wins for a team like Toronto. There's only one crappy team in the West and we've only played that team once. The record of the teams that have played those four teams a lot this season must be taken in context.

By the way, did BonesJones or anyone else ever say that any stat tells the whole story?

kjironman1 · Dec 16, 2018

KingSpeed said:
I disagree. SOS matters. The Bulls, Hawks, and Cavs suck. We haven't gotten to play any of them yet. The East teams get play them four times each. That's 12 bonus wins for a team like Toronto. There's only one crappy team in the West and we've only played that team once. The record of the teams that have played those four teams a lot this season must be taken in context.

By the way, did BonesJones or anyone else ever say that any stat tells the whole story?

The fact that you have actually made my point eludes you.

Chris Craig · Dec 16, 2018

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bl...lazers-meyers-leonard-caleb-swanigan-stitches

Meyers Clobbered by Swanigan in practice. He will get stitches in his mouth

BonesJones · Dec 16, 2018

Chris Craig said:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bl...lazers-meyers-leonard-caleb-swanigan-stitches

Meyers Clobbered by Swanigan in practice. He will get stitches in his mouth

Swanigan = Sprewell ?

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