Game Thread 2022-23 Game #61 - TRAIL BLAZERS @ WARRIORS - FEBRUARY 28th, 2023 - TUESDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

Chris Craig · Feb 26, 2023

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STARTERS

Damian Lillard Cam Reddish

Mattisse Thybulle Jerami Grant

Drew Eubanks

Jordan Poole Klay Thompson

Donte DiVincenzo Draymond Green

Kevon Looney

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RECORDS

TRAIL BLAZERS - 29-31 - 11th W

WARRIORS - 31-30 - 7th

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WHEN: FEBRUARY 28, 2023 - TUESDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT)

WHERE: CHASE CENTER, SAN FRANCISCO CA

TV BROADCAST

RADIO BROADCAST

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BENCHES

TRAIL BLAZERS

Nassir Little Shaedon Sharpe

Trendon Watford Jabari Walker

Keon Johnson Kevin Knox

John Butler Jr Ryan Arcidiacono

INACTIVE

Anfernee Simons Jusuf Nurkic

Justice Winslow Ibou Badji

WARRIORS

Moses Moody JaMychal Green

Jonathan Kuminga

Anthony Lamb Ty Jerome

Patrick Baldwin Jr

INACTIVE

Stephen Curry

Andrew Wiggins Andre Iguodala

Ryan Rollins Gary Payton

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COACHES

Chauncey Billups

Steve Kerr

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INJURIES

TRAIL BLAZERS

Anfernee Simons - Knee - Out
Jusuf Nurkic - Calf - Out
Justice Winslow - Calf - Out
Ibou Badji - Knee - Out
Ryan Arcidiacono - Back - Probable

WARRIORS

Stephen Curry - Knee - Out
Andrew Wiggins - Personal - Out
Andre Iguodala - Knee - Out
Gary Payton II - BS - Out
Ryan Rollins - Gleague - Out

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NOTES

This is the third of four games this season between the Trail Blazers and Warriors
The Warriors defeated the Trail Blazers 118-112 on 12/18 in SF
The Trail Blazers defeated the Warriors 125-122 on 2/8
The Trail Blazers and Warriors will play each other again on 4/9 in Portland
The Warriors swept the 2021-22 season series 3-0
Gary Payton II was traded back to the Warriors at the deadline. The Warriors filed a complaint with the league regarding Payton's injured core. The League is investigating...awkward

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Chris Craig · Feb 26, 2023

BigGameDamian · Feb 26, 2023

Fairly-Hard · Feb 27, 2023

Very important game here. Warriors are not the same team without Curry, Green and Wiggins though they did beat the T-Wolves yesterday.

@Chris Craig the BS is pretty funny.

Cugel · Feb 27, 2023

Warriors are tough at home, as tough as any. POR has to bring it. Need more from Grant, Nas, and Reddish. Looking forward to Thybulle on Klay etc. The ultimate test for a defender!

blazerfan11 · Feb 27, 2023

Golden State may be down, but they're not the dumpster fire that the Rockets are.
The Rockets are in last place with only 12 wins this season.
Golden State has the same home record as the Boston Celtics, 24-7. Yikes!
What a difference from the Rockets.

blazerfan11 · Feb 27, 2023

Cugel said:
Warriors are tough at home, as tough as any. POR has to bring it. Need more from Grant, Nas, and Reddish. Looking forward to Thybulle on Klay etc. The ultimate test for a defender!

Who knows what'll happen with Chauncey coaching. Pretty easy to get a switch and suddenly Eubanks is guarding him.

illmatic99 · Feb 27, 2023

What is Nurks status? Is he close at all to returning?

Our defense has dropped 13 spots since he got hurt.

KingSpeed · Feb 27, 2023

Yeah is Nurk def out tomorrow?

wizenheimer · Feb 27, 2023

illmatic99 said:
What is Nurks status? Is he close at all to returning?

Our defense has dropped 13 spots since he got hurt.

wut?

I have a hard time believing the Blazers ranked 14th in defense on Feb. 1

Chris Craig · Feb 27, 2023

KingSpeed said:
Yeah is Nurk def out tomorrow?

Definitely out

illmatic99 · Feb 27, 2023

wizenheimer said:
wut?

I have a hard time believing the Blazers ranked 14th in defense on Feb. 1

Huh. I saw us at 17. Thought we were 30th now. Apologies.

Still... The dropoff has been stark

wizenheimer · Feb 27, 2023

illmatic99 said:
Huh. I saw us at 17. Thought we were 30th now. Apologies.

