Game Thread GAME# 45: BLAZERS @ MAGIC - MARCH 26, 2021 - FRIDAY, 5:00, NBCSNW

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Should the Blazers rest Lillard (who has been dealing with a few minor injuries) this game?

Poll closed Mar 26, 2021.

  1. Yes

    25 vote(s)
    64.1%

  2. No

    1 vote(s)
    2.6%

  3. Let Dame decide

    13 vote(s)
    33.3%
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  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    2020-21 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    26 - 18
    (12-9 Road)
    ORLANDO MAGIC
    15 - 29
    (10-14 Home)


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    ---------    PROBABLE STARTERS---------

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    [​IMG] PG [​IMG]
    C.J. McCOLLUM VS MICHAEL CARTER-WILLIAMS

    [​IMG] SG [​IMG]
    NORMAN POWELL VS DWAYNE BACON

    [​IMG] SF [​IMG]
    DERRICK JONES Jr. VS JAMES ENNIS III

    [​IMG] PF [​IMG]
    ROBERT COVINGTON VS CHUMA OKEKE

    [​IMG] C [​IMG]
    JUSUF NURKIC VS KHEM BIRCH



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    ------- JERSEYS -------
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    WHEN: 5:00 PM (PDT), FRIDAY, 3/26/2021

    WHERE: AMWAY CENTER, ORLANDO, FL
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    TV BROADCAST:
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    RADIO BROADCAST:
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    --------------RESERVES--------------
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
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    SIMONS , BLEVINS
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    ELLEBY , LITTLE
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    ANTHONY , GILES III , KANTER

    ------ ORLANDO MAGIC------
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    RANDLE , HAMPTON
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    MANE , ROSS
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    PORTER Jr. , CARTER Jr. , BAMBA


    INJURIES
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    Norman Powell (pending trade): QUESTIONABLE
    Zach Collins (left ankle stress fracture): OUT
    MAGIC
    Otto Porter (pending trade): QUESTIONABLE
    Wendell Carter Jr. (pending trade): QUESTIONABLE
    Mo Bamba (right big toe sprain): QUESTIONABLE
    Terrence Ross (knee): OUT
    Gary Harris (adductor): OUT
    Cole Anthony (fractured rib): OUT
    Jonathan Isaac (left ACL tear): OUT
    Markelle Fultz (torn ACL): OUT



    HEAD COACHES
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    TERRY STOTTS --- STEVE CLIFFORD

    :reading:OFFICIAL MAGIC'S GAME NOTES
    :reading: OFFICIAL BLAZERS' GAME NOTES ​




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    Darkwebs, Mar 25, 2021
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Rest Dame. Will Powell play? Welcome back Nurk!
     
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Terry said Powell will likely be in Orlando tomorrow, but he's not sure if Norm will be able to play.
     
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    So his first game may be against his former team.
     
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Two consecutive games wearing the brown jerseys. I believe that's the first time it's happened this season.
     
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    And Trent Jr's first against us?
     
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    I think Dame will play. He said in his post game that both knees are a little bruised but it's nothing he hasn't dealt with before. I think it will be very appealing for him to be on the floor again with Nurk, get to run their pick and roll and have a backup big that Stotts will play. I hope that the medical staff always has the final say in these things and if for Dame's health, both short and long term, it's better to rest, I hope he does.

    This is a winnable game and that's another reason I want Dame to play because you always try to get wins where you can. With our back court being thinned out right now, sitting Dame could actually impeded our ability to win.
     
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    They need this one as well.
    Go get it Blazers!
     
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    Must win... can’t lose this one
     
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    The third poll option is the same as the second poll option.
     
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    We have a training staff we pay to make decisions about a players health. I've never heard anything that would suggest management or the coaches pressure the staff to say a player should be allowed to play even when it's against their best interest. If the medical staff does not think it's an issue for Dame to be playing and Dame doesn't have an issue playing, then I don't see the big deal.

    I think I've been reading on here for years that Dame is going to get seriously hurt because of all the minutes we play him, yet that hasn't happened. On the flip side, we see guys on other teams who load manage, and still end up being out for a while with an injury.
     
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    How many "must wins" have you had us playing this year and what is our record in this games?
     
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    Yusuf Nurkic!
    boom.. boom.. boom boom boom!!
    Yusuf Nurkic!
    boom.. boom.. boom boom boom!!
    Yusuf Nurkic!
    boom.. boom.. boom boom boom!!
     
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    True!
     
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    Well I hope big Nurk is better condition then was at start of the season because that wasn't a good look for the big guy.
     
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    That will not happen. Somewhere between 15-20 mins this game. If he plays more he will stink up the court.
    5-10 games before you see anything like Nurk being in shape. Look to April 10th vs the Pistons. 2 full weeks of workouts on the court in game time.
     
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    Next target to get a player back?
    May 7th vs Lakers
    If the Blazers can get Zach Collins back on the 7th of May he will have 6 games to get into some kind of shape to contribute.
    If that happened it would be really really good for this team.
     
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    I know has get game shape but beginning the year he wasn't beginning preseason shape I want see at least that much. Because out for a big your just waiting for the next injury. Yes they work him in slow and build from there.
     
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