Game Thread GAME# 23: BLAZERS @ CAVALIERS - DECEMBER 8, 2015 - TUESDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), CSNNW

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Who is the Blazers' best overall bench player?

Poll closed Dec 15, 2015.

  1. Crabbe

    11 vote(s)
    31.4%

  2. Davis

    21 vote(s)
    60.0%

  3. Leonard

    3 vote(s)
    8.6%

  4. Harkless

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  5. Henderson (LOL)

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
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  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    2015-16 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    9 - 13
    (4-8 Road)
    CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
    13 - 7
    (9-1 Home)




    _____________________________
    ---------    PROBABLE STARTERS---------

    ______PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS______
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    DAMIAN LILLARD (PG) , C.J. McCOLLUM (SG)

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    AL-FAROUQ AMINU (SF) , NOAH VONLEH (PF)

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    MASON PLUMLEE (C)



    ______CLEVELAND CAVALIERS______
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    MATTHEW DELLAVEDOVA (PG) , J.R. SMITH (SG)

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    LeBRON JAMES (SF) , KEVIN LOVE (PF)

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    TIMOFEY MOZGOV (C)



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    WHEN: 4:00 PM, TUESDAY, 12/8/2015

    WHERE: QUICKEN LOANS ARENA, CLEVELAND, OH
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    TV BROADCAST:
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    RADIO BROADCAST:
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    --------------BENCH--------------
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
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    FRAZIER , HENDERSON , CRABBE , HARKLESS
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    CONNAUGHTON , LEONARD , ALEXANDER , DAVIS

    CLEVELAND CAVALIERS
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    WILLIAMS , CUNNINGHAM , HARRIS , JEFFERSON
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    JONES , THOMPSON , VAREJAO , KAUN


    INJURIES
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    NONE
    CAVALIERS
    Iman Shumpert (Ruptured Extensor Carpi Ulnaris): OUT
    Kyrie Irving (Fractured Left Knee Cap): OUT


    HEAD COACHES
    [​IMG] - VS – [​IMG]
    TERRY STOTTS --- DAVID BLATT



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

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    Darkwebs, Dec 8, 2015
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    • Cavs have lost 3 straight games and are eager to get back on the winning track.
    • Cavs haven't played since Saturday, which means they'll have enough time to game plan for the Blazers.
    • Cavs will reportedly be wearing their black sleeved jerseys, which means the Blazers will probably wear their white home jerseys.
    • The last time these 2 teams met, Kyrie Iriving scored 55 points. I bet Lillard will hold Iriving to zero points this game. :bgrin:
    • LeBron sat out during Cleveland's previous game. Taking a page from Pop's book, Blatt decided to rest James for the first time this season.
     
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    Teams love to do that...rest their stars then bring them back vs us so they can destroy us
     
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    PING PONG BALLS BABY!
     
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    I still think the white rip city sleeved jerseys are the best looking sleeved jerseys in the league
     
    riverman, Dec 8, 2015
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    All sleeved jerseys are ugly.
     
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    Why does Thompson's face look photo shopped?
     
    BigGameDamian, Dec 8, 2015
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Great. Now I can't stop staring at it.
     
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    I don't like most of them but I do like the rip city jerseys..
     
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    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    It is definitely the best of the worst.
     
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    I don't get why so many people have a problem with the sleeved jerseys, I hardly even notice them.
     
    VanillaGorilla, Dec 8, 2015
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    DUB Da, da da, da dah!

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    Close call between Davis and Crabbe, but I went with Davis because of consistency.
     
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    DUB Da, da da, da dah!

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    It's just not basketball. Also makes the players look like they should be on a volleyball court.

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    I went with Davis because of impact...he has put us back in games with his hustle and rebounding more than any other player off the bench
     
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    Maybe it's because I've literally never seen men play volleyball then.
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    I'd be curious to see what Big Ed could put up as a consistent 36 MPG starter.

    My guess is he'd be around a 13/13 type of player and command a whole lot more money. This whole thing with him coming off the bench still seems wrong to me. At the core of it, he's just a better player than Plumlee.
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Somebody's gotta to pass to our shooters...
     
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    B-Roy If it takes months

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    But that's the thing, Ed Davis isn't even a bad passer. He's definitely not selfish, he averages 7 (!!) shots per 36 minutes, while averaging a career high 2.1 APG PER36, and from the eye test he's pretty good and recognizing when to pass to open shooters on the perimeter. His A/TO ratio is better than Plumlee's as well: 2.1/1.6 versus 3.1/2.5.

    I certainly don't deny that Mason Plumlee is a better passer.....I mean he makes passes that Davis definitely couldn't make. But it's not like Davis doesn't play within himself. He won't try the dumb pass either like Mason tends to do.
     
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    Does NBA TV change the game based on your locale? I didn't think it did, but my listings have Warriors v. Pacers at 5 and Jazz v. Kings at 8.
     
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