Game Thread SEEDING GAME# 4: BLAZERS @ NUGGETS - AUGUST 6, 2020 - THURSDAY, 5:00, NBCSNW

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Which team will the Blazers be fighting with for the 8th Seed in the Play-In Tournament?

Poll closed Aug 11, 2020.
  1. Grizzlies

    20.8%
  2. Kings

    2.1%
  3. Pelicans

    43.8%
  4. Spurs

    18.8%
  5. Suns

    6.3%
  6. Nobody because the Blazers will have the 8th Seed and be 4 games ahead by season's end

    6.3%
  7. Nobody because the Blazers won't qualify for the Play-in.

    2.1%
  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    2019-20 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    31 - 38
    (11-24 Road)
    DENVER NUGGETS

    44 - 23
    (25-9 Home)

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    PROBABLE STARTERS---------


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    DAMIAN LILLARD VS MONTE MORRIS

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    C.J. McCOLLUM VS TORREY CRAIG

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    CARMELO ANTHONY VS MICHAEL PORTER Jr.

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    ZACH COLLINS VS PAUL MILSAP

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    JUSUF NURKIC VS NIKOLA JOKIC

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    WHEN: 5:00 PM (PDT), THURSDAY, 8/6/2020

    WHERE: VISA ATHLETIC CENTER, ORLANDO, FL
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    TV BROADCAST:
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    --------------BENCH--------------
    -- PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS --
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    ADAMS , SIMONS , TRENT Jr.
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    HEZONJA , LITTLE , HOARD
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    GABRIEL , WHITESIDE , BROWN


    - DENVER NUGGETS-
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    DOZIER , DANIELS
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    BATES-DIOP , GRANT , COOK
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    VONLEH , PLUMLEE , BOL


    INJURIES
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    Jaylen Adams (back): QUESTIONABLE
    Trevor Ariza (personal reasons): OUT
    Caleb Swanigan (personal reasons): OUT
    Rodney Hood (torn Achilles): OUT
    NUGGETS
    Jamal Murray (left hamstring tightness): QUESTIONABLE
    Gary Harris (strained right hip): QUESTIONABLE
    Will Barton (sore left knee): DOUBTFUL
    Vlatko Cancar (fractured left foot): OUT




    HEAD COACHES
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    TERRY STOTTS --- MICHAEL MALONE

    :reading:OFFICIAL NUGGETS' GAME NOTES
    :reading: OFFICIAL BLAZERS' GAME NOTES





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  2. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    BATTLE FOR THE 8TH
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  3. Orion Bailey

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    Tuesday again? Ohhhh @Darkwebs , slippin....
    :)
     
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  4. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Thanks, OB! Good catch!
     
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    tykendo Don't Tread On PDX

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    Big men are the name of the game in this matchup. Denver's starting backcourt is injured. Denver's Torrey Craig is known in Denver as the Dame Stopper. Even though Dame has had many top games against them. Many i witnessed in person living in Denver up until Jan. 2019. Dame is just about due to go into nuclear mode. But this will be a for sure, heated match up. Denver Media shows little respect toward the Blazers. Never has. Like to see them be Westbrook sad after thursday.
     
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    Scalma Well-Known Member

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    Hezonja and Simons both got chances. Wonder if Nas is next.
     
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  7. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Denver is playing the Spurs tomorrow, so that means the Blazers will get the Nuggets on a back-to-back.

    If Murray, Harris, and Barton are back in the lineup by Thursday, that would make this game a whole lot more difficult.
     
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    KSF-ERIC Well-Known Member

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    Less shots for Michael Porter Jr is a good thing. Bring em back!
     
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  9. e_blazer

    e_blazer Rip City Fan

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    It will be nice to play against a team that’s not just loaded up with wing players.
     
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    Hey, look, a Denver home game without the advantage of altitude! Guess the only thing that has kept us from owning that franchise even more than we already do no longer applies!
     
  11. B-Roy

    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Pray that Denver still doesn't have 3 of their starters.
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    agreed, porter has looked great, while the rest of em will be super rusty
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Seems like we always play teams that are missing key players.
     
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    Not sure why the poll this time wasn't
    "If you had to choose, which single person was most responsible for the Win last game?"
    I'm pretty sure Meyers Leonard could get some votes there as well.

    We all know Stotts wouldn't get a vote. Even though he out coached D'Antoni all night.
     
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    Bumping this to the front page.
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    There's lint in my belly button that could out coach D'antoni.
     
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    stampedehero Make Your Day, a Doobies Day Staff Member Moderator

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    Its a Jokic -Nurk matchup. I've been waiting for this since last year.
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    Lets not discuss things that have anything to do with your belly aching around here.....
     
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    Time to beat them this year. Lets go! This is a huge game for us.
     
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    Is that you with Dame in your moniker?
     
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