Game Thread GAME# 12: PACERS @ BLAZERS - JANUARY 14, 2021 - THURSDAY, 7:00, NBCSNW

Hood and Simons playing...

Neither are rotation players — Simons isn’t even NBA caliber and yet here we are.

Sabas is a monster!

 

Indiana is not the inferior team

 

Hey whadya know, the Pacers fired Nate McMillan, after just extending him, to hire a new coach. They did a proper coaching search and hired Nate Bjorkgren. They didn’t just sit on their hands and say, “if we fire Nate McMillan, who’s gonna replace him?”

 

The hole started widening when Ant was given enough burn to go about 4 minutes without a bucket...then everybody went cold from deep...Trent couldn't make one, Covington couldn't, Hood couldn't Kanter missed a couple bunnies, Melo missed a couple....ugly half of hoops

 

thank you.....they play really good defense

 

I’ve watched a few Indy games this season. They play completely different than when they had Nate. They’ve always played defense, but Bjorkgren changed their offense to fit the 21st century.

 

Trent is not playing like he did in the bubble on defense either so that whole group together are not good at all.

 

Turner and Sabonis are in a whole different league than zach. Waste of pick, same with Simons and swanigan and probably cj mach 2. And for the life of me I have no idea how good or bad Nas is. No one will ever know because stotts chooses to go with a guy that is at like 25 percent of what he once was before injury.

 

he has unlocked myles turner

 

not in this particular performance but overall, absolutely.

 

Still baffles me why Boston didn’t want Turner and a first for Hayward, instead opting for Tristan Thompson. Turner would be such a fit on that team. Ainge sucks.

 

Ant looks like he has no idea what to do when he's on the floor.

 

Without Oladipo/Levert, Warren, and Lamb they are.

 

what is the biggest halftime deficit Portland has ever come back from?

 

@wizenheimer ...boiled owl shit?

Can Nas/Giles get some run just to maybe get some energy? Tell me how it could be worse than that steaming pile of dog excrement.

 

I’d say we are 7 deep unless Little and Giles become average, but we’re are only 4 deep with defenders then a giant drop off.

 

59-36

 

Legit excited to watch the second half. That was the worst half of the season. Want to see how they respond.

 

Hm, another guy nobody heard of who has modern ideas and ends up being a good coach. That's why I'm not a fan of "You have to know exactly who you'd replace Stotts with if you want to replace him". There's an interview process for a reason.

 

They should be inferior...but not playing like it. Then again, they are playing both sides of the ball. The Blazers (and sadly too many of their fans) only think of offense.