Blazers @ Miami Game Thread: Greg Oden's Debut Do-Over

You are absolutely right!

Roy played like a fool against Houston because he was going man-to-man with Artest. He forgot the rest of the team.

Having Roy defend someone else *besides* Wade meant that Roy wouldn't take every basket so seriously that he got in a pissing contest with the wrong guy. And Wade is the wrong dude to have a scoring contest with when the game is on the line!

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Durante was a funny guy, and a pretty fair actor, but he's dead now, so let him rest in peace.

 

I'm worried where Martell's minutes are going to come from. You're not taking any away from Rudy or Roy and they're taking 30-35 mins apiece.
He might have to accept just 20 mins a game.

 

Roy played injured tonight.

 

impressed with sergio playing under control down the stretch. even hit a chris paul-type in the key shot.

 

Yeah Wade was unstoppable and their scrubs hit an inordinate number of annoying threes.

 

Batum will lose a fair number of his minutes, I think. Batum is playing surprisingly well considering how raw he was supposed to be, but he's still not starter-quality, IMO. I think Webster and Outlaw should end up with most of the small forward minutes.

 

Loved seeing this tonight..

 

not really. their bench was just 5-14, about what you'd normally expect.

 

Batum is going to lose all his minutes, which I guess is fine, but he's shown he can be a contributor out there. But that's just 15 mins a game. We're just so damn deep, it's crazy.

 

He might never play for us again.

 

Agreed. Besides Rudy's play I thought Sergio was the most impressive out there. He ran the team very well and did a good job on defense too.

 

This was just the start of what I was talking about before where some teams just won't be big enough to handle Portland down low. Too many big bodies hitting the boards. Some nights, teams just cannot deal with that. That is how Portland should play against a Golden State type of team.

Fernandez was awesome tonight. In the first half even though his shot wasn't falling, he was making productive plays to keep the team rolling. Steals, passes, loose balls. He drew at least 2 charges.

Sergio gets some props, running the team down the stretch, and a good time for Nate to sub in Blake for free throws. He got the team some really good looks inside, it was too bad on at least 2 plays where Aldridge fumbled the ball instead of putting the cap on it. It would not have been as close as game.

Roy was Roy, but you could tell he was struggling just a little bit with the back. He had the right attitude when they weren't getting calls to just keep attacking and making them make the call.

 

Who was it that predicted a winning streak after Roy's miracle buzzer beater over Yao? So far so good; 4 in a row and the last two on the road!

 

who do we play friday? new orleans? ouch win streak may come to end there. but we already are probably going to go over .500 on the road trip!


oden was alright. i look forward to him playing more

 

Exactly.

 

That's going to be the positive with all the depth we have in this brutal start. Guys shouldn't be too tired since we don't rely on anyone for 40 mins plus a game, and we're young.
We should beat Minnesota even though it's a back to back, and if we can get either New Orleans or Golden State, I don't think you could ask for anything more than a 4-1 record on this trip.

 

FOURTH seed

 

Oh, NO stays at 4th seed cuz they're leading their division. But still, we have the 4th best record.