Game Thread GAME# 40: ROCKETS @ BLAZERS - JANUARY 5, 2019 - SATURDAY, 7:00 PM, NBCSNW

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Who do you think will get more free throws?

Poll closed Jan 11, 2019.
  1. Blazers

    30.3%
  2. James Harden

    69.7%
  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    2018-19 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
    HOUSTON ROCKETS
    22 - 15
    (9-10 Road)
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

    22 - 17
    (14-7 Home)

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    PROBABLE STARTERS---------


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    AUSTIN RIVERS VS DAMIAN LILLARD

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    JAMES HARDEN VS C.J. McCOLLUM

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    DANIEL HOUSE Jr. VS MAURICE HARKLESS

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    P.J. TUCKER VS AL-FAROUQ AMINU

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    CLINT CAPELA VS JUSUF NURKIC

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    WHEN: 7:00 PM (PST), SATURDAY, 1/5/2019

    WHERE: Moda Center, Portland, OR
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    -- HOUSTON ROCKETS --
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    KNIGHT , CARTER-WILLIAMS , GORDON
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    GREEN , ENNIS III , EDWARDS
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    CLARK , CHRISS

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    NENE , HARTENSTEIN


    ---- PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS ----
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    CURRY , BALDWIN , SIMONS
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    TURNER , STAUSKAS , TRENT Jr.
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    LAYMAN , SWANIGAN
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    COLLINS , LEONARD



    INJURIES

    ROCKETS
    Eric Gordon (knee): QUESTIONABLE
    Chris Paul (Left Hamstring Strain): OUT
    Carmelo Anthony (Not With Team): OUT

    TRAIL BLAZERS

    Mo Harkless (left knee): PROBABLE



    HEAD COACHES
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    MIKE D'ANTONI --- TERRY STOTTS



    :reading:OFFICIAL ROCKETS' GAME NOTES
    :reading: OFFICIAL BLAZERS' GAME NOTES





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  2. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Having a game the very next day after a loss can be a good thing- you don't have to endure or dwell on the loss for long. You don't have time to look back, you have to look forward.

    I just hope the Blazers have enough in the tank to compete with a red-hot Rockets team, who are on a 6-game win streak and have won 9 of 10!

    With the painful loss to the Thunder, Portland dropped from 5th in the West to 7th. The Blazers are 1 full game back of the 4th place Rockets.

    And how crazy is it that the Blazers have won/lost all games when they have the lead/deficit after the 3rd quarter. 39 times in a row. That has to be a record, right?

    Well, I don't care if they lead or trail the Rockets in the 3rd this game, just get the motherlovin' win and RIP CITY, BABY!
     
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    Scalma Well-Known Member

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    I wonder if stotts sends a double hardens way tomorrow hahha just kidding.
     
  4. BonesJones

    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    What's a double team?
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Hell, maybe hedge the pick n roll? Trap every now and then? Switch up the looks to keep him off balance?

    Nah, guard will go over, big will sag, and itll let Harden get going downhill at our bigs for open floaters or Nurkic fouls.
     
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    Hope Mo can play. He’s been huge at end of games.
     
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    And then Stotts will blame Nurk.
     
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    It worked last year so of course we haven't seen it since....
     
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    oldmangrouch persona non grata

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    Is that the thing Terry's SO does with the pool boy and the lawn guy?
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    Ohhhh gotcha.
     
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    We just need Dame and CJ to be on tomorrow. If those two can hit their shots then we can win this game. We'll need everyone's effort on D but we're not going to be a defensive team with this roster and Stotts as head coach. The good news is that on this occasion our offense can beat their offense and that can be enough.
     
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    For some reason they play well second night of B2B's
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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  14. DUB

    DUB Da, da da, da dah!

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    I'm not going to watch this game live, I'm going to a baseball game instead.

    I'll catch the replay (maybe).

    After a nice relaxing Sunday afternoon of sun, baseball, and beer, I'm sure I won't really care who wins either game.
     
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    Good coaching
     
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    No, its coffee...
     
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    Nevermind doubles, I’d even send triples at harden. There’s no way that team wins a game without him, not with Paul and Gordon out. I’d be ok taking my chances with Austin Rivers. But I’m fully expecting another Stotts special where he allows Harden to go off in the hopes no one else gets in a rhythm, or whatever his thought process is on those decisions.

    For Portland to win they’re going to have to play through Nurkic. Capela can’t guard him, and it’ll take him away from the basket and why do I even bother with this can’t wait for CJ to get another 20 shots.
     
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    Yep!
     
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    Jade Falcon Just to piss you off.

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    I think this one is going to be a loss. If we can't stop George, then we sure as hell can't stop Harden. He leads the league in almost every single Offensive category that there is. No joke. Look it up.

    Expecting Stotts to double-team Harden is a bit like expecting a first-grader to win an Astrophysics argument with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. Not gonna happen.
     
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    First off, baseball sucks. Secondly you live in such a beautiful place, why not spend the day at the beach and lastly.......you live on a island full of criminals, can’t somebody steal you a DVR?
     
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