Game Thread GAME# 1: LAKERS @ BLAZERS - OCTOBER 18, 2018 - THURSDAY, 7:30 (PDT), TNT

If Leonard just had a skill man...

 

Yes he had big impact on the game especially on the defense side of the ball. Harkless and Zach and Turner and Nik and Curry that was our best defense team last night.

 

Seems to me the second unit pretty much rolled in the first half? I remember a 10 point deficit and then rolling to a 8 point lead while the second unit was in. It's called adjustments and yes the Lakers were pounding the ball inside. But if you were paying attention the Blazers locked that down when Lebron was on the bench. That is also an element that LeBron brings and is why he is considered the best. Nobody on the planet can guard him. Because of that he makes everyone on the court around him better.

 

Unless their name is Walton....

 

You forgot Mason Plumlee... Course he was traded.

 

Collins looked so good on defense. Think there was a bit of hometown scorekeeping as I didn't see 6 blocks, but there were only a few occasions when he made a mistake or got blown by. Offense is a ways away but that was legitimitely good defense. Nurk needs to get it together-- he becomes unplayable against fast paced teams like LA. He'll be damn good vs a plodding SA next game.

 

He needs to run the corn rows again. I'm convinced this is something that needs to happen!

 

Exactly! It means the other team cannot even go that route so they are trying something different.

 

Hey buddy, can I be your friend?

 

I usually like the TNT crew but last night that was pretty much crap.

• Basically ignored the PA stuff, even joked about it and didn't want to watch it, so instead talked about LA free agency.
• Didn't talk about how just awful LA's defense was (it was bad).
• Said the Blazers next game is SUNDAY (It's saturday).
• Of course it's the LA/Lebron show I think we all knew that would be the case, but that was especially disrespectful to the winning team, and to their owner who just died.

 

Nothing like the sweet smell of victory but it's always a bit sweeter when it's the lakers. 16 and counting. Now that's domination.

 

Only watched the 2nd half, but I liked what I was seeing. We have a deep, talented team and I'm optimistic. We're still maybe not contenders but we're gonna be real strong.
GO Blazers

 

I thought hating the Lakers was a prerequisite for membership in S2. Nicht wahr?

 

We have more talent than I thought and I'm a pretty optimistic person.

 

The good thing we only play the Lakers 3 times and there about the only team that plays that fast. If you look at it they play that fast only the 1st half due the Blazers got them more half court offense in the 2nd half. That will be Achilles heal for the Lakers this year if teams can get them in half court sets.

 

That's right. You don't want to get in an up and down game with the Lakers.

 

Obvious caveat: single game +/- scores can be very deceptive.

That said, in some ways Collins really did out-play Nurk last night. Call me crazy, but I can see Collins becoming a better/more versatile defender than Nurk.

 

As bad as Nurk looked, he definitely didn't pass the eye test out there this game, he still gave us 16pts, 9 rebs, and 2 steals on 50% shooting. It was great that he could still contribute that much while looking out of place. I'm confident he will get it together.