Game Thread GAME# 48: BLAZERS @ JAZZ - JANUARY 21, 2019 - MONDAY, 6:00 PM, NBCSNW

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Darkwebs, Jan 19, 2019.

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What say ye? Blazers fans on Twitter are discussing: who wins in a game of 1-on-1?

Poll closed Feb 19, 2019.
  1. Brandon Roy (circa 2008-09)

    52.8%
  2. Damian Lillard (circa 2017-18)

    47.2%
  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    2018-19 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    28 - 19
    (8-12 Road)
    UTAH JAZZ

    26 - 21
    (13-8 Home)


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    PROBABLE STARTERS---------


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    DAMIAN LILLARD VS DONOVAN MITCHELL

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    C.J. McCOLLUM VS ROYCE O'NEALE

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    MAURICE HARKLESS VS JOE INGLES

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    AL-FAROUQ AMINU VS DERRICK FAVORS

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    JUSUF NURKIC VS RUDY GOBERT




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    WHEN: 6:00 PM, MONDAY, 1/21/2019

    WHERE: VIVINT SMART HOME ARENA, SALT LAKE CITY, UT
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    - 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


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    MITROU-LONG , ALLEN , KORVER
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    NIANG , CROWDER
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    CAVANAUGH , UDOH



    INJURIES
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    Moe Harkless (left knee soreness): QUESTIONABLE
    JAZZ
    Ricky Rubio (hamstring): OUT
    Dante Exum (left ankle sprain): OUT
    Raul Neto (groin): OUT
    Thabo Sefolosha (right hamstring): OUT
    Tony Bradley (right knee): OUT



    HEAD COACHES
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    TERRY STOTTS --- QUIN SNYDER


    :reading:OFFICIAL JAZZ'S GAME NOTES
    :reading: OFFICIAL BLAZERS' GAME NOTES








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  2. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    The Blazers have now won 6 home games in a row, and their home winning percentage currently sits at 74%. We haven't seen the Blazers this dominant at home since the 14-15 season, when they were at 78%.

    The Blazers have gone 11 straight games with 20+ assists, so they are moving the ball well. They have also won 7 of their last 10 games, so these 2 stats seems to be correlated, though "correlation doesn't imply causation" or so they tell you in statistics class.

    In addition, the Blazers have only commited 10 total turnovers in the last 2 games! What's even more astonishing is that Evan Turnover has one total turnover in the past 5 games! So 4 of the past 5 games, he's had 0 turnover.
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    Like an Aminu jumpshot, Portland has suddenly catapulted to 3rd in the West, the same position they finished at last season. It's hard to believe that just two weeks (8 games) ago, the Blazers were sitting in 7th, but that's the West for ya. There is just so much parity and competition, a myriad of teams are just bunched together, and winning/losing one game can swing you up/down the rankings wildly.

    After a sweeping a very short two-game homestand, Portland now heads onto the road for 3 games next week.

    First up on this road trip is a very tough game against the West's current 7th place team in Utah, where the Blazers have historically struggled. What's more, the Jazz have won a season-high 6 straight games (and 8 of their past 9), this despite recently losing a slew of players to injury. As you already know, they have bested the Blazers 2-0 this season, and now that Utah has seemingly found their groove (games), a Portland victory here seems nigh impossible.

    But as the maker of Dame's shoes says,
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  3. kjironman1

    kjironman1 Well-Known Member

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    It's a bad question. Doesn't specify if both players were at their top of their game? I'm assuming that is what you meant.
    Brandon Roy beats Lillard simply because of size and ability to post up. But Lillard would give him a good run.
     
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    So does Moe play this game or take 3 or 4 more off?
     
  5. TorturedBlazerFan

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    I dont think Roy would be quick enough to guard Dame but I dont think Dame is big enough to guard Roy. Would be a good game in my opinion.
     
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    Blazers have already lost twice to Utah by an average of 26 points....ouch

    it will take a super effort from Portland to get a win in SLC; and for sure, Nurkic can't let Gobert steal his lunch money again....I think the Jazz are just a bad match-up for the Blazers
     
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  7. TBpup

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    A third of the Jazz roster is out for this game? Is it just @HCP or do we play a lot of teams who are missing players?
     
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  8. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Its just @HCP

    The two thirds playing are their best players
     
  9. kjironman1

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    Rubio, Exum and Sefolosha seem to contribute quite a bit?
     
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    Not these fucks again. At least they won’t have Rubio. How about we don’t let Ingles talk that shit, yeah?
     
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    Without Rubio's defense Dame will have a field day. I think we have a great chance to win convincingly against this shorthanded Jazz team.
     
  12. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    BlazerOne wheels down FAMS

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    No it's just the Blazers that play teams without some of their players. All the other teams play teams at full strength.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Another matchup with the opposing team missing key players? Wow, does this happen to us a lot?
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    We have had multiple games over the years playing on MLK Day. I swear we have been in Atlanta, D.C. and Memphis on this special day in the past. How ironic that this year we are in SLC.
     
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    Seems like it does but maybe I’m just a hater.
     
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    I think it's just that other teams best players are just afraid to play the Blazers. What else could it possibly be?
     
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    We don't get to play Houston without Capela.
     
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    Does anyone know if Martin Luther King was any good at basketball?
     
  20. wizenheimer

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    simple answer....chuck norris is a blazer fan
     

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