Game Thread Blazers vs OKC Tuesday July 28th, 3pm PST NBCSNW

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  1. Eastoff

    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    I stole most of this information from the blazers great writer, Casey Holdahl write up

    https://www.nba.com/blazers/news/blazers-wrap-orlando-scrimmage-thunder

    And here

    https://www.nba.com/thunder/story/pulling-same-direction-200727

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    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

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    OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER



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    ---------PROBABLE STARTERS---------

    [IMG] PG [IMG]
    ANT Simons VS lugets dort

    [IMG] SG [IMG]
    Gary Trent Jr VS SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER

    [IMG] SF [IMG]
    CARMELO ANTHONY VS Andre robertson

    [IMG] PF [IMG]
    JUSUF NURKIC VS danio galinari

    [IMG] C [IMG]
    HASSAN WHITESIDE VS STEVEN ADAMS

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    ------- JERSEYS -------
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    WHEN: 6:00 PM (PST), SATURDAY, 1/18/2020

    WHERE: Disney world
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    TV BROADCAST:
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    RADIO BROADCAST:
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    --------------RESERVES--------------
    - PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS -
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    Jaylen Adams
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    HEZONJA , NAS, Jaylen Hoard, Wenyen Gabriel
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    ZACH COLLINS


    - OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER-
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    SCHRODER , DORT
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    BURTON , NADER , BAZLEY
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    HERVEY ,
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    MUSCALA , PATTON



    SERIES NOTES via Casey Holdahl

    ALL TIME: Thunder lead, 122-118
    IN PORTLAND: Trail Blazers lead, 77-43
    AT THE THUNDER: Thunder lead, 79-41
    LAST PORTLAND WIN: 136-119, 11/27/19 (Portland)
    LAST THUNDER WIN: 119-106, 1/18/20 (Oklahoma City)
    CURRENT WIN STREAK: Two (Oklahoma City)
    GAME NOTES

    • The Trail Blazers and Thunder split the season series in 2019-20, 2-2.

    • LAST MEETING: The shorthanded Trail Blazers fell to the Thunder in Oklahoma City on Jan. 18, 106-119. Chris Paul led the Thunder with 30 points (11-15 FG, 3-5 3-PT, 5-5 FT), four rebounds and seven assists while Damian Lillard registered 34 points (10-23 FG, 5-12 3-PT, 9-12 FT), six assists and one steal for Portland. Portland had eight available players while waiting for a trade with Sacramento to be made official.

    • Playing on his 21st birthday, Gary Trent Jr. scored a career high 30 points (12-18 FG, 5-9 3-PT, 9-12 FT) to go with five rebounds and three steals against the Thunder on Jan. 18.

    • In four games against the Thunder this season, Damian Lillard averaged 27.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 7.8 assists. He has scored 20-plus points in 14 straight regular season games against Oklahoma City.

    • CJ McCollum averaged 21.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.0 assists while shooting 11-of-23 from deep (47.8%) in three games against Oklahoma City this season. He missed the Jan. 18 matchup against the Thunder with a left ankle sprain.

    • In four games against the Trail blazers this season, Chris Paul averaged 21.8 points, 3.8 rebounds and 4.8 assists. He shot over 50.0% from the floor in three of those four outings.

    • Shai Gilgeous-Alexander recorded 22 points (9-17 FG, 4-6 FT), 10 rebounds and five assists against Portland on Jan. 18. In four games against Portland this season, Gilgeous-Alexander averaged 16.8 points, 7.3 rebounds and 4.0 assists.

    • CONNECTION: Portland center Jusuf Nurkic and Oklahoma City forward Danilo Gallinari were teammates in Denver from 2014-17.

    • CONNECTION: Trail Blazers forward Carmelo Anthony averaged 16.2 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists in 78 games (all starts) for the Thunder during the 2017-18 season.

    INJURY NOTES

    Damian Lillard (left foot sorerness) sat out the scrimmage versus the Raptors on Sunday. Terry Stotts said after practice on Monday, which Lillard went through, that he didn’t know if the 6-3 point guard would be available Tuesday versus Oklahoma City.

    Nassir Little (concussion) is advancing in the NBA’s concussion protocol, though his status is also to be determined.

    Rodney Hood (left ruptured Achilles tendon) is not with the team in Orlando and will not participate in any scrimmages nor games the rest of the season. Trevor Ariza (personal reasons) and Caleb Swanigan (personal reasons) are not with the team and will not play in Orlando.




    HEAD COACHES
    [IMG] - VS – [IMG]
    TERRY STOTTS --- BILLY DONOVAN

    Props to @Darkwebs! This is hard
     
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    Your thread is just fine.

    I'm being told these are just scrimmages and they don't really mean anything. I would assume it will be just fine to lose this one also. Doesn't matter if they rotate well on defense and play solid perimeter defense. I guess the three ball will fall eventually and when they get healthy we will see what the team will really look like. Was sure great seeing the entire team get fired up once in the second quarter of that last game. Pretty sure they can just turn that on at any time. Melo will most certainly pick it up even more and be the old VET they need when Lillard isn't on the court.

    On the really positive side that Wenyen Gabriel sure looks like he is gonna take em to a Championship. Simmons just needs a little more practice. Maybe they should take another look at Hoard?
     
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    Orion Bailey Forum Troll

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    Where the hell is @Darkwebs ???? We need our superhero back!
     
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    The sarcasm meter is blowing up!
     
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    The green font is strong with this one! :)
     
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    Rest Dame, vets don’t need tuneups, they know how to get ready.

    I do wanna see Whiteside and Nurk play together though. They need the minutes.

    I also heard Stotts say Nas is likely to play, he should get heavy minutes as I think he’ll be in the rotation.
     
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    I'd like to see Lillard feel like he has his shot going; but if he isn't 100% they shouldn't play him.
     
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    Wait... Whatd you do with KJ?!
     
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    You've been told incorrectly. These scrimmages mean everything and are a perfect representation of what to expect when the games matter. If they lose it's time to panic and shit on everybody.
     
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    Just saw Nas has cleared concussion protocol and will play today, Dame is still a game time decision. If it is a question, sit Dame, would rather have him healthy for the games that count.
     
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    Dont totally agree...There is tinkering going on with rotations and it isn't wise especially in this environment, to show all your schemes during practice games that are being televised. They purposely are not showing all their cards (sets).
     
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    No pictures for this game thread?
     
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    Yep, dont play Dame if he's still hurting.
     
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    people be missing alot of green font in here. :)
     
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    pretty sure it was sarcasm
     
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    I cant believe im saying this, lol.

    But for once I would welcome one of your game threads. :)

    Sorry @Eastoff
     
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    I mean, Stotts has literally confirmed that, so yeah, I don’t know what takeaways you can really have from these scrimmages outside of how guys look individually.
     
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    If there was a way to take LIKES away, this thread deserves it!
     
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