Game Thread GAME# 27: BLAZERS @ THUNDER - FEBRUARY 16, 2021 - TUESDAY, 5:00, NBCSNW

Actually i watched them go from the "end of bench" guys back to the starters (Who happen to still be three bench guys) and get a bunch of stops as well as Dame doing dame things.
I agree it's nice to get a win. I also agree with the roster they had last year this would have been a loss.

 

Three consecutive WIDE OPEN corner three's two by Gary Trent and one by Melo are not bad shots. Ant shooting a midrange or an open look three from the top of the arc isn't usually a bad shot. Melo from his spot is not a bad shot most of the time. Kanter missing consecutive tip ins multiple times down the court doesn't happen much. Sorry. The problem was not offense or the shots. It was that the group out there could not guard their energy and the makeshift starters needed to get back on the court. As soon as that happened they completely shut down the Thunder and Dame heated up.

 

Compare the bench from the 1st half to the bench from the 2nd half. It wasnt the bench being incapable of manufacturing quality shots.

 

Seems like we were watching different games.

 

Seems to me like we watch the same game but look at it much much differently. You have to give OKC some credit for the energy they brought. They scratched and clawed their way back into the game with a little help from the refs. How often do you see Dame with 5 and Ant fouling out?

 

Totally agree last year they would have lost this. The obvious lack of experience from Ant and Little and Trent was on full display. The Blazers went back to Lillard when Ant fouled out and Trent settled down with Roco, then Enes started getting a little more help. The defense is what i saw that saved that game. OKC didn't score for the last 5 minutes.

 

If he's doing that after a couple years (or God forbid, 9 years later) then absolutely. As a young coach after just a few months with a garbage roster, might be a bit early.

I see what you tried to di there... but a bit of a fail.

 

If Dort played for the Blazers he'd be fouled out in 10 minutes.

 

Kobe was not a good clutch player: "In the clutch period Kobe averaged 3.5 points on 39.3% shooting and 29.2% from deep. He also turned the ball over an average 0.3 times and held a plus-minus of 0.8."

 

I think Kanter was out of gas in the 4th. He was a machine in the first half but he looked tired by the 4th because he’s the only big we have left.

 

Here's full game highlights:

 

He missed a ton of layups the entire game. 2/10 doesn’t happen very often and many of those were in the first half.

 

Olshey more committee to his 1st rounder the his 2nd round picks. But we will see with Trent.

 

There were a couple that I was shocked didn't go in.

 

this was a trap game and its a big win

you dont want to lose games like this

 

Jokic means a lot to his team but we have better record so far so I got Dame as MVP. LeBron’s stats have fallen off this year.

 

Probably because he's getting "so old".......

 

It has been spoken!