Game Thread Game #71 - BLAZERS @ PISTONS - MARCH 21, 2022 - MONDAY - 4:00 PM (PDT) ROOT SPORTS

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STARTERS


Brandon Williams CJ Elleby

Justice Winslow Trendon Watford

Drew Eubanks



Cade Cunningham Killian Hayes

Saddiq Bey Marvin Bagley

Isaiah Stewart

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WHEN: MARCH 21, 2022 - MONDAY - 4:00 PM (PDT)

WHERE: LITTLE CAESARS ARENA, DETROIT MI



TV BROADCAST



RADIO BROADCAST



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BENCHES

BLAZERS


Ben McLemore Kris Dunn

Keon Johnson Elijah Hughes

Greg Brown Keljin Blevins

Damian Lillard Jusuf Nurkic

Anfernee Simons Nassir Little

Eric Bledsoe Joe Ingles

Didi Louzada Josh Hart



PISTONS


Kelly Oylynk Corey Joseph

Saben Lee

Isaiah Livers Rodney McGruder

Hamidou Diallo Luka Garza

Frank Jackson Jamorko Pickett

Chris Smith Jerami Grant

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INJURIES

PISTONS

Jerami Grant (Knee) OUT
Frank Jackson (Back) OUT
Hamidou Diallo (Finger) OUT
Chris Smith (Knee) OUT
Killian Hayes (Head) PROB.


BLAZERS

Damian Lillard (Abs) OUT
Nassir Little (Shoulder) OUT
Jusuf Nurkic (Foot) OUT
Anfernee Simons (Knee) OUT
Joe Ingles (Knee) OUT
Didi Louzada (Knee) OUT
Eric Bledsoe (Foot) OUT
Josh Hart (Knee) OUT



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COACHES



Chauncey Billups


Dwane Casey

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NOTES
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• This is the second of two games this season between the Blazers and Pistons.
• The Blazers lead the season series 1-0
• The Blazers swept the 2020-21 season series 2-0
• Blazers coach Chauncey Billups played for the Pistons between 2002-09 and won a championship there in 2004 alongside former Blazer Rasheed Wallace.

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TRIVIA

The Blazers last played the Pistons back on 11/30/21, winning 110 -92. He was the only player to attempt over 14 field goals.

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• Mar 20, 2022

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Onto the next one

 

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• Mar 20, 2022

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I share a birthday with Trendon Watford. No other Blazer has ever shared my birthday.

 

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No, but i do share a birthday with JJ Watt.

 

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• Mar 20, 2022

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Blazer players saying they want to win a game for coach in his former team's city. Nice sentiment....save it for next season.

 

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Let's grab that loss!

 

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No Blazer player past or present shares my birthday. We have to keep losing, this is a must lose game and the team needs to keep putting in performances like they did earlier today. Go Blazers! Get the best pick possible!!!

 

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• Mar 21, 2022

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Josh Hart to sit tonight. Thank you Blazers

 

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• Mar 21, 2022

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DDolla said:

Josh Hart to sit tonight. Thank you Blazers

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Right, that poor guy is too old for back to backs.

 

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UKRAINEFAN said:

Right, that poor guy is too old for back to backs.

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That guy isn't going to suit up for us again this season... that's my guess at least but I'm excited for him to be here next season.

 

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No birthday to share, but very sadly, Jerome passed on my birthday date.
The ultimate bummer.

 

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I share a birthday with Richard Nixon, Bob Denver, and Joan Baez

most of you won't know who Bob Denver is unless you google him

Nixon was the best passer though

 

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• Mar 21, 2022

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Glad that Hart isn’t playing. We already know what he does and he also improves our odds of winning hehe. Run the offense thru Elleby for an entire game just for the lolz.

 

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this is wild

 

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so...are the Blazers going to alternate playing Hart and Winslow?

 

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wizenheimer said:

I share a birthday with Richard Nixon, Bob Denver, and Joan Baez

most of you won't know who Bob Denver is unless you google him

Nixon was the best passer though

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Mine:

https://www.cleveland.com/entertain...s-gene-simmons-tim-burton.html?outputType=amp

 

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Blazers lose
Pels lose
Lakers win
Thunder win

Let’s Go!!!!

 

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illmatic99 said:

this is wild

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lol what would you even think of this if you saw this future Tweet back in November?

 

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wizenheimer said:

I share a birthday with Richard Nixon, Bob Denver, and Joan Baez

most of you won't know who Bob Denver is unless you google him

Nixon was the best passer though

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I guess I should be proud of myself for not requiring a browser?

 

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ant said:

lol what would you even think of this if you saw this future Tweet back in November?

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I would wonder who would have enough time on their hands to create a fake Jay Allen Twitter account.

 

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wizenheimer said:

I share a birthday with Richard Nixon, Bob Denver, and Joan Baez

most of you won't know who Bob Denver is unless you google him

Nixon was the best passer though

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I know who Bob Denver is

 

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• Mar 21, 2022

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Are all 7 of our scores right at the basket; I might have missed one?

 

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UKRAINEFAN said:

Are all 7 of our scores right at the basket; I might have missed one?

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That's 8

 

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UKRAINEFAN said:

That's 8

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9 was pretty close, but I don't think it counts.

 

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The fact that they had to sit the one player on the team that is an actual NBA contributor in order to hopefully lose. That shit is hilarious to me.

 

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illmatic99 said:

this is wild

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It’s truly incredible.

 

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i thought the game started at 430.

oops

 

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this team is bipolar

 

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What’s weird is we could still make the play-in with the Lakers losing and us having an easy schedule. Do we need to bench Brandon Williams and start Blevins to make sure things go according to plan?

 

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It's a good thing Josh Hart developed tendinopathy in the last 24 hours or we'd have an insurmountable lead by now.