Game Thread Game #28 - BLAZERS VS SUNS - DECEMBER 14, 2021 - TUESDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT) TNT

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Should the Blazers sign a backup big man with their 15 spot since Zeller is out?

  1. Yes

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  2. No

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  3. Big man? We don't need no stinkin' big man

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  4. Wait until we make a trade

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  1. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    STARTERS

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    Damian Lillard Norman Powell
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    Nassir Little Larry Nance Jr
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    Jusuf Nurkic

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    Chris Paul Landry Shamet
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    Mikal Bridges Jae Crowder
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    DeAndre Ayton

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    WHEN:     DECEMBER 14, 2021 - TUESDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT)
    WHERE: MODA CENTER, PORTLAND OR
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    TV BROADCAST

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    RADIO BROADCAST

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    BENCH

    BLAZERS

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    Robert Covington Cody Zeller
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    Anfernee Simons Ben McLemore
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    Tony Snell Dennis Smith Jr
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    Greg Brown III CJ Elleby
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    Trendon Watford Keljin Blevins
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    CJ McCollum

    SUNS

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    Frank Kaminsky Dario Saric
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    Elfrid Payton Jalen Smith
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    Cameron Johnson Chandler Hutchinson
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    Abdel Nader Cameron Payne
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    Devin Booker JaVale McGee

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    INJURIES

    SUNS

    Devin Booker (Hamstring) OUT

    DeAndre Ayton (Illness) QUESTIONABLE

    Dario Saric (ACL) OUT

    Frank Kaminsky (Knee) OUT

    Abdel Nader (Knee) OUT

    BLAZERS

    CJ McCollum (Lung) OUT

    Cody Zeller (Knee) OUT

    Greg Brown (Illness) Questionable

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    COACHES

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    Chauncey Billups

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    Monty Williams

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    NOTES

    • This is the third of four matchups between the Trail Blazers and Suns
    • The season series is tied 1-1
    • The Blazers defeated the Suns 134 - 105 in Portland on 10/23
    • The Suns defeated the Blazers 119 -109 in Phoenix on 11/10
    • The two teams will face each other again in Phoenix on 12/14
    • The Suns will be on the second of a back to back. They will play LAC on Monday in Los Angeles
    • Monty Williams was an assistant coach with the Blazers from 2005 -10
    • Monty Williams is 12-15 against the Blazers as a head coach
    • The Suns swept the 2020-21 series 3-0
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    TRIVIA

    The Blazers played the Suns in Phoenix back on May 13th, losing 118 -117. Only three bench players played in the game for the Blazers. Name them.
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    Well, this one should be pretty cut and dry. I hope we either see Dame's shooting back or we hear an announcement tomorrow that he's back on the injured list. Dude has got to get right for us to be the mediocre team we've been for the past decade. If he's not right we're fucking terrible. Even if he is right this Suns team is better than mediocre, so almost a scheduled loss.
     
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    There is so much interest in this game that it fell off the page!
     
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    I must say that I got a lot of $$$ for Xmas betting against the Blazers this year so thank you. Today looks like another easy bet for the Suns.
     
    DDolla, Dec 14, 2021
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    The Clippers beat em yesterday so maybe they got a chance?
    Blazers have the players to beat this team. Hoping Billups sticks with a bigger starting lineup. Last game he reverted right back to playing three guards.
     
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    Ohhh shit the suns?? Fuck ya another loss coming. Tank for that Duke kid
     
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    Waiting for more slander from the TNT guys.

    Great.
     
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    Incoming…. 9 game losing streak
     
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    Good we need it
     
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    I want to see Greg Brown the third enter the rotation (hopefully awful Zeller is still out)
     
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    Booker - out
    Ayton - out?

    Shock the world!
     
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    Zeller is out with a fractured knee
     
    Chris Craig, Dec 14, 2021
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Are we morning drinking sir?
     
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    I like the bigger lineup and they are on a second of a B2B. It's here at the Moda and they have Lillard, Little, and Simons back.
    Booker is out and Ayton is sick so he might be out.

    Then i said "Maybe they got a chance"

    Maybe?

    Don't have to be drinking to come up with a little bit of optimism.
     
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    Don't wish him any harm, hope he's ok, but we are better off with him not playing
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I was with you until your last sentence.
     
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    I thought it was his foot?
     
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    look...I've seen pictures of you so I know there is almost no difference in elevation between your knee and foot. Zeller is taller
     
    wizenheimer, Dec 14, 2021
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    It's his patellar....otherwise known as knee
     
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    BTW we are gonna win this game, our worst defenders are out and so is their top player. It would be interesting to see if Chauncey uses Lillard on CP and if that works
     
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