Game Thread GAME# 38: BLAZERS @ TIMBERWOLVES - MARCH 14, 2021 - SUNDAY, 5:00 PM, NBCSNW

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Do you think it was a mistake to deal Jake Layman away?

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  1. riverman

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    really ugly qtr by both teams so far...get some momentum now
     
    riverman, Mar 14, 2021
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    14 percent from this team is not good especially when you rely on the 3 as much as we do.
     
    James lamphear, Mar 14, 2021
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    this team plays a really ugly brand of basketball on both ends. defense is a joke and not signing a backup big when Giles went down was downright criminal.

    We look oK when shots go in, but we do absolutely nothing to get easy shots. Stats back me up. Amongst the leaders in the league yearly in fewest open shots.
     
    illmatic99, Mar 14, 2021
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    What "isn't how basketball is played"? When a teams best FT shooter has missed his last two FTs and there is a technical foul shot, they almost always still give their best FT shooter the attempt because the larger sample size means more than the smaller one.

    You'd have to provide me your defintion of "clutch" for me to give you my thoughts. I typically don't get caught up in labels that can mean different things to different people.
     
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    Melo!
     
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Kind bounce for Ant two consecutive times. Shooter’s bounce
     
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    RODNEY!! HUGE BUCKET
     
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    We just don't have the instincts of when to collapse on a guy under the basket.
     
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    BENCH MOB!
     
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    The bench is coming through so far and looks like Melo is still hot. Simons don't look bad with couple basket and 2 assist.
     
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    Not exactly what you're talking about, but I hate that we double on Stotts' whistle. One potential benefit of double-teaming is catching the offensive player by surprise; the team needing an audible command totally takes that away.
     
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    Hopefully we are finding our stride now. Would be nice to build a lead going into halftime.
     
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    BEST LOB PASS IN AGES
     
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    I was talking about Reid down there and even the second time Reid pushed Anf to the basket. The first time Reid had the ball so low, no way he could pass, 2nd time could see in his eyes no way he will pass. It almost seems like our guys are thinking is this allowed within the rules we have been given?
     
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    BENCH LOB!

    Melo to Nas!
     
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    Good thing we got Melo out he was playing well.
     
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    What’s Kanter even thinking on that foul
     
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    Dame got about 7 and a half minutes bench time so far in this qtr...load management
     
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    we'd be getting blown out if this was any other opponent.
     
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    Booooolt twenty fo
     
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