Game Thread GAME# 50: BLAZERS @ CLIPPERS - APRIL 6, 2021 - TUESDAY, 7:00, NBCSNW

If we don't have enough talent outside of Dame to score 115+ playing 4 on 3, then we're in real trouble. I'm with you, I think we do if we have those 3 on the court.

It's the giving up 130 that is far more worrisome.

 

The hole was because of defense. Offense was fine.

 

Yeah, the 47 points given up in the first quarter may have been a problem.

 

37 would have been too much let alone 47.
I mean what team gives up 37 points in the first quarter consistently other than the Blazers?

 

Washington Generals

 

They play defense though, don't they?

 

it's the same fucking hole

 

Have we given up 37 1st quarter points more than we've scored 37? I don't know the answer, just curious.

I think we outscore our opponents in the 1st quarter on average.

 

Ya, I don’t gamble though. Maybe I should. My brother does BigTime and gets pissed at me when I work in Vegas. I’m down there in a normal year probably 3 weeks a year and we always stay in a casino. He just can’t understand how I walk through a casino floor everyday multiple times and not gamble just once.
I honestly think it’s because I was broke for so many years after high school, I had no disposable income whatsoever, so when I started actually having some, I was not about to blow it away!

 

You were gone?

 

Yup rebels get banished for a little bit

 

Not against good teams.

 

That would make sense.

We're getting ourscored by the teams better than us and we're outscoring the teams that we're better than. Seems about right.

 

That isn't what i said at all.
The statement was giving up 37 points in the first quarter let alone 47.
Good teams. Better than the Blazers or not was never the question. The Blazers are giving up first quarter points at an alarming rate. Matter of fact it seems that the Blazers have actually come from behind quite a bit this season. I like the coming from behind part. Getting behind at the beginning of games? Not so much.

 

My question was how many times have we given up 37 in the first quarter? I truly don't know. I agree with you, that it's bad.

 

You followed it up with "I think we outscore our opponents in the first quarter on average"
Decent teams even ones we have beaten have scored well in the first quarter. Yes bad teams the Blazers definitely have been better than.
All speculation because i have not looked it up either but it sure seems even when the Blazers score more they still give up well over 30 points in the first?
Watched most of the beginnings of games. Not all mind you, but i sure feel like the Blazers pretty regular give up 30-35 points.

 

Dame actually wasn't that bad last year this year though he has fallen short on the defense side of the ball.

 

Understood.

The only reason I brought up the fact that we had outscored our opponents in the 1st quarter in general was I had seen that stat on the TV or something. I thought after what you said, you had had seen something about us giving up 37+ points "x" amount of times. I truly am curious what that number is and how it compares. I would not be surprised if it was way out of proportion with our other quarter or the rest of the league, I just truly don't know.

I think we give up just under 30ppg in the 1st quarter, on average. Which to your point, means we've given up more than 30 plenty of times. 37, I'm not sure about.