Game Thread 2022-23 Game #67 - BLAZERS @ 76ERS - MARCH 10, 2023 - FRIDAY - 4:00 PM (PDT) ROOT

There's no way to quantify or confirm this but i feel like too many of our guys are not as upset as they should be about losing.

Like Grant has gotten so used to this after his time in Philly and Detroit that I don't think he cares as much. Ant... I just dont know yet. He was part of the tank last year and picked up some habits. Sharpe is too young to care.

Nurkic looks upset and gets really down but doesn't really correct his mistakes by overcorrecting like he used to a few yrs ago.

The sad thing is I dont know about Chauncey. He seems to care but the way he brushes off losses in postgame interviews is uninspiring. I dunno if he's the same in the locker room, though.

We miss Josh. He cared.

You can just tell how much this is eating at Dame.

I hope we target guys who prioritize winning this summer. It's a mentality that can manifest into tangible on court improvement.

 

great game and an even better result fams.

 

If anything this game is a good indicator that the blazers are not that far off.

They went toe to toe with an eastern conference contender on the road when they were mostly healthy.

What this tells me is that this team is likely to be one move and upgrade in coaching from being a pretty decent team.

Cam gives this team another scorer and ball handler.it is still too small and an upgrade at center will help, either by replacing nurk with a mobile big or replacement for the backup center.

 

Chauncey Billups, Tank Commander.

 

Problem is the refs treat Embiid like the new (old) Harden and hate Nurk. Foul him out and we have zero chance to win.

 

Thank you Embiid!

 

Any given night in the NBA. One game doesn’t really change anything. Most the game the Sixers were clanking open 3’s that they usually make.

I think they need more than just slight upgrades. We’ve supposedly been doing slight upgrade tinkering for years. We need difference makers.

 

there were several head scratching moments near the end of this game.
the play that irked me the most, was a severe defensive glitch. Jerami Grant strolled through the paint with a driving Sixer inbound. Instead of moving his feet with the ballhandler, Grant jumped to the opposite side of Reddish while gently coaxing Cam to guard the driving Philly player. Jerami casually hopped away from the play to stand near Reddish's man by the 3 point line. Cam couldn't catch the ball handler. Eubanks was busy resetting his 3 second paint plodding. The lane was left wide open for a Philadelphia poster jam.

 

Well, the tinkering is finally done right. We started with dame, cj, norm and nurk as the only guys you could expect to score consistently - 3 of them were undersized, and we had no good perimeter defenders for a long time.

The blazers now have dame, ant (undersized), grant, maybe cam (not undersized) and nurk. Definitely more consistent scorers and a bit more size.

Add Matisse being a good perimeter defenders and the blazers are a lot closer than what they have been for a very long time.

The one game was the first time we have seen all of these guys play somewhat healthy - so it is a lot more than just a random single game issue IMHO, even with dame having a so so scoring game by his standards, the team is a lot harder to defend.

They are still undersized, they still need an upgrade at center and or power forward, but they sure seem like a more balanced roster

 

Agree, but seems unlikely to happen

 

Yep we looked really good last night. That effort will beat most teams. Winning streak incoming.

 

Cam Reddish has been a nice little revelation I agree. I just don’t think a Lillard/Simons backcourt will ever amount to winning recipe.

I agree yesterday was very encouraging. I think Simons and Nurk need to go in order for us to really cross that bridge.

 

We need a big rotation (c/pf) upgrade for sure.

I am not certain that ant has to go if the rest of the roster is balanced and can defend, but I am not vehemently opposed to him being part of a package that upgrades the big rotation significantly

 

IDK man.....they have been crazy inconsistent all year with focus and energy.
I think we benefitted by 76ers missing a lot of open shots.
Let's see if the Blazers can duplicate that performance if they have to take the ball out of the net more often.
My sauces still like the tank tbh.

 

Can’t really talk about earlier in the year. Last night was the first time Nurk, MT, and Cam played together and the early returns were good.