Game Thread GAME# 57: PELICANS @ BLAZERS - FEBRUARY 21, 2020 - FRIDAY, 7:30 PM, ESPN & NBCSNW

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Which NBA All-Star event did you watch last weekend?

Poll closed Mar 6, 2020.

  1. All-Star Celebrity Game

    2 vote(s)
    4.7%

  2. NBA Rising Stars (USA vs World)

    4 vote(s)
    9.3%

  3. Skills Challenge

    9 vote(s)
    20.9%

  4. 3-Point Contest

    12 vote(s)
    27.9%

  5. Slam Dunk Contest

    14 vote(s)
    32.6%

  6. The All-Star Game (Team LeBron vs Team Giannis)

    19 vote(s)
    44.2%

  7. Other

    2 vote(s)
    4.7%

  8. None

    19 vote(s)
    44.2%
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  1. Scalma

    Scalma Well-Known Member

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    Stop playing Melo 30+ minutes for fuckks sake
     
    Scalma, Feb 21, 2020
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    TBpup Writing Team

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    Pistons are holding Fan Tryouts to help fill out the roster.
     
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    might be a bottom team with dame lol
     
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    KSF-ERIC Well-Known Member

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    Really? I would believe that.
     
    KSF-ERIC, Feb 21, 2020
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  5. TBpup

    TBpup Writing Team

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    FTFY
     
    TBpup, Feb 21, 2020
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    wizenheimer Well-Known Member

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    good news is Detroit has lost 5 in a row and 11 of their last 13. Surely the Blazers can beat a team like that...right?
     
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    KSF-ERIC Well-Known Member

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    You don't know he wanted the 4 seed. Maybe he just felt rest was the most important. I'm sure Stotts coached us to win that game so don't give all the credit to Ant.
     
    KSF-ERIC, Feb 21, 2020
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    bobf Well-Known Member

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    Talent. Continuity. Personnel. Star Players. Aminu & Harkless. We are missing all of those.
     
    bobf, Feb 21, 2020
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    James lamphear Well-Known Member

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    Trent went 5-11 and 3-4 from the 3 for 15 maybe he needs little opportunity to score. CJ Whiteside Melo score and basically the same as every game. CJ did have double double.
     
    James lamphear, Feb 21, 2020
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  11. B-Roy

    B-Roy If it takes months

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    FTFY
     
    B-Roy, Feb 21, 2020
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    OneSport3 The Knowledge Hoarder

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    No, he wanted the 4th seed. During pregame media for that game, he was tongue-in-cheek with his answers about sitting all the starters.
     
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    Sunday's Headlines:

    Blazers back in the Playoff hunt after victory over the Pistons in a rematch of the 1990 NBA Finals.
     
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  14. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    This season is over. Don't have much faith for next season either
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    That Nurkic injury basically ended two seasons for us. Maybe more since it gave management an excuse to keep the coaching staff together beyond this year. Highlights the fragility of this league...
     
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    CJ and Whiteside defined empty stats tonight. On plays where we needed the stops or we needed to score to change the momentum both guys failed but they did not fail to fill up the stat sheet. Almost every one of Whiteside's blocks ended up as an offensive board and a subsequent score. Whiteside really failed to box out a lot tonight and his rebounds came to him, not the other way around. While some might say that it was good that CJ's points came within the flow of the offense, I just didn't find them meaningful. I think CJ failed to press the action, make shots, get to the hole and facilitate on crucial possessions. He did show that he can pass and set up teammates (which is frustrating when you think about how he usually plays) but he didn't make the passes or score when we really needed him to be the man.
     
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    Natebishop3 Don't tread on me!

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    The west is significantly harder this year. The Lakers are the best team in the west. They didn't make the playoffs last year. The Clips have Kawhi and PG13. Last years team would struggle to make the playoffs this year. It's not the same conference.
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    It's nice to see this on the board often, now.

    This board's about 5 years behind me on McCollum. I stopped repeating this about 3 years ago, as I was just making board enemies. That coincided with my great reduction in posting.

    The ultimate, bottom-line cause is Stotts' system.
     
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    So, stats geeks, can anybody shows how many of Hassan blocks this season were "valid" in terms of Blazers getting the ball after? B/c it seems those blocks always transform for either easy points or 3pointers for other team.

    And 2nd thing. You can always bet on CJ's over in assists every game w/o Lillard on the court. We talked about how he could make this team deadly with same effort when Lillard is on. Either forum is stupid or Stotts is stupid or CJ is stupid. I loved this guy for his ninja skills, but now I want him to gtfout cos what he is doing is sabotaging this team.
     
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    oh if next year doesn’t go well a huge rebuild is coming. Quite frankly at that point would anybody really object to that. Definitely feels like the end of an era is coming if next year fails
     
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