Game Thread Game #9 - BLAZERS vs PACERS - NOVEMBER 5, 2021 - FRIDAY, 7:00 PM, ROOT SPORTS

Doesn't he always kill us?

 

When he's open, he needs to shoot. But he does need to stop forcing shots.

 

I don’t know if he always kills us, but he certainly fits the mould of the type of player that always kills us. Scrappy point guards with a good midrange game.

 

Yeah I don’t know either. All the things you said is what I’m thinking too for possible causes or a combination. The FT’s is pretty worrisome too as that’s a big source of free points. He will be significantly less efficient losing 3 FT’s a game even if he gets back to normal shooting-wise. It’s not like he’s not getting to the rim anymore and he wasn’t drawing cheap fouls before.

 

At this point, I am gonna celebrate any win.

 

Tony Snell +9 in 6 minutes, the highest on the team

 

Last season, they were a +13 per 100 poss. In playoffs, they were +30 per 100 poss. That’s how bad our second unit was last year. Problem with starters this year is Dame.

 

Very well. He had a 40 point game this season.

 

Great win, but holy shit is Dame done

 

To be fair, Dame only take 13 shots. If Kobe, AI, Jordan etc started 2-13 they’d just shoot 20 more shots and get to 25-30 points anyway. Dame isn’t doing that for better or worse. We’ll he did vs Cavs.

 

CJ had the game winning assist

 

I don’t think so. This is the new Dame.

 

So we can win a ring!

 

Tomorrow night is a huge game…….. WE have to win!

 

Good win! It is so weird seeing dame not take over in the fourth quarter when we need to score. What is happening with dame?

 

Great last pass from CJ to hot hands. Fuckin awesome.

 

Common sense is not giving up on Dame but understanding that the player right now is not doing what Dame can do healthy. You keep using that "Common Sense" statement but fail to see you are not using it at all. It's like you are so blinded by your fandom that you cannot see the faults. This man is hurting the team right now. What he did last year or 7, 8, 9 years ago means absolutely nothing.

 

im not sure he is us hurting us as much as he is not elevating.
11 assists is still eleven assists.

ive long been of the opinion, the number one offensive weapon cant be the point guard.
Do we really need Dame to score if he gets others to?

We won last night aNd he scored 4 points.
He can be our best player without being our leading scorer. Much rather see him play more like chris paul than Allan Iverson….and i think we would be better for it.

 

C'mon now. I love the positive vibes thing but we also got to stay in reality. People all over have been watching him even before it came out he was playing injured. They all were saying "He looks injured". This injury is not going away by the 2nd game of a B2B. Actually this is exactly the kind of game i would expect him to sit out.