Game Thread GAME# 27: BLAZERS @ THUNDER - FEBRUARY 16, 2021 - TUESDAY, 5:00, NBCSNW

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How much have the Blazers exceeded your expectations since the CJ & Nurk (and other) injuries?

Poll closed Feb 17, 2021.

  1. A lot

    25 vote(s)
    58.1%

  2. Some

    12 vote(s)
    27.9%

  3. A little

    2 vote(s)
    4.7%

  4. They didn't exceed my expectations, but they did meet it.

    3 vote(s)
    7.0%

  5. They have done worse than I expected

    1 vote(s)
    2.3%
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  1. illmatic99

    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    This after he bumped knees and took a fall on his elbow. this is AI in 01 kinda stuff, but with far better efficiency and a shit defensive team.
     
    illmatic99, Feb 16, 2021
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    We miss every shot all 2nd half, both our point guards are in foul trouble, none of our 3 shooters--Lillard, Trent, Simon--function in the half, then with 3 minutes left, the light switches on, we suddenly shoot as we did in the 1st half, and win in double digits. This is unhealthy for the fans' hearts.

    Also--that undrafted wrestler Lu Dort can be spectacular for several plays in a row. Wow.
     
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    Speak it into existence!
     
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    The Blazers almost let a big lead slip away in OKC but Dame comes up clutch late once again as Portland wins their 5th straight! The Blazers Uprise Postgame Show will break down the game:

     
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    They didn't really have time. Their lead was gone in a blink of an eye and then they were more than a possession behind because we finished making 6 3s.

    RoCo 6 blocked shots tonight, Enes 21 boards, Little 5-5 FG, 3-3 3s.

    I just wish we had the presence of mind when OKC started their run to get something going to the basket, maybe get to the line to kind of stunt them. Maybe we don't have to go crazy from deep late if we valued possessions a little more earlier.

    And, once again, the officials do us no favors. Tonight it wasn't just them calling it one way on one half of the court and another way on the other. It was missing obvious shooting fouls on the Thunder.
     
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    The young Thunder squad probably never experienced Dame Time, and thought it was just a myth.

    Dame just taught them.
     
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    so anyway, we spent 4 days without power...the West Salem Hills is a disaster area, and not because of me by the way. I catch the 2nd half of this game and watch Dame go 1-10 on three's and think that he just doesn't have it tonight....than that happened

    by the way, are there any OKC players that were there when Dame made that shot a couple of years ago?
     
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    I would say the large majority of games see multiple timeouts in the last 2 minutes. OKC had time to call more than one in the last 4 minutes.
     
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    I'm still without power since Friday; it's brutal!
     
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    Damn. Mine just came back on today
     
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    The rubber band broke, so I'm hand-cranking my computer. Try it, you'll like it!
     
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Did you know OKC didn't make a field goal at all in the final 5 minutes of the game?

    Some wonderful clutch D by the Blazers to end the game, after OKC was celebrating like they won a championship.
     
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    Kanter missed several easy put back's, but he's entitled to have that happen after the way he has played.
     
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    Wow. I wouldn't have guessed that at all.
     
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    somebody quoting themselves 7 times in one post has to be an S2 record....bob goes for the gold!
     
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Great point. But you forgot that during Dame Time, the special laws of relativity applies.

    For opponents, time seems to speed up. So OKC was up 5 points, and then within a blink of an eye, Dame had already converted 4 threes and the Blazers suddenly had the game wrapped up like a Christmas present.
     
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    Absolutely. This was just weird in that they didn't know what hit them or have time to react.

    We were dead. We weren't making anything. We were settling for bad shots. We were in foul trouble, on the road.

    If you're Vigneault, do you call a time out when we make one or two shots when they'd swung the game by 29 points in about a quarter and potentially kill their momentum? Maybe. But once we hit that third 3 it was kind of over.

    Just took their souls.
     
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    Sorry couldn’t resist.
     
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    Maybe Vigneault is a data guy and therefore doesn't buy-in to the timeout theory?
     
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    Wow -- a bit delayed here -- what an incredible finish!! Shall we say, daMeVP??
     
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