Game Thread GAME# 27: BLAZERS @ ROCKETS - DECEMBER 11, 2018 - TUESDAY, 5:00 PM, NBATV & NBCSNW

Lots of fouls at the end inflates that number.

 

Our bench was just abysmal. They looked good early in the season but sheesh.

 

Not sure what it's going to take, but somebody needs step up off the bench.

Watching that entire group struggle for what seems like a month now has been brutal.

 

That and we missed so many threes that were right in and then popped out. So close!

 

Do you ever look at another team's roster and think "what are they thinking? The pieces of that roster just don't fit together at all." I'm starting to feel that way about our team. We just hope Dame and/or CJ pulls our asses out of the fire each night.

 

Zach looks like he needs a stint in the G League.

 

When our bench plays well, we win. When they don't, we lose unless Dame goes God mode

 

Say your give up a lot of turnovers, and the opposing football team take them to the house. It inflates the score. But by that rationalizing, somehow, that's not your fault? Am I missing something?

 

Untouchable. Ya right. He sucks

 

I'm gonna be that guy sticking up for Zach tonight I guess... I think this is a bad match up, Capela and NeNe are just a heck of a lot stronger than him right now.
I still believe that ET is the major factor to our unsuccessful bench it's not Zach. Has Zach played poorly of late? Yes.
Just ET doesn't fit the system they want him to run in my opinion. The main roster problem right now is they're paying a guy who doesn't fit the system 16M, the other problem is the guy running the System (Stotts), just doesn't seem to know what to do to fix their problems at this point.

 

Well the positive of the game 4 players in double figures and we 2 double double guys in Nurk and Aminu. We had 13 assist in the 1st half and only 7 in the 2nd half. It seems like they forget what they did will in 1st half in the 2nd half. Now I don't know what Stotts going to do with that 2nd but if he don't figure out this will be up and down season.

 

Tunchi is a legend despite being quite negative here. What a meme

 

It's all theoretical so it's meaningless. What I know is that an NBA head coach didn't call a timeout until after the opposing team went on a 13-0 run in THE FOURTH QUARTER.

Not many teams are going to make up that deficit. NBA quality coaches don't expect to do that and still win the game.

Keep making excuses for the coach who is making our team vastly under perform and continue to blunder opportunities in the playoffs year after year.

 

Pathetic bench effort. Shameful. Quality effort by Dame, Nurk, CJ, and Chief. The only 4 Blazers who bring it every night. Build a 15 point lead only to see stagnant play by the bench. Those four starters are young enough to continue to build around, but the rest can go bye bye. The trolls will have a hay day saying trade off the quality talent, but they're as aloof as Leonard. Build around the 4, and see what you can get for Heartless, Cheerleader, and the rest. The fantastic 4 need help.

 

I can't say I know all the history there, but I didn't really understand what got him banned. Not gonna questions the mods I think their job is ultra tough and I don't need to understand their reasons.

 

You can call it trolling if you want I guess. I feel like when I say I don't mind if they move CJ it's not because I think CJ is bad - I think he's a good player, but I also think he's their best asset that in terms of bringing in someone at a position of need. I think by group effort, they could fill in his shoes. So if the right deal came along I wouldn't mind if they traded CJ. It's not meant as trolling. Just I dunno most teams aren't going to give us much back for ET and ML...

 

Both Blazer guards have 20+ FG attempts. Nurk has 9.

WTF Stotts? Do you have no faith in Nurk, or do you honestly not know how to diagram a play for a big man?

 

I did not view the entire game, but from what I saw it looked like Dame and CJ were taking unnecessarily difficult shots as well. Trying to force something out of nothing and driving into the teeth of a set defense, as usual.