Game Thread GAME# 57: WARRIORS @ BLAZERS - FEBRUARY 13, 2019 - WEDNESDAY, 7:30 PM, ESPN & NBCSNW

5.5 = .5 x (34 - 23)

Many run from certainty, but none hide. Einstein said that.

 

That's where the rule should probably be reinterpreted.

An airborne shooter is allowed to jump in any direction. The defender must remain legal (jumping straight up in his vertical plane). The offensive player definitely has an advantage there.

They've tried to clean it up by making sure a player is actually in his shooting motion. This has had mixed results.

My thoughts are that this will be a hard one to change without having unintended consequences.

 

That was a delightful evening at the Moda Center. The local bandwagoner in the seat next to me was blissfully silent the whole fourth quarter - well the first nine minutes, prior to bailing like a little bitch. Rip City!

 

Now we've won one when trailing going into the 4th. This is the first time that's happened, right?

 

I just got done with the game and wow, watching Golden State is like...




They fabricate conflict and then whine and throw hissy fits.

To think it was just the other day that Durant was telling the media to "grow up". Good God.

 

Damn, I would like this team to realize that if they go for this NWAttitiude more often they can go so much further.
Their "culture" thing here is to much like F.R.I.E.N.D.S and it's so nice, but one knows that you build strong team chemistry on games like this one. Building team chemistry on "sandwiches for everybody and let's go for Ed Sheran's gig together" can't never match it.

And having three white big guys that can piss off oposing team can work wonders in distraction for Dame's double teaming

 

2 crappy losses followed by perhaps the best win of the season. If anybody figures this team out, please let the rest of us in on the secret.

 

You're right.

My point was just he had nothing to lose by doing that. Could have fired them up
Could get them calls going forward

 

Agree with you in principal on this. The Refs made the call because of a number of issues going on at the time in the game. The foul itself however was not a Flag 1. So i can't say they made the right call. What i feel they should have done was kept better control of Draymond Green from the beginning. That is the problem here. Somebody needed to T him up early so he knew there was a line he couldn't cross.
I also noticed the mini hand swipe/shake after Durant did his little hard foul on Collins also. I lost a bit of respect for Durant on that whole thing. KD seems really willing to talk and do little things but he never really wants to be in the mix. He was egging Green on in that whole issue.

 

So really you just made his point. Offense or Defense the player owns his spot. If the shooter moves under him after he jumps it should be an offensive foul or at least a non call.

 

Oh boy will this ever be fun.....

 

ESPN preempted locally so had to watch Warriors broadcast. Fun seeing them groan. GSW is used to everything going their way, can't handle it when things don't. Hop to see replays on ESPN or NBA TV.

Games like this make me miss Paul Allen, you know he would have loved it.

 

This was one of the most epic bench performances in blazer history. The blazers bench came back and took the lead in the 4th vs their starters.

 

Interestingly, you should have seen Steph Curry during the warmups. He was hitting unbelievable long range three point shots. Of course, there was no one in his face contesting those shots.

 

How true. Stotts held Lillard out in the fourth quarter until about 4 minutes left because the bench was playing so extremely well.

 

Oh boy i was reading the GS fan thread. You gotta read some of these....
It’s pretty sad how champs can’t get calls in this league

Posted by M. Paul Mayer on Feb 13, 2019 | 9:45 PM

Collins is a prick

Posted by El Shorts on Feb 13, 2019 | 9:57 PM

Dubs will remember you Zach Collins
Straight nobody.

Posted by M. Paul Mayer on Feb 13, 2019 | 9:59 PM


I think he assumed people watching the game are well aware that Draymond runs his mouth
and was just informing the audience about Collins also, because no one outside of the people who watch the Blazers knows who the hell he is.

Posted by KLAYtheist on Feb 13, 2019 | 10:07 PM
(AHHH YOU DO NOW!)

Of course the end point for most of them is that the game was meaningless in the end and they will sweep the Blazers in the playoffs. We will see now won't we?

 

That team can shoot the ball. It's not just Curry but yes he is pretty much automatic at times.