Game Thread GAME# 48: BLAZERS @ BUCKS - JANUARY 31, 2015 - SATURDAY, 5:30 PM (PST), CSNNW

He had a very good performance tonight.

 

This isn't a "slump" - this team is busted up. LMA won't be 100% recovered until the off-season. Batum looks like a shell of himself. If Dame is healthy, I'll eat my Blazers hat! Wes always seems to be battling minor injuries.

Since the team can't survive shutting anybody else down for an extended period - what can they do?

 

Exactly. We played sub .500 ball for a 32 game stretch and still played very well in the playoffs. How we played at the end of January won't matter much when we're playing in May.

 

Welcome to February. 21 days of rest. 6 home games. Only 3 games on the road. The perfect time to recover and get some wins back up on the board.

 

OKC has New Orleans and Phoenix to worry about before they even think of catching us.

 

Speed can be so bipolar. One night the sky is falling and he says season over and the next he is the only one defending the team from everyone else jumping off the cliff.

 

I never say to sweat but I've definitely evolved as a fan. During our collapse last season, I was MISERABLE. Not gonna do that this year. We made it to second round after all was said and done last year. And we lost to a team that no one could beat. This year, our defense is MUCH improved especially when Lopez gets back.

 

I've never said "season over" this year or that the sky is falling. I'm different this year. I see the total picture.

 

Took it too far bro. Now the crow is out to get you!!

 

No, we don't. We dominated NO twice and nearly beat Phoenix in Phoenix without Lopez and Aldridge. We are going to be a playoff team.

 

Since that thread, Detroit has played better and Houston has played worse.

 

Edit: 19, not 21

 

Aldridge hasn't hasn't missed a lot of games and Batum is just playing like shit. But for the most part I do agree with you. It's probably not as bad as some people make it out to be. With that said I think the Blazers could definitely use some bench help.

 

I assume Biebs = Leonard?
Coach pulled him too early I think, about 7 minutes in.
He didn't get the jump ball but he was 2 of 3 for 4pts and got 1 dreb in 7 minutes.
Then he gets pulled and is glued to the bench until there is 1 minute left in the game and the coach throws in the towel.

Our rotations were pretty ugly tonight.
It kind of looked like Stotts didn't know who to put out there so he was just winging it and seeing if anything worked.
Example, Stotts started Leonard instead of Kaman (worth a try), but then he brings Kaman in with CJ instead of Blake.
We need to see the Blake/Kaman combo more in the second unit.
In the end Leonard and Kaman combined for 18 minutes but some how T. Rob got 24 minutes.
T. Rob did have the best +/- for the game, but being out there with good minutes along with the starters can do that.

I love T. Rob, so I'm not hatinig, I'm just pointing out how odd our rotations were.