Game Thread GAME# 71: BLAZERS @ SUNS - MAY 13, 2021 - THURSDAY, 7:00, TNT & NBCSNW

I still cant' phantom how Nurk played 26 minutes and couldn't muster 1 offensive rebound. Plus him loosing his cool and getting that Tech hurt at the final score. Lots of blame to go around. Dame missed a FT in the fourth. Easy to blame the loss on one play, when in reality there were plenty of bad plays during the game that caused the loss.

 

They played small and he still couldn't get a rebound? he should have feasted on the smaller players and been able to get at least one offensive rebound. Against SA on the second night of a back to back he was able to grab 6.

 

Stotts is a Moron

 

the question 'was Portland bad against the top teams in the west', and the record is still 1-10; excuses or not; and half were blowouts...20, 23, 32, 5, 6, 17, 19, 1, 1, 1. Much better lately but still losing more than winning. Those 1 point losses are kind of interesting too; for instance, Portland lost by 1 against the Clippers at the Moda in a game Dame didn't play. But neither did Kawhi, Patrick Beverly, & Ibaka. Portland lost by 1, at the Moda, to Denver when Blazers had their full team healthy; Denver was without Murray of course, but I guess since he's out for the rest of the year, that was Denver's full team. And last night they lost to Phoenix who was playing without Ayton and Cam Johnson.

besides all that, over the last 3 seasons, it's always been the injury excuse. At a certain point, that excuse becomes a team flaw

I'm not disputing that Portland has looked much better over the last 11 games. It's been encouraging. But I still believe the flaws we've seen in the team over the last few season are still there, especially on defense. They gave up a defensive rating of 119.5 last night while allowing the Suns to score 22 points on their first 10 fourth Q possessions. The only thing that kept Portland in the game was Dame putting on his cape, once again. So, for me, I have about equal parts of hope and skepticism, especially considering we've seen late season hot streaks in 4 of the previous 5 seasons....Lucy and the football

 

Look Stotts has to be smart enough to know he's got like a 25% chance at BEST to overturn that call and in challenging it realize there is no chance for a buzzer beater. That is just asinine to me. Fuck the challenge. THINK ! You are putting the game on the refs with that challenge and they are not going to like that and want to overturn it. THINK TERRY!

 

Side question -

How the actual FUCK do you not get the ball to the guy who can legitimately shoot half court shots like they're a normal three pointer? What the hell were they thinking?

 

Such a miserable waste of a season. So many winnable games just pissed away. The GM built a bad roster, the coach did a mediocre (or worse) job managing it, and too many of the players were just punching the clock and collecting a check.

I'm glad I bailed. I love Dame, but the rest of the organization from Neil on down is a complete waste.

 

Tough loss, but we're competing. I like our chances in the playoffs assuming we're healthy.

 

This is like exactly opposite of what everyone I talked to at work today said about the team and game last night.
Matter of fact the ONLY place I read or hear negative takes are on here or Twitter. The Negative takes seem to all be from the same people over and over again.
Fact is the team has played very well for the last 3 weeks and they are still playing hard. None of them have mailed it in and are just happy collecting a paycheck. That isn't what is happening at all.

Or was this sarcasm? Sorry if it was tongue in cheek?

 

It was a hell of a game...ton of lead changes....we had too many crucial empty possessions last few minutes to finish it off...CJ bricked a few that turned the game into a one point contest and Dame was hot and should have had the ball at the end...still we played hard and gave ourselves a chance down to the wire. Credit the Suns....they won the game making plays when they had to...was a playoff atmosphere and it would be a fun series if we met them post season

 

One of the POSITIVE traits I like about this team is their persistence.

 

Now you’re straying into “blind loyalty” territory. Tread carefully……..

 

We wouldn't want that. People who are blindly loyal tend to have an extremely low IQ, I think. Obviously I'm not talking about anyone on this forum, but blind loyalty tends to show a lack of intelligence and critical thinking, don't you think?

 

Is that the same as "blind munchies?"

 

Just watched the TNT broadcast.......FUCKING TNT MISSED 2 PLAYS SHOWING FUCKING REPLAYS!!!!! FUCK!

 

I'm trying to picture "Blind Loyalty".