Game Thread GAME# 54: BLAZERS @ JAZZ - FEBRUARY 20, 2015 - FRIDAY, 6:00 PM (PST), CSNNW

Why don't you turn into Teen Wolf and help the team, this squad is really struggling right now.

 

yes, I just didn't want him to come back and say "the blazers proved last year they can win a series without HCA."

bottom line is.. if the Blazers lose out on HCA or the division.. You can point to losses like these as to why and where they need to improve.

 

I don't know, they may not be as good as I think they are. But to me, they should be up there close to Golden State. Or they could be. If they handled their business differently.

 

I'm seriously impressed that this was our worst loss all year. Is there any other team in the NBA that hasn't lost by more than 16? Fuck, the Hawks just lost by 25 at home!!

 

Sad stat of the night, Blazers had more turnovers than assists.

 

We were 4-1 (should be 5-0) this month before this game, and that's when Lopez came back. Struggling? This game, yes. But we've been better this month than late December and all of January. I'll start to worry if the next two home games we get blown out again and don't get the new guys involved. Still a lot of season left.

 

Golden State hasn't had as many injuries as us. They've had Bogut out. But we've had Lopez and Frelland and Aldridge and Batum out for a lot of games. Everyone's coming back now, though, and we're adding two new very talented players. And Houston lost tonight too. In the overall scheme of things, this loss means nothing. We were a little rusty, Utah had a good game plan and then they rained threes in the 4th and we couldn't keep up. It happens. We have three home games against playoff teams coming up. And we'll have our full roster. Let's see how they do. A 39-18 record going into March would be great.

 

I'm gonna rage eat... Jack in the box tacos are about to ruin my day tomorrow

 

Adam Bjarnson said it perfectly. It was a 'winnable' game.

So why didn't they?

 

We lose... Damn

 

Oh I think they are very capable. I want them to show it on the court. Instead of fooling around with it.

 

4 games. We've lost only FOUR games to sub 500 teams. All year. That is incredible.

Our track record says we have the third best record in the West. You're only looking at losses and are ignoring the wins.

 

I blame this loss on Jinxspeed because he didn't go to the game

 

Isn't every game "winnable"? You win some, you lose some. And you move on. Just like the Dallas game, let's forget about it and focus on Memphis.

 

Utah got hot. What are you gonna do? That's why the playoffs are Best of 7. You're allowed to recover from a fluke loss and still win the series. We would win a series against Utah and that's all that matters about any team we play.

 

Because riverman was watching the globetrotters instead

 

Magnifier- you pay for the travel and I'll go to Portland this week for all three games.

 

For a team as good as ours, every game is winnable. Let's give Afflalo and Gee a few weeks to jell with our team before passing judgement on our title chances. Our bench was AWFUL tonight. The news guys couldn't come at a more perfect time. When is Freeland back? Our record with him is incredibly good.

 

Home court advantage does matter in the playoffs. Losing games like this obviously doesn't help that cause. And really I don't think they should have. Losing one maybe two of these a year is acceptable. But as Julius just showed. They've lost more that. It's going to kill them in the end.

 

Boring game. The Blazers looked like they wanted to take a nap. Should have been rested for the break. Don't pull out any break excuses because the Jazz just came off the break too. Getting wiped out by a bad team....can safetly call this the worst performance of the year.