Game Thread 2022-23 Game #26 - BLAZERS VS TIMBERWOLVES - DECEMBER 10, 2022 - 7:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

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  1. riverman

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    foul trouble early in the 4th and they lived at the line that whole quarter. Scoring with a dead clock. I'll take the win regardless of the final score
     
    riverman, Dec 10, 2022
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    speaking of bench scoring:

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    41 mins for dame is ridiculous
     
    illmatic99, Dec 10, 2022
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    I'll take any win.

    Overall, the defense is still in free fall. Below our average defense over the last 10 years.
     
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    shitting on our bench scoring is shortsighted tonight when you look at the +/- numbers for the starters vs our bench.

    Screen Shot 2022-12-10 at 9.53.38 PM.png
     
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    Not ideal. Billups put him in 2 min earlier in the 4th than he did against Denver. I'm sure he wished he would've played him 41 against Denver.

    This has always been the problem. You have to run Dame into the ground for the roster to have a chance at a decent playoff seed. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
     
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    Imagine complaining about a win in December when standings dont mean anything yet lol
     
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    I thought the last 4 minutes of the 3rd and first 4 minutes of the 4th is where the game was won tonight.
     
    Tince, Dec 10, 2022
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    Billups was asked about this. Said he put him in at regular time and he isn't afraid to put him in at 10:00 mark if he needs to, as long as it's not on a back-to-back.

    Expect this to continue.
     
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    Good.
     
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    who is "shitting" on bench scoring?

    and +/- is a nearly useless stat for a single game; case in point, Sharpe led the team in +/- tonight at +18. In the win at Utah when Ant scored 45, he was +5; Jabari Walker went 0-4 and led the team with +12
     
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    you literally posted a massive screenshot showing our bench scoring ranking. do you really need an explicit answer to your first question?

    we won this game because of Eubanks and our bench primarily. +/- reflected the eye test tonight.
     
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    We have the worst bench in the nba. Gary “Festus Ezeli” Payton is not going to solve that.
     
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    LOL....WUT?...do you think I made the fucking numbers up? People were talking about bench scoring so I decided to add the context of the actual bench scoring numbers across the league. How the fuck is that "shitting" on bench scoring? You haven't explained that. It wasn't about bench defense or bench rebounding or bench FG%. It was simply PPG for the 30 NBA benches. You know...numbers. I don't know why you got so offended by it
     
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    I agree and if Dame has to play that many minutes for us to win, Then we’re in trouble!
     
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    Chauncey brought Dame and Nurk in about 3 minutes earlier in the fourth than he usually would because the lead was bleeding away. They came into the game about with about minutes left..the radio guys mentioned how they had to come in early
     
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    Ok that’s fair. And we will never be there. Let’s blow it up
     
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    [​IMG]
     
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    Tonight? He brought them in 2 minutes earlier than Denver, but not because the lead was bleeding away. We were up 2 at the start of the quarter, got up 9 (without Dame), and when Dame came in, we were still up 7.
     
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    The whole league should blow it up. There’s less than a handful of teams that are consistently good
     
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