Game Thread GAME# 55: BLAZERS @ MAVERICKS - FEBRUARY 10, 2019 - SUNDAY, 12:00 PM, NBCSNW

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Darkwebs, Feb 7, 2019.

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Of the current reserve players, whose minutes would you greatly reduce to get playing time for Hood?

Poll closed Feb 14, 2019.
  1. Collins

    25.9%
  2. Curry

    18.5%
  3. Layman

    1.9%
  4. Leonard

    22.2%
  5. Turner

    66.7%
  6. Nobody

    1.9%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    2018-19 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    33 - 21
    (10-13 Road)
    DALLAS MAVERICKS

    25 - 28
    (19-7 Home)

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    PROBABLE STARTERS---------


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    DAMIAN LILLARD VS JALEN BRUNSON

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    C.J. McCOLLUM VS LUKA DONCIC

    [​IMG] SF [​IMG]
    MAURICE HARKLESS VS DORIAN FINNEY-SMITH

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    AL-FAROUQ AMINU VS DWIGHT POWELL

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    JUSUF NURKIC VS MAXIMILIAN KLEBER

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    WHEN: 12:00 PM (PST), SUNDAY, 2/10/2019

    WHERE: AMERICAN AIRLINES CENTER, DALLAS, TX
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    TV BROADCAST:

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    --------------BENCH--------------

    - PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS -
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    CURRY , SIMONS , HOOD
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    TURNER , TRENT Jr. , LAYMAN
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    LABISSIERE , COLLINS , LEONARD


    - DALLAS MAVERICKS-
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    BURKE , HARRIS , MACON
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    LEE , HARDAWAY Jr. , BROEKHOFF
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    JACKSON , ANTETOKOUNMPO , NOWITZKI



    INJURIES
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    None
    MAVERICKS
    Kristaps Porzingis (left knee): OUT
    Jose Juan Barea (right Achilles surgery): OUT




    HEAD COACHES
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    TERRY STOTTS --- RICK CARLISLE

    :reading:OFFICIAL MAVERICKS' GAME NOTES
    :reading: OFFICIAL BLAZERS' GAME NOTES






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  2. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    The Blazers are making the 4th quarter obsolete, as they have just broken the record for winning/losing games after leading/trailing at the end of the 3rd quarter. 54 games in a row where the 4th quarter essentially didn't matter! While this is not inherently a good streak, it is interesting, none the less. I just hope they break the losing game after trailing portion of this streak first.

    Rodney Hood just made his Blazers' debut, and what a phenomenal one it was against the Spurs. He was nearly flawless, shooting 6 of 7, while not looking too terrible on D. Will we see Skal's debut this game? I assume he will only get playing time if the game turns into a blowout.

    Against a team like Dallas, it's definitely possible. You have to assume the Mavs will now be tanking the rest of the way. This is a new-look Mavericks after the trade deadline. They've lost major players like Dennis Smith Jr., Harrison Barnes, Wes Matthews, and DeAndre Jordan, but gained some possibly impactful guys in Porzingis, Hardaway Jr., and Justin Jackson. Of course, Porzingis will probably be out all season, so he will not be seen, truly earning his nickname the Unicorn.

    The Blazers have struggled this season on the road, while Dallas has one of the top home records in the league, so this game won't be a walkover. But then again, maybe it will be an easy game if the Mavs are tanking hard and giving their young, inexperienced players a lot of run.

    This upcoming stretch of games will be quite the challenge for Portland. 9 of their next 10 games will be away from home. So for the rest of this month, they will only have 1 home game remaining. The only saving grace is that the All-Star break affords them a respite.

    This may be Portland's easiest game of the month, so they need make sure to come out focused and with energy to avoid any chance of a let down, especially since this is one of those rare nooners. Hood has added a nice punch off the bench and has reinvigorated the Blazers' offense. Gotta ride that wave!
     
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    If Layman and Hood are going to get more minutes and close games, I guess I don't care who starts. #BenchMob
     
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    Collins has been the most under the radar disappointment in last two Months or so. Great start into the Season, but since then he got worse and worse
     
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    To me he been inconsistent from game to game. He would have game where he is aggressive and then you get a guy miss 1 foot shot right at the rim a shot that should of dunk.
     
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    I wouldn't say worse and worse - just up and down. Offense, sure. But I've seen some great defensive games from him recently (not last night) even if his offense wasn't on display. But then yeah, you have a game like last night.
     
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    Young is not worse. Just young.
     
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    At Dallas, At OKC, Home for the Warriors... Damn. We could be 0-3 or 1-2 before the All-Star Break.
     
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    Darkwebs apparently just wants to forget the 2018 portion of this season. The 2019-2019 season is here!
     
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    Or 2-1 or 3-0.
     
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    They’ve gutted their team, we should be good here if we take it seriously. Also pretty insignificant note but the Mavs waiver Mejri so hes not on their roster
     
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    That makes Dallas a 'must win' game.
     
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    Good, I don't want to risk injuries against this dirty fucker
     
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    Must win! Dame needs to finds his strokes for 3Pt. Gotta win this one!
     
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    Every game is a must win game.
     
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    Shit I just realized this game was early!!!! I gotta start reading these game thread more!
     
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    This will be a fun game to watch!
     
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    Is JJ BAREa available thTs all I’m concerned about
     
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    No Shit. This guy is a Blazer killer. You never know when he is going to go off and bite us in the ass.
     

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