Game Thread 2022-23 Game #53 - BLAZERS @ BULLS - FEBRUARY 4, 2023 - SATURDAY - 5:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

The Western Conference is nuts! We have a three game win streak and it's currently the longest in the conference. The only team with a better win streak than us right now is Milwaukee. It's Milwaukee with 6 straight, us with 3 and then a bunch of teams with two.

LETS MAKE IT 4 STRAIGHT!!! GO BLAZERS!!!

 

I don’t know if I can handle another predictable slow start. Please stop it.

 

We have a chance to go to 6th tomorrow. If Minny and Jazz lose tonight and then Phoenix and Golden State lose tomorrow, and we win, we’re 6th in West.

 

Should be another good game. DeRozan is the king of the mid-range and if Zach gets going he is big trouble.

 

Vucevic could be the problem actually. What ever happened to Lonzo Ball? Looked like he was gonna be good.

 

Will he be healthy again? It’s been over a year?

 

Can’t believe what you read on the internet. I want inside info.

 

Like to have a guy like Lonzo on POR. Excellent passer, ball handler, defense, good length. Hope he gets healthy;

 

Still on the ground here in DC…. Almost midnight.

 

ouch. you better get some shut eye.

 

GP2 still got a runny nose for this one?

 

Supposedly he has Brandon Roy knees from what I’ve read.

 

Hes so soft and even the team feels the same way. Haynes reported this couple weeks ago on Portland radio

 

This one might be a tough one to get. NBA schedule sucks.
That storm that hit them in Tennessee hits them again in DC. Then on a B2B in Chicago they need to get rested and ready to play in about 12-14 hours.

Look for shots to be short. Hopefully they can get some inside game going? Seriously speaking Billups probably should look to using the bench a bit more in this game and ugly it up as much as possible?
Why not Give Walker, Keon, ???Payton??? some bigger minutes with Watford. Not saying start them or anything just use a bit deeper rotation for this game and see what happens if they are obviously running on empty?

Blazers come back to Portland and play a very tough first game back Monday against the Bucks that they do not match up well against at all.

 

we know the strategy....Blazers will solve the Giannis match-up problem by passively switching Ant & Dame onto him at every screen