Or in foul trouble on the bench? Seems like having two guys with 3 fouls in the second and 5 in the fourth could actually happen quite a bit. It does help to have a hand in their face but you have to rotate and get through screens to get there. This seems obvious but maybe it isn't?
Since Jason Quick seems to be who you all are going to believe. Does Lillard have plantar fasciitis? Now that tweet is last night. Does anyone now think there is a problem with Damian Lillard?
under Stotts, when you look at Portland's total game, offense & defense, it's always been a case of bop-a-mole. Blazers shoot the three well but their transition defense is horrible. They play good transition defense, but they miss 44% of their FT's. They make all their FT's, but their opponent dominates the paint scoring. They keep the opponent off the foul line, but Portland shoots 17% on three's. they rarely put it all together. But they've won a lot of games, mainly because of Dame. Portland's margin of error is usually pretty thin, but with their current position in the standings, and the questions about Dame's health, they have no margin of error. It wouldn't absolutely doom them, but if they lose to Memphis tomorrow, their odds of making the playoffs would have to drop to less than 10%. That's the only game they have against the teams they are fighting for the 8th-9th seed, and losing it would be really bad
He had plantar fasciitis that caused him to miss a few games last January. Starting up after a long layoff, it wouldn’t be surprising for it to flare up again. Hopefully, it just got a bit sore and they shut him down as a precaution. We’re going to find out shortly.
Don't you think replacing Melo with Collins makes our defense better though? I'm not saying our defense is better or equal to what we had, I just think you are going to be way over on your prediction (if it's not just purposeful hyperbole) of us giving up 125 points per game. If we do give up 125 points or more in our first game then I would and Melo's immobility is obviously one of the big problems on defense then don't you think Gary will take over the starting 3 spot?
Well, that's good since that can be a lingering problem. OTOH, it would be nice if he said the soreness was gone? Jason, if you're reading, any update on that?
