Game Thread GAME# 47: PELICANS @ BLAZERS - JANUARY 18, 2019 - FRIDAY, 7:30 PM, NBCSNW

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Darkwebs, Jan 16, 2019.

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Who is the better coach?

Poll closed Jan 23, 2019.

  1. Alvin Gentry

    10 vote(s)
    21.3%

  2. Terry Stotts

    23 vote(s)
    48.9%

  3. It's a wash

    14 vote(s)
    29.8%
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  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    2018-19 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
    NEW ORLEANS PELICANS
    21 - 23
    (6-17 Road)
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    27 - 19
    (19-7 Home)

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

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    [​IMG] PG [​IMG]
    ELFRID PAYTON VS DAMIAN LILLARD

    [​IMG] SG [​IMG]
    JRUE HOLIDAY VS C.J. McCOLLUM

    [​IMG] PF [​IMG]
    E’TWAUN MOORE VS MOE HARKLESS

    [​IMG] PF [​IMG]
    JULIUS RANDLE VS AL-FAROUQ AMINU

    [​IMG] C [​IMG]
    ANTHONY DAVIS VS JUSUF NURKIC

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    WHEN: 7:30 PM (PST), FRIDAY, 1/18/2019

    WHERE: Moda Center, Portland, OR
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    TV BROADCAST:
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    RADIO BROADCAST:
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    --------------BENCH--------------

    ---- NEW ORLEANS PELICANS ----
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    FRAZIER , CLARK , JACKSON
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    BLUIETT , WILLIAMS , JOHNSON
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    HILL , MILLER , DIALLO
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    MIROTIC , OKAFOR

    ---- 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
    PELICANS
    NONE
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    Moe Harkless (left knee soreness): QUESTIONABLE



    HEAD COACHES
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    ALVIN GENTRY --- TERRY STOTTS



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





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    Darkwebs, Jan 16, 2019
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Nurk gets a triple-double and the Blazers are back in 4th place in the West! I know it's too early to be talking about this stuff, but it would be nice to have home court advantage in the playoffs (although that didn't prevent getting swept last year in the post-season by these Pelicans).

    We already got some payback beating these guys in our first meeting of this season, but the Pelicans' punishment must be more severe.
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    So the Blazers cannot relent; they must keep their foot on the pedal and shoot down these Pelicans before their upcoming 3-game road trip next week.
     
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    How anyone can vote for Terry Stotts after last years playoffs is beyond me.
     
    BonesJones, Jan 16, 2019
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    When I first looked at those NOLA jerseys I thought they were hideous but they are growing on me.
     
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    When I first looked at them, I thought we were playing the Jazz.
     
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    Body of work.

    Stotts with the Blazer and Dame at the helm has a 0.555 win percentage.

    Gentry with the Pelicans and Davis running the show has a 0.459 win percentage.

    That, and I’m an unabashed Blazer fan.
     
    42N8Bounce, Jan 16, 2019
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    Layman is gonna score 40 imho.
     
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    When I was at the games in New Orleans, all the fans around me hated Gentry and said that Rondo was the real coach. Nonetheless, I thought Gentry did a good job with the Suns in 2010. I still vote for Stotts. One playoff series doesn't change my opinion. I also remember how Stotts won two playoff series without HCA.
     
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    He absolutely can. What can't he do? I saw no weaknesses in his game tonight.
     
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    I wish they had a hidden camera on Terry's face after he reaches 30.
     
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    I kind of think its a wash at coach as I think they’re both kind of average NBA head coaches. Felt like Gentry sure coached circles around Stotts in that playoff series though.
     
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    Weve had more talent and much better health, and yes, if you value the regular season as much as the postseason, then maybe you could make that argument...

    Stotts got thoroughly outcoached in that series with the better team.
     
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    Time for more payback. We win this one. GO BLAZERS!!!
     
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    Even if you value postseason, Stotts won two playoff series without HCA. Gentry had trouble getting New Orleans into the playoffs for a few seasons.
     
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    We gotta be on our A game. Pelicans are hungry for playoffs.

    By the way, on the coaching comparison, can we agree that Brad Stevens is NOT better than Terry Stotts? Brad Stevens was gifted an All Star roster and is only 5th in weak East when they were expected to be a top 3 team in the NBA this season. Stevens is highly overrated. Meanwhile, Stotts is 4th in Wild West with only one player that has ever played in an All Star game.
     
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    Dude you really think 1 regular season win can be payback to a playoff sweep?
     
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    One because of injuries, another because McHale is an even worse coach than Stotts (and because Dame hit a miracle 3).
     
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    I know nobody has brought this up, but do you think in the Clippers series, CP3 and Griffin were injured, do you think that made a difference for them?
     
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    I wonder if Stotts apologists would even admit that Gentry outcoached Stotts in last years playoffs... honestly curious.
     
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    No, but it would have for the Warriors, apparently.
     
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