Still... The dropoff has been stark

it hasn't been good, true. I think losing Winslow has been a factor and playing 6 of the 10 without Hart (and Payton) has also impacted the defense. Blazers played some pretty good offenses and hot teams in that 10 game stretch as well. It's not all Nurkic

Fairly-Hard · Feb 27, 2023

wizenheimer said:
it hasn't been good, true. I think losing Winslow has been a factor and playing 6 of the 10 without Hart (and Payton) has also impacted the defense. Blazers played some pretty good offenses and hot teams in that 10 game stretch as well. It's not all Nurkic

While i agree to a point. No question Nurkic would help. A really engaged Nurkic would help a whole bunch.

wizenheimer · Feb 27, 2023

Fairly-Hard said:
While i agree to a point. No question Nurkic would help. A really engaged Nurkic would help a whole bunch.

well, a "really engaged" Nurkic is kind of like a snow leopard....kind of rare to see

besides that, a lot of 'really engaged' bigs would help quite a bit, not just Nurkic. Whiteside for instance even though he was despised by some. Mason Plumlee would be a big help; guys like Przybilla; Vanderbilt; Capela; Zubac; Poeltl; Lopez

big men anchor a defense

Fairly-Hard · Feb 27, 2023

wizenheimer said:
well, a "really engaged" Nurkic is kind of like a snow leopard....kind of rare to see

besides that, a lot of 'really engaged' bigs would help quite a bit, not just Nurkic. Whiteside for instance even though he was despised by some. Mason Plumlee would be a big help; guys like Przybilla; Vanderbilt; Capela; Zubac; Poeltl; Lopez

big men anchor a defense

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Snow Leopard
Ha Ha Ha! Love it!

Whyachi · Feb 27, 2023

Fairly-Hard said:
Very important game here. Warriors are not the same team without Curry, Green and Wiggins though they did beat the T-Wolves yesterday.

@Chris Craig the BS is pretty funny.

Minnesota freaking sucks right now. It's like they're trying to tank, but they don't have a pick. Maybe KAT will come back and change things? It sounds like he's already done being a Timberwolf.

Fairly-Hard · Feb 28, 2023

wizenheimer said:
Nurkic is kind of like a snow leopard

Nurkic gonna show up to the next game dressed like this

stampedehero · Feb 28, 2023

2022-23 NBA Standings | ESPN

Fairly-Hard · Feb 28, 2023

Whyachi said:
Minnesota freaking sucks right now. It's like they're trying to tank, but they don't have a pick. Maybe KAT will come back and change things? It sounds like he's already done being a Timberwolf.

The one that has me wondering is Zion? He has been out for a long time on this Hamstring injury.

Fairly-Hard · Feb 28, 2023

stampedehero said:
2022-23 NBA Standings | ESPN

I hate them being on the outside looking in with a huge road trip in front of them. They simply have not won enough home games. Other than the Clippers who have played 500 ball on the road most of the top teams have decent home records. Blazers with 17-14 at home is tough to see. No question they could have won 2 or 3 more home games.

TBpup · Feb 28, 2023

No Curry, Green or Wiggins? Winning streak doubles?

maxiep · Feb 28, 2023

Love the reason Payton is listed as put in the root post!

Whyachi · Feb 28, 2023

Fairly-Hard said:
The one that has me wondering is Zion? He has been out for a long time on this Hamstring injury.

the media spin that Zion didn't want to be a Pelican was total b.s. (NBA player media rumors are all time pathetically horrible lately, as we saw Portland get zapped by headline grabbing lies during the Payton debacle).
Big Z was bringing it this year until his injury. He seemed elated to be playing once again and got voted to the All-Star game. Those hamstring injuries can take awhile to heal up.

Or... maybe the Pelicans want to out tank Portland and grab a higher draft position?

illmatic99 · Feb 28, 2023

I cant wait for this game. GS is enemy number one.

Fairly-Hard · Feb 28, 2023

So if Lillard drops 60 tonight in San Francisco does that make it better? I mean it won't be "In Portland" that way right?

wizenheimer · Feb 28, 2023

Whyachi said:
Or... maybe the Pelicans want to out tank Portland and grab a higher draft position?

they have a swap lined up with the Lakers. Probably won't have their own pick, especially with Lebron injured, again

KingSpeed · Feb 28, 2023

Fairly-Hard said:
I hate them being on the outside looking in with a huge road trip in front of them. They simply have not won enough home games. Other than the Clippers who have played 500 ball on the road most of the top teams have decent home records. Blazers with 17-14 at home is tough to see. No question they could have won 2 or 3 more home games.

At the same time, we have a better road record than the 5 teams directly ahead of us and any success in playoffs will require victory on the road.

blazerfan11 · Feb 28, 2023

KingSpeed said:
At the same time, we have a better road record than the 5 teams directly ahead of us and any success in playoffs will require victory on the road.

The Trail Blazers also have a better conference win percentage (21-17) than:
The Clippers 19-18 (5th seed)
The Grizzlies 18-16 (2nd seed)

illmatic99 · Feb 28, 2023

It's a shame 2 weeks isnt playing

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