Game Thread GAME# 15: BLAZERS @ KINGS - NOVEMBER 17, 2017 - FRIDAY, 7:00 (PST), NBCSNW

No we won't. They may play up to us though.

 

Hope our bench continue keep going, good game for turner bounce back and give some minutes for Collins just a couple. I wanna see him play with Nurkic

 

I actually hope both games are blowouts so we might actually get to see Collins play.

BNM

 

Kick some cowbell butt!

 

I wonder if T.J Warren or Josh Jackson might become available due to the both play the same position and both could probably start?

 

They will be pretty good players, but are Fox and JJ good now? They are rookies so I assume they are very inconsistent. Ironically WCS had his best game against Embed.

They have won their last two home games (OKC and Philly) so they could be tough at home. They do have some vets who have killed us in the past and for one game could get hot. (Hill, Zach, Carter, Koufos)

 

Blazers vs Kings

Was actually wondering what i would write about for this game. The Kings don't make for much excitement as far as the competition is concerned. That being said the Blazers need to make sure they don't sleep on these guys and get into a game where they leave a win laying on the court in Sacramento.

I guess the biggest thing to look at might be Swanigan vs Randolph. If there was ever a guy Swanigan could maybe learn some things from it would be Zbo. I find it very hard to believe he will be on the court very long learning though. Swanigan has had two very forgettable outings the last two games. Randolph will make him look like the pick he was most likely. I see this as where the Kings will attack and again Swanigan will have to leave the game. Either with fouls or just a complete inability to handle the wily vet. Swanigan will have to watch from the sidelines unless the Blazers pull out to a big lead quickly and maintain it. It's all part of development. Throw the kid into the fire. Why not?

The saddest part of the Sacramento Kings is not just that they are having a bad season but that they have had so many. It's been 10 years since they have won more than 33 games and the playoffs for this team seems like pure fantasy. This all after huge battles to keep the team in the city. Just seems like all the work Kevin Johnson put into keeping that franchise in the city has been wasted so to speak.

Trying to come up with matchup competition with this team is tough. The leading scorer on the team is Zbo with just over 13 pts a game. They have just come off a road trip with 3 demoralizing losses. 30 point range type losses. The one bright spot you look at is the rookie DeAaron Fox. But that kid is a point guard playing in a conference full of All-Star caliber PG's. He has flashes but they get snuffed out pretty quick because the players assembled around him are simply not quality support. Lillard was ROY but would he have been if he didn't have a supporting cast of Aldridge, Batum, Mathews and Hickson/Freeland. To put it mildly the Kings simply don't have the firepower to make a PG look good this season.

No Aminu again tonight. That should be fine. Let Aminu get some more rest and hopefully the Blazers can get into a position in the next couple games to play some deeper roster type players. Looking for Layman/Pat/Collins/Leonard and Napier to be able to take this game over in the second half. That would be a welcome sight.

Pick tonight is Nurk. Should not be a player on the court that can guard him. He should totally dominate and distribute. This game should be decided early and he should not have to go back in so don't look for huge numbers from any starter.

Go Blazers!
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We can't afford to lose these kinda games. I hope our players realize this and come out strong.

 

What happens on games like this is a split. It's tough to beat an NBA team twice in a row on consecutive days. Luckily the Kings are just the type of team that the Blazers could beat twice.

 

I think we should win both games against Sacramento, but I have a weird feeling that we lose 1 game, these are kind of games the Blazers play bad tradionaly. But I hope they kill Sacramento on road and home

 

If we lose this game, I can't see Stotts surviving another day.

 

doubtful he will be replaced with a winning record. Whether he deserves it or not. Who would take over? Unless he loses the team, or gets killed every night ....they will wait until after the season. But right now they are in every game. Not saying he does not need to be replaced, but who do we have on the bench that can take over?
The roster has limitations that are not his fault. But a losing record by end of season will probably seal his fate.

 

A few years ago, we had a back to back against Kings and won both.

 

Good test for Swanigan and Vonleh against Zbo. Would be a good time to try some pick and pop plays to get Zbo away from the basket. Defensively it’ll be a tough assignment for both, but it’ll be a good way to gauge just how much Swanigan has developed on that end since Randolph plays under the basket.

 

Sac is coming off a 46 pt loss to the Hawks, and players have been talking about lack of effort, etc. This is a trap game.

 

Im pretty sure our team knows that. We gonna play strong

 

I think bringing Swanigan in with the starters to get some experience against guys like ZBo and Paul Millsap is why Stotts is such a good development coach...he gives them that test early...did the same with Vonleh when he first got here.

 

be careful about what you gonna wrote about Nurk tonight

 

It will be fun to watch but ZBo will make him look silly. Good experience for Swanigan though.