Game Thread GAME# 44: BLAZERS @ HORNETS - JANUARY 18, 2017 - WEDNESDAY, 4:00 PM (PST), CSNNW

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Blazers are 7 games behind 7th place. Will they move beyond their current 8th seed by season's end?

Poll closed Jan 19, 2017.

  1. Probably

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  2. Possibly

    4 vote(s)
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  3. Probably not

    17 vote(s)
    37.8%

  4. No

    19 vote(s)
    42.2%
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  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    2016-17 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    18 - 25
    (7-16 Road)
    CHARLOTTE HORNETS
    20 - 21
    (12-7 Home)

    _____________________________
    ---------    PROBABLE STARTERS---------

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    [​IMG] PG [​IMG]
    DAMIAN LILLARD VS KEMBA WALKER

    [​IMG] SG [​IMG]
    C.J. McCOLLUM VS NICOLAS BATUM

    [​IMG] SF [​IMG]
    MAURICE HARKLESS VS MICHAEL KIDD-GILCHRIST

    [​IMG] PF [​IMG]
    AL-FAROUQ AMINU VS MARVIN WILLIAMS

    [​IMG] C [​IMG]
    MASON PLUMLEE VS CODY ZELLER

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    WHEN: 4:00 PM, WEDNESDAY, 1/18/2017

    WHERE: SPECTRUM CENTER, CHARLOTTE, NC
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    TV BROADCAST:
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    RADIO BROADCAST:
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    ​

    ------------------------------------------------------



    --------------BENCH--------------
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
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    NAPIER , QUARTERMAN , CONNAUGHTON
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    TURNER , CRABBE , LAYMAN
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    VONLEH , LEONARD

    CHARLOTTE HORNETS
    [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]
    ROBERTS , SESSIONS , BELINELLI
    [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]
    GRAHAM , HARRISON , WOOD
    [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]
    KAMINSKY , HAWES , HIBBERT


    INJURIES
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    Ed Davis (left ankle sprain): OUT
    Festus Ezeli (left knee): OUT
    HORNETS
    Nicolas Batum (hyperextended right knee): PROBABLE
    Jeremy Lamb (metatarsal inflammation): OUT



    HEAD COACHES
    [​IMG] - VS – [​IMG]
    TERRY STOTTS --- STEVE CLIFFORD



    :reading:HORNETS' OFFICIAL GAME NOTES
    :reading:BLAZERS' OFFICIAL GAME NOTES     ​



    [​IMG]    ​
     
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    Did you rotate the pinwheel on purpose?
     
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Yup, just for a change-up.
     
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    Something our Blazers could use!
     
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    gatorpops Allen Crabb hits winning shot on Nov24 vs Blazers

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    Come on Blzers "right the wheel" or Come on Blzers "'Straighten Up" please
     
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    This is penalty the 1 out of 3 take where they play well.

    Harkless needs to consistently help off MKG with the roll man when we blitz/hedge. He needs to be active.

    Or we need to put one of the guards on MKG, and double MKG when he posts. Put Aminu on Kemba because Harkless could stick with Williams. The other guard would be on Batum, but we know that that won't be a problem.
     
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    Trade happening?
     
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    The Hornets playing with both MKG and Batum are an interesting match-up. They're very strong defensively but tend to sometimes stagnate on offense. But they're not an easy match-up, they looked good in many games this year and they're a challenge for the coach in finding the right lineups to expose them. I'm hoping for more playing time for Meyers, I said in a different thread that people are selling him short and that he's a key player for us.
    Go Blazers
     
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    Fingers crossed!
     
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    Clippers are about to go on a big losing streak. 7th is in reach. Gotta get back to 8th first though (we are 9th).
     
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    I fully expect them to decline much like they did before when Paul was out. However, they will have to go into serious free-fall mode for the Blazers to catch them. They are 14 wins ahead of the Blazers now (almost double) so even if they went 10-20 in 8 weeks that Paul is out, Portland would have to go 24-6 in that time just to catch them. That is a big ask of the Blazers who have played under .500 ball almost all season.
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    My confidence is pretty low that they can win this game. But anything is possible, I suppose. I'll still watch it.

    Go Blazers.
     
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    NBA league pass free preview tonight, nice! I can watch.
     
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    Look at 5 seed last year at this point. We were way out of it. No one thought we could get there but Memphis went into freefall due to injuries.
     
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    lol, and here I am getting pirated streams.
     
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    Also- we are only 11 games behind Clippers. Not 14. Doable.
     
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    9-0 run
     
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