Blazers at Lakers Game Thread 3/20/11

I agree that there are plenty of totally reasonable factors to have lost on a b2b in LA. It's just that, dammit, must the Blazers ALWAYS make their losses to the Lakers so tantalizingly close? I almost would have preferred a total drubbing so I could have tuned out by halftime and had more time to cool down before bed... Now I'll be stomping around until midnight.

 

But the Lakers also played like shit and were without Bynum.

Yes, 3-12 is better than 0-4. Matthews was disengaged. If we kept playing him. You would've been clamoring for Rudy.

 

4 shots. He missed 4 shots. Roy missed 9. Dre missed 11. Unless there was something wrong that we didn't know about (very possible), I don't think that missing 4 shots should be worth a perma-benching.

 

I agree with you Kingspeed. Wes was off from the beginning. They all looked horrible. You can always tells from the beginning if the Back to Back is going to be a factor. Tonight you could see it from the start. The Lakers just didn't play well either.

 

I disagree. Getting drubbed by the Lakers is awful and humiliating and can set the team back. That first loss we had to them this year was horrible.

 

Roy played under 20 minutes last night...

STOMP

 

It was the way he missed them. They were way off. He was disengaged. The Lakers jumped out to a lead and we needed people who could hit shots so he sat. He got another shot at the top of the second half and just couldn't produce. Would it have made you feel better if he stayed in and shot 1 of 9? Nate knows his players better than any of us do. I'm sure he made the right move.

 

The Blazers win this game if they had Travis Outlaw

 

"last night" is the key phrase in your post

 

Would it convince you if he'd stayed in a went 5/9? We all know that Wes is much better than a 0% shooter, so 4 misses alone (even bad misses) shouldn't be enough to take him out completely, in my book.

 

Note the "ALMOST" in my post, KS. ALMOST. Good gravy.

 

I'm out. Sucks to lose but we're 40-30, in the middle of a playoff chase and have won 7 of 10. Losing Camby kills our chances of ever beating the Lakers till Oden comes back and that's what it's all about. Beating the best. Let's just see if we can win a round against the Thunder or Mavs. We'll see. The team that just beat us has only lost once since the All Star break. It's probably not the time to panic but I'm bummed.

 

I was going to lol, but the Lakers might not win this game without Matt Barnes so I guess it's even.

 

He shot 50% air balls. When his 4th shot hit the rim I thought "he's making progress!". Wes was horrible out there on offense and it was indeed a liability. Rudy was tentative but at least produced a little.

 

he seemed to be moving around fine, but then what do I know about how he's really doing? If he really is struggling physically on a back to back after playing so few minutes the first game (and taking only 4 shots) then he belongs in a glass case only to be brought out on a rare occasion.

STOMP

 

Well the one positive is that Batum has played well since Wallace has started. He is staying aggressive.

 

I thought Roy looked a little hobbled with two minutes to go. Perhaps it was lack of sleep more than anything (see HCPs post on their check in time at the hotel). Or maybe he is slowly grinding away the good that came from being off his knees for a few weeks.

 

Indeed. His mid range jumper is killer, too. He's showing some great poise and life out there lately.