Game Thread GAME# 17: BLAZERS @ KNICKS - NOVEMBER 20, 2018 - TUESDAY, 4:30 PM, NBATV & NBCSNW

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Which Blazer is the most underrated by Blazers fans?

Poll closed Dec 3, 2018.

  1. Aminu

    30 vote(s)
    49.2%

  2. Collins

    1 vote(s)
    1.6%

  3. Curry

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  4. Leonard

    4 vote(s)
    6.6%

  5. McCollum

    4 vote(s)
    6.6%

  6. Nurkic

    12 vote(s)
    19.7%

  7. Olshey

    4 vote(s)
    6.6%

  8. Stauskas

    1 vote(s)
    1.6%

  9. Stotts

    5 vote(s)
    8.2%

  10. Other

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
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  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    2018-19 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    11 - 5
    (4-3 Road)
    NEW YORK KNICKS
    4 - 13
    (2-5 Home)


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

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    [​IMG] PG [​IMG]
    DAMIAN LILLARD VS EMMANUEL MUDIAY

    [​IMG] SG [​IMG]
    C.J. McCOLLUM VS ALLONZO TRIER

    [​IMG] SF [​IMG]
    JAKE LAYMAN VS TIM HARDAWAY Jr.

    [​IMG] PF [​IMG]
    AL-FAROUQ AMINU VS KEVIN KNOX

    [​IMG] C [​IMG]
    JUSUF NURKIC VS MITCHELL ROBINSON



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    WHEN: 4:30 PM (PST), TUESDAY, 11/20/2018

    WHERE: MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK, NY
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    TV BROADCAST:
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    RADIO BROADCAST:
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    --------------BENCH--------------
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
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    CURRY , BALDWIN , SIMONS
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    TURNER , STAUSKAS , TRENT Jr.
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    SWANIGAN , COLLINS , LEONARD

    ------ NEW YORK KNICKS------
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    BURKE , NTILIKINA , BAKER
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    DOTSON , HEZONJA , VONLEH
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    HICKS , KANTER , KORNET




    INJURIES
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    Seth Curry (right knee): QUESTIONABLE
    Moe Harkless (left knee): QUESTIONABLE
     KNICKS
    Kristaps Porzingis (left knee): OUT
    Courtney Lee (neck spasms): OUT
    Lance Thomas (left knee surgery): OUT



    HEAD COACHES
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    TERRY STOTTS --- DAVID FIZDALE

    :reading:OFFICIAL KNICKS' GAME NOTES
    :reading: OFFICIAL BLAZERS' GAME NOTES     ​







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    BlazerBeav Well-Known Member

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    Damn, can you imagine paying NYC prices for season tickets to watch THAT roster? I mean I'm loyal to a fault like the rest of you, but even I like to think I'd draw the line somewhere.
     
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  3. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    It's easy to overlook the Knicks just looking at their record, but if you look at their Home record....well, actually, scratch that.

    But they have some good players in, uh.......hmmm.....the Knicks have some NBA players and they are an NBA team. Any team can beat any other team on any night. I know this is the first of a back-to-back, so it may be easy to focus on the better team in the Bucks, but winning any road game is no easy task in the NBA.

    This is the 4th (of 6) road games on this trip, so the Blazers may be feeling the fatigue. Even so, this is a winnable game, so there's no excuses if we lose.

    It feels good to be number 1 in the West. Of course, it's early in the season so it doesn't mean much. But if we want to remain # 1, this is a must win, because the upcoming games will be much tougher.
     
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    I would start the bench for this game.
     
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    Ending this trip 3-3 would feel like a victory in itself. 13-6 is a solid record, especially returning home from the hardest road trip of the season (IMO). After this trip, we have LAC, ORL, and DEN then hit the road to play SAS and DAL, then come home to play PHX and MIN. I feel like we should be favored in all of those games, and could go at least 5-2 over that stretch to jump out to 18-8.
     
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    Great post!!!
     
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    As long as our guys don't overlook these Knicks, we should smoke them. I expect our guys to keep their eyes on the prize and get this win early enough to get our starters some rest. Then we beat the Bucks and Curryless Warriors to take this road trip 4-2.
     
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    I go to a few Knicks games every year. (I’m going to this one too.) No matter how bad the team is, the crowd is always electric and wild. When David Lee was their best player, I went to a game and the crowd was loud and enthusiastic. You’d think you were at the NBA Finals.
     
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    Dame may drop 50. The big stars always have their signature game at MSG. I remember Curry’s in 2013. Put him on the map. Love and LeBron had back to back amazing games there. Melo scored franchise record 60.
     
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    I'd love to see that.
     
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    After this game we'll be over 20% of the way through the season.

    I'm just glad we aren't discussing a 4th straight year with a poor start.
     
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    I said 3-3 and I'm sticking with it FAMS!
     
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    Still sticking to your season total as well? Was it 40?
     
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    Ditto. They *should* beat the Knicks, and I am enough of a homer to pick them to split the last 2.
     
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    Anybody hear any updates on Moe and Curry?
     
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    Nope - but Larry is day-to-day.
     
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    I'm really curious about Mo. We've seen practice video of him warming up & appear to be moving well - but then he's listed "out" a day before the game.

    I'd imagine that if he can go Tuesday at home in NY, he'd play...
     
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    Zing!
    3 stooges.jpg
     
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    An off-the-books suspension? Sitting out to force a trade? Honestly, I am past being surprised by anything that happens with this team. A butterfly breaks wind in Asia and a truck full of rotting buffalo rectums crashes into the Moda Center! :bwpopcorn:
     
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    S2. Dad joke central.
     
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