Game Thread GAME# 16: THUNDER @ BLAZERS - JANUARY 25, 2021 - MONDAY, 7:00, NBCSNW

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What kind of loss do you prefer?

Poll closed Jan 31, 2021.

  1. Losing in a close, heart-breaking game, where the Blazers were up big (15+ points) in the first half

    15 vote(s)
    45.5%

  2. Getting blown out.

    18 vote(s)
    54.5%
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  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    2020-21 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
    OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
    6 - 9
    (5-4 Road)
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    9 - 6
    (5-4 Home)

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

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    SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER VS DAMIAN LILLARD

    [​IMG] SG [​IMG]
    GEORGE HILL VS GARY TRENT Jr.

    [​IMG] SF [​IMG]
    LUGUENTZ DORT VS DERRICK JONES Jr.

    [​IMG] PF [​IMG]
    DARIUS BAZLEY VS CARMELO ANTHONY

    [​IMG] C [​IMG]
    ISAIAH ROBY VS ENES KANTER

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    ------- JERSEYS -------
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    WHEN: 7:00 PM (PST), MONDAY, 1/25/2021

    WHERE: Moda Center, Portland, OR
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    TV BROADCAST:
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    RADIO BROADCAST:
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    --------------BENCH--------------

    -- OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER --
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    MALEDON , DIALLO , WILLIAMS
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    MILLER , JACKSON
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    MUSCALA , POKUSEVSKI , BROWN


    ---- PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS ----
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    SIMONS , BLEVINS
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    ELLEBY , HOOD
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    LITTLE , GILES



    INJURIES
    THUNDER
    Al Horford (personal): QUESTIONABLE
    Josh Hall (COVID-protocol): OUT
    Ty Jerome (ankle): OUT
    Trevor Ariza (personal): OUT
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    Robert Covington (concussion): OUT
    C.J. McCollum (left foot fracture): OUT
    Jusuf Nurkic (right wrist fracture): OUT
    Zach Collins (left ankle stress fracture): OUT



    HEAD COACHES
    [​IMG] - VS – [​IMG]
    MARK DAIGNEAULT ------------------ TERRY STOTTS



    :reading:OFFICIAL THUNDER'S GAME NOTES
    :reading: OFFICIAL BLAZERS' GAME NOTES ​




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    Darkwebs, Jan 24, 2021
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  2. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Back to back for both teams here. Luckily, Blazers aren't the team flying from LA, not to mention the fact that they had 5 days off before these last two games.
     
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  3. B-Roy

    B-Roy If it takes months

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    Mark Diagonal gonna use some crazy strategies for this game?
     
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  4. Tince

    Tince Well-Known Member

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    I hope he goes with the "dare Dame to shoot" strategy... that would be the craziest of crazy!

    Daring our wings to shoot is boring!
     
    Tince, Jan 24, 2021
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    Scalma Well-Known Member

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    We’ll be out coached as usual, let’s see if our individual talent is enough to pull it off.
     
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  6. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Just going thru some rosters at the moment. Which is better?

    dame -- steph
    hood -- wiggins
    jones -- oubre
    roco -- green
    kanter -- wiseman

    simons -- lee
    trent -- bazemore
    melo -- paschall
    giles -- looney
     
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    BlazerBeav Well-Known Member

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    We need to bank every win we can, this should be one.

    (Also something went screwy with the team records above).
     
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    Tince Well-Known Member

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    Starting unit on the right (starters aren't even that close)... bench unit on the right. Why is the great Bazemore not in the top 9?
     
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  9. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    you're right, I forgot Baze. he's prolly in there instead of Poole. I'll edit that.

    Honestly, i think steph has a much better supporting cast at the moment than dame, and it ain't close.
     
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    Tince Well-Known Member

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    For sure the starters aren't close.

    I woud take:

    Wiggins over Hood
    Oubre over Jones Jr
    Green over RoCo
    Wiseman over Kanter
    I'm glad we have Dame, but to say Steph is better would not be crazy at all.

    So better at all 5 positions?
     
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    A shoe that celebrates one of the best moment in Blazers' history! So awesome!



    For those that forgot what happened:

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  12. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Just so I know how this works....... were we "out coached" tonight in our win against the Knicks?
     
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    I can answer this for him:

    Yes... we will be out coached in every game regardless of the outcome or what happens on the floor. If we win a playoff series or two, it would be in spite of coaching, not because of it.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I mean honestly. I don't understand it. Did he coach well tonight? I mean we beat one of the best defenses in the league missing 2-3 starters. So was it a well coached game? Did he take his timeouts when he was supposed to? Mad confusing.
     
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    Let me take a crack at this one too:

    • "Stotts makes no adjustments" (ignore the zone defense and sets we ran out of timeouts)
    • "Stotts never change his rotations" (ignore the new lineups we played again tonight - they're diffent most nights)
    • "Dame saved Stotts horrible offense" (ignore the other 77 points scored by other people)
     
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    I don't know any of their names except one. Moses Brown's PER this season is 34.5 in 22 minutes.
     
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    I watched the Thunder yesterday and it was Kenrich Williams who impressed me the most. He really hustles out there. Gotta make sure we box him out.
     
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    I choose the first option as that is the way it is. Of course blow outs are times I start my laundry.
     
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    I don't usually "prefer" losses. So my answer is leading by 15 at the end of the game. I do my laundry even during wins. It's why my wife leaves me alone during games.

    Go get this one Blazers! ( In spite of all the posters that say the team sucks)
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    What does Wiggins do well? Score inefficiently? He's incredibly overrated.
    Oubre is shooting 35% from the field and 20% from 3, and isnt the defender Jones is.
    Kanter and Wiseman are equal. Wiseman has been inefficient for a C, but is the better defender (although Kanter has picked it up on that end lately).
    Draymond is shooting 33% from the field and 23% from 3, while averaging less than 5ppg.

    Nobody on their bench impresses me whatsoever.
     
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