Game Thread 2022-23 Game #12 BLAZERS @ PELICANS - NOVEMBER 10, 2022 - THURSDAY - 5:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

Yeah. The Pels are on a B2B also and they don't have the depth Portland has shown. I think you are spot on here. They went after a win last night and rested their bigs for tonight. The Pels Bigs are going to be tired.

 

I was only thinking about his defense at the guard position. I see this game having a lot of fouls called

 

So we're tossing this game for no reason. Really??

 

yeah, kind of like how they tossed the first game in Phoenix?

 

I think fresh bigs are more important in this game then our guards. CJ will most likely go 3-17 regardless

 

Gonna be reading that Pelican game thread. Should be pretty fun.

 

Cj has come back down fromvthe hot streak he went on post trade. 48% ts% on the season, which is abysmal.

 

Why on earth would you even think that. let alone post it.
What you just said was, "without Dame, they cannot win"...
Probably should re-think that one.
In case you haven't noticed yet, (and I do not believe you have!), the Portland TrailBlazers are a deep team. A very good team. Perhaps, enough to take any combination of 2 starters out, and still win, like they already have in this young season, multiple times.

 

confidence still sky high though

https://www.theringer.com/nba/2022/11/7/23443807/new-orleans-pelicans-zion-williamson-brandon-ingram

“I wasn’t put in the position to run point, and when I was I don’t know if I was necessarily ready earlier in my career,” McCollum says of his eight-plus seasons in Portland. “Now, this is my basketball potential being unlocked to the fullest."

“My assist-to-turnover ratio will be off the chain. Before the season’s over it’ll be top five in the NBA,” says McCollum, who currently ranks eighth (3.5) among players averaging at least 30 minutes. His previous career high is 2.5, which was set last season. “I’ll average close to 10 assists a game for the season because I’ve worked on this stuff,” he continues. “It’s not like I didn’t just go out here experimenting. I know how to run a team, and I’m learning how to think the game.”

 

Also says his shooting hand is injured. Maybe he should stop shooting then.

 

I’m not sure there’s a Blazer I’ve ever liked more for who they are as a person more than CJ. As a basketball player that is a focal part of your teams offense? Hard pass.

 

Dribble dribble dribble dribble dribble dribble dribble dribble...shoooooot!
Lucky for CJ, a missed shot doesn't count as a turnover.

 

we are sitting out our best player in game 12 of the season against an opponent who we would like to get a tiebreaker against after he has already missed 4 games.

i'm totally on board with load management, but figured that woulda come last night, not tonight. we need to pickup as many WC wins as possible and we have decided not to put our best foot forward.

 

Almost makes me nostalgic for the days of Damon. Dribble 20 seconds off the clock and then either puke up a questionable shot or make a flaming bag pass to a team-mate.

 

Damian Lillard out for Portland Trail Blazers at New Orleans Pelicans
https://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/...nel-how-to-watch-free-live-stream-online.html

 

keep the faith, nurk will carry the team

 

Wtf Dame is out?? He was just talking about how it was going to be fun playing against Cj and what not

wow

 

man, this team is trash, you cant trust them

 

The odds of a tie can't be that good against one specific team. If they had to pick one day (of the two) to rest him, this is the better option. We could very easily have lost that game last night without Dame, and then again tonight against a much better team....with Dame. Neither is ideal, but I would take the bird in the hand

 

Agreed. Great person.
Don't want him on my team though...