Game Thread GAME# 49: THUNDER @ BLAZERS - APRIL 3, 2021 - SATURDAY, 7:00, NBCSNW

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Darkwebs, Apr 2, 2021.

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Would you be okay with the team being renamed the Oregon Trail Blazers?

Poll closed Apr 9, 2021.

  1. Yes

    13 vote(s)
    31.7%

  2. No

    28 vote(s)
    68.3%
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  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    2020-21 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
    OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER
    20 - 28
    (11-13 Road)
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    29 - 19
    (14-9 Home)

    ______________________________
    ---------    PROBABLE STARTERS---------

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    [​IMG] PG [​IMG]
    THEO MALEDON VS DAMIAN LILLARD

    [​IMG] SG [​IMG]
    SVI MYKHAILIUK VS CJ McCOLLUM

    [​IMG] SF [​IMG]
    KENRICH WILLIAMS VS NORMAN POWELL

    [​IMG] PF [​IMG]
    ISAIAH ROBY VS ROBERT COVINGTON

    [​IMG] C [​IMG]
    MOSES BROWN VS JUSUF NURKIC

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    ------- JERSEYS -------
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    WHEN: 7:00 PM (PDT), SATURDAY, 4/3/2021

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

    -- OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER --
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    JEROME , MILLER
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    JACKSON , HALL
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    MUSCALA , POKUSEVSKI , BRADLEY


    ---- PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS ----
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    SIMONS , BLEVINS
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    ELLEBY , LITTLE , JONES Jr.
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    ANTHONY , GILES III , KANTER



    INJURIES
    THUNDER
    Ty Jerome (right ankle sprain): QUESTIONABLE
    Mike Muscala (ankle): QUESTIONABLE
    Luguentz Dort (concussion protocol): DOUBTFUL
    Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (right foot plantar fasciitis): OUT
    Al Horford (season-ending rest): OUT
    Darius Bazley (shoulder): OUT
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    Nassir Little (sprained right thumb): QUESTIONABLE
    Zach Collins (left ankle stress fracture): OUT



    HEAD COACHES
    [​IMG] - VS – [​IMG]
    MARK DAIGNEAULT ------------------ TERRY STOTTS



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



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    Darkwebs, Apr 2, 2021
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  2. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Both Portland and OKC will be playing on the 2nd night of a back-to-back.

    Gotta win this one. No excuses.
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Moses gonna drop 40 on us
     
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    So we should kick these guys asses. They suck, their best player is out. I know they might have a chip on their shoulder from being blown out so badly tonight but we should be pretty pissed too. I think we'll beat them by more than ten points.

    I gave a solid NO because there really is no reason why but this team does have a history as the Portland Trail Blazers... I don't see a reason to fuck with that.
     
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    isnt it funny how the broadcast team had their graphic about melo climbing up the FG made list ready to go the moment he hit his second shot tonight?

    it's almost like the whole squad just is focused on all things melo this season.

    not to forget that he took 12 shots to hit 2 tonight
     
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    I voted yes on the poll but I think the best solution is to rotate the name of Oregon cities, towns, and counties every month. One month it would be the Klamath Trailblazers; the next month the Sweet Home Trailblazers; then the Sisters Trailblazers.

    Can't wait till it's the Burns Blazers...that would honor the town, and the defense
     
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    Boring Blazers would be an epic jersey!
     
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    Rondae Hollis-Jefferson going to make his debut?
     
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    Bounce back game. Go get this one Blazers!
     
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    He isn't even signed yet.
     
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    OKC lost at Phoenix by 37 tonight ... please never let the Thunder in this one, Portland!
     
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    Nurk and Enes should dominate this game
     
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    I didn't watch the Bucks game but from the box-score we were demolished in the 1st and 3rd quarters - the new starting lineup/rotation doesn't work
     
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    This phrase is 100 times better than "must win"!
     
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    I guess you had to be there (by there I mean just watching it on a screen because you know, no one is actually there). The first quarter had to feel like a waking nightmare for Dame. He was hitting shots and serving up both wide open threes and point blank twos on platters for guys and they were missing really badly. Oh wait a minute that was actually the whole fucking game besides a stretch during the last like eight minutes of the first half and the first three or four of the second half... we went on a nice run for what amounted to about one quarter and got to within two. Then just back to a complete shit show.

    So it's Dame doing great, RoCo and CJ doing well, Powell meh, everyone else was complete shit and just getting hit over and over again by a hammer named Giannis... yeah some other Bucks played well too but it was like Dame putting in a fantastic performance for nothing and Giannis just crushing us and absolutely no defensive adjustments to try and stop him. Maybe we put some different guys on him but just single coverage and no help resulting in absolute slaughter.
     
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    Damn, Now Stotts knows what to do.........
     
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    Looks like the Powell signing might be a disaster. Not that he sucks or anything he’s actually pretty damn good but Stotts doesn’t use him well and the team is to rec ball oriented.. sucks
     
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    Season ending rest. Lol. Poor horford.
     
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