Game Thread GAME# 17: BLAZERS @ GRIZZLIES - NOVEMBER 20, 2017 - MONDAY, 5:00 (PST), NBCSNW

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How do you think the Blazers will do on this 5-game road trip?

Poll closed Nov 20, 2017.

  1. 5-0

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    16.2%

  2. 4-1

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  3. 3-2

    11 vote(s)
    29.7%

  4. 2-3

    12 vote(s)
    32.4%

  5. 1-4

    6 vote(s)
    16.2%

  6. 0-5

    1 vote(s)
    2.7%
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    There was pitcher called Sam McDowell in the 60's and 70's. And he was a "bonus baby" prospect who was signed for a large contract and flamed out early. Back and forth to the minors for a few years and was considered a bust like Meyers. Then one day (no one knows why, not even him....) he started throwing much harder and stopped being wild. He was an All Star for six years and was one of the better pitchers for more than a decade. They called him "Sudden Sam." It was one of the unexplainable careers in sports history. He was even the inspiration for the Sam Malone character in Cheers, although McDowell played in Cleveland. Sometimes people just put it together.
     
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    Yeah. It was funny as hell.
     
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    I think Meyers possessed me.
     
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    The question is, who possessed Meyers?
     
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    Or how about this question based upon the game quotes thread:

    When is the last time you said Meyers had a good game where he didn't make let alone shoot a 3 pointer?

    That didn't even occur to me until I saw that quote.
     
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    That makes me even happier.
     
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    Liked just because I remember Sudden Sam McDowell from my childhood. Hard throwing lefty that led the league in strikeouts, and walks, multiple times. Sort of a poor man's Sandy Kolfax.

    BNM
     
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    We've won 4 of our last 5 and are tied for 4 seed in West. Despite losing to Sacramento and Brooklyn and a three by Blake Griffin. Kind of amazing.
     
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    Quality road win. They will be tough to get this season, glad we got this one.
     
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    CJ was 2nd on the team tonight........in rebounds. (8)
     
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    The good news: We're tied with the longest winning streak in the West.
    The bad news: It's still only a 2 game win streak.

    The West is Brutal.
     
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    Don’t remember him going down and banging to get boards. Must have been long misses form their missed 3’s?
     
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    They were not all long rebounds. I noticed him on one play in particular where I was a little surprised it was him.
     
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    If that's him angry, I want him angry every damn game!
     
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    Teams are just going to be being each other up all season. Would not be surprised to see the last 4 seeds in the west be around .500.
     
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    Josh Hamilton was a guy who was a phenom prospect and similarly looked like his career would go down the tubes. Of course, he battled a well publicized drug addiction but he was able to come back after years of being down and out to win an MVP and a ridiculously overpaid contract.
     
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    I would agree with most of that but also, a road win against a quality team is a good win almost regardless of circumstances.
     
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    given number of losses at home, it sure doesnt feel we played that much games at home
     
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    Hamilton was such a fucking waste. More talented than Trout or Harper but dumber than a box of rocks. That guy could have done anything. He basically won an MVP on ability alone after he had destroyed his career with crack and booze. The only other baseball prospect that was a bigger loss was Brien Taylor. But he just made the wrong decision outside the wrong bar.
     
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    Nice to see Vonleh doing his best Buck Williams impression. Defense and rebounding is what we need from him.
     
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