Game Thread GAME# 22: NUGGETS @ BLAZERS - NOVEMBER 30, 2018 - FRIDAY, 7:30 PM , ESPN & NBCSNW

I remember reading an article before the season started that said Blazers would overachieve early in the season because of their continuity while other teams were getting used to new players... looks like that came true and now reality is setting in

 

Yawn.

 

Seems like you answered your own question. They get called for touch fouls. The way you NAVIGATE picks is to go around or through. Going around don't work. Switching makes for a DUNK. Fighting through puts em on the line. This is simple basketball 101. They push through and bully up on our guards. Then Nurk is alone one on 2. He either gets a touch foul and gives them an and 1 or he puts then on the line for 2. Happens time and again. Sometimes Aminu actually pays attention and helps. If he can get a hand on the ball things look real good. But for the most part he is out of position. Layman did a better job helping out than Harkless has been as of late. But that might just be Moe getting back into the swing of things.

In the end Defense is a team game. The defense on P n R is not the only thing that suffers when the team is not locked in. They must help and they must rotate well. Help defense is huge. Lately i'm starting to fall into what Bones has been saying a bit. Stotts either needs to get these guys to play better or he must go.

 

How nice of us to help them feel better.

 

Maybe next year