Game Thread GAME# 31: GRIZZLIES @ BLAZERS - DECEMBER 19, 2018 - WEDNESDAY, 7:00 PM, NBCSNW

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Who will end up being the better player?

Poll closed Dec 19, 2018.

  1. Luka Doncic

    42 vote(s)
    93.3%

  2. Jaren Jackson Jr.

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  1. KingSpeed

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    Drexler had some incredible seasons too on both sides of the ball.
     
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    So it begs the question. If Meyers continues to play like this and contributes like this in ways that help the team win what would you expect him to do?

    Meyers is shooting 50% and 44% from 3 pt. His per 36 is over 15 points and 11 rebs. He is getting 3.2 assists and is a 84% free throw shooter.
    His offensive rating is 128 and defensive rating is 110.
    He is giving them an average of 12 mins a game as a backup and can take some of the load when Nurk gets in foul trouble.

    What is Meyers Leonard worth?
     
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    I'd take anything for him. He'll regress.
     
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    After the game, Dame said he practices really crazy shots in the summer like the one he hit tonight.
     
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    What a turnaround from the last game in the +/- category. Our bench was awful against Clippers, but basically saved the day this game.

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    Terrible stat.
     
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    Curry and Harkless look to be rounding into shape.
     
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    Bench and Dame played really well today. Moe played well too. Gasol is just a really bad match up for Nurkic at this point.

    Very excited to see the Blazers win some games. Good pick me up!
     
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    Yeah, he's playing well against middle-of-the-road teams like Memphis. I didn't see him doing shit against the Warriors when they had 2 of their starters out.

    Not criticizing his play tonight (though he did make a couple of stupid mistakes, he seemed okay overall....), just trying to keep things in perspective.
     
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    Wooooowwww! That's sobering indeed. :smiley-wow:
     
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    That intents and purposes commercial is soooooo awful. I've completely stopped watching anything after the final buzzer sounds.
     
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    Javon Carter is going to end up being the Grizzlies version of Swanigan.
     
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    I'm not sure if it had anything to do with Nurk but Gasol had a terrible game too.
     
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    Those two can tend to cancel each other out at times...
     
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    I thought it was funny the first couple of times. But I've seen that commercial probably 100 times so it's definitely worn off.
     
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    News Source: "PUT IT IN THE BOOK: The win came in Lillard's 500th career game. He has scored 11,685 points, had 1,365 3-pointers and 3,113 assists."
    Meyers got 8 Rebounds!!!!
     
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    • Damian Lillard scored a game-high 24 points (9-18 FG, 5-8 3-PT, 1-1 FT), including 15 in the third quarter (5-8 FG, 4-5 3-PT, 1-1 FT). He added five rebounds, four assists, two steals and two blocks.

    • Meyers Leonard led the Trail Blazers bench with 12 points and pulled down a team-high eight rebounds to go with two assists and one block.

    • Zach Collins had 10 points (3-6 FG, 1-2 3-PT, 3-3 FT), seven rebounds, one assist and one block. It was the 10th time this season that Collins scored in double figures.

    • CJ McCollum finished with 11 points (5-16 FG, 1-2 FT), four rebounds, one assist and one steal.

    • Jusuf Nurkic posted eight points, seven rebounds and two steals in 21 minutes. • Maurice Harkless recorded nine points (3-4 FG, 1-2 3-PT, 2-2 FT), two rebounds and one steal.

    • Seth Curry and Nik Stauskas scored eight points each while Evan Turner added six points, five rebounds and four assists.

    • Mike Conley led the Grizzlies with 23 points (7-19 FG, 5-10 3-PT, 4-5 FT) to go with four rebounds, six assists and one block.
     
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    That really isn't correct. Meyers was one of the only bright spots against the Warriors
    M. Leonard 12:45 4-6 FG's 8 points and 6 rebs with 2 ast. No Blocks

    It was a blowout but Nurk and Meyers played well. Collins on the other hand, had a bad game. Seems like this is where i have problems with Terry Stotts also. No question the Blazers had some advantages in that game but they didn't abuse the Warriors the way i think he could have. However i was not on the sidelines and it is always easy to judge from my couch.
     
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