Game Thread Game #58 - BLAZERS @ BUCKS - FEBRUARY 14, 2022 - MONDAY - 5:00 PM (PDT) ROOT SPORTS

We are 15.5 point underdogs, most of any game tonight.

These horrible teams on the road had better odds to win;
Rockets at Jazz
Magic at Nuggets
Thunder at Knicks

 

Went out for gyros last night for dinner!!!

 

Just posted this in the tank thread.... after the next 5 games (which are difficult) we have the easiest schedule in the league the last 20 games of the season. We legit could make a run at the playin. Look at this breakdown of the opponents we have to finish the last 20 games of the season:


7 games WAS IND DET HOU HOU OKC OKC - against tanking teams, we might even be more talented
5 games SAS NOP SAS SAS NOP - against fellow playin competition, wins effectively count twice

4 games MIN MIN ATL NYK - against flawed playin teams
3 games BRK DAL UTH - when good opponents might suck, Brookyln has lost 11 straight, Dallas and Utah are the last two games of the year so they may have nothing to play for and sit starters.

1 game out of 20 that is against a legit playoff opponent, at Utah March 9th


So we either suck at winning the above and keep our pick, or we make a run at the playin, get valuable experience for our players, and as fans have something fun to root for. We could potentially see Dame return for the postseason and clear up the pick we owe Chicago. Then we would be free to keep or trade all our future picks.

 

Alright, I really hope our guys compete hard in this one and keep showing us what we have to look forward to in the future. Over the next eight games which are all against the teams in our conference with records above .500 it might be easy for our guys to get frustrated because we will be seriously outmatched. So I'm just hoping for effort and continued dedication to playing the game the right way. Go Blazers!!!

If the most likely thing happens and the team loses the next eight games against superior teams it might be hard for them to win the following three that are against teams that are right around our level and then lose to the Nets who might be putting things together by then and despite the game being in Brooklyn might have Kyrie if the vaccine mandates have been lifted. Then we'll have the Pacers who by all accounts will have Turner back after the all star break and will likely be trying to see what they have in the new core that they've created. That could honestly mean a 13 game losing streak ahead of us. I'll be rooting for our guys every game but realize that this season is also about setting up our future. Let's not get discouraged if we see a bunch of ass kickings and they're being doled out to us instead of by us.

There is a chance that we have a ten game winning streak after that but if we do have a rough go for the next 13 I would hope the team would rest some of our guys over the final dozen games of the season. We've got fun guys to watch, they've been playing a great brand of basketball and I hope they still do but the tank is still very much alive.

 

So DSJ is playing?

 

LOL @ Bledsoe's "injury". An Achilles is vague enough to keep him on the sidelines for the rest of the year.

 

No..He is listed on the official injury report as "OUT".....

 

Grayson Allen plays old school basketball, he’s not dirty

 

Great attempt at a hot take but tripping people isn't old school basketball it's bullshit and always has been. He's not Stockton elbowing opponents to get an upper hand he's done things that are reckless and have no place in sports.

 

Grayson Allen woulda been punched nightly and out of the league if this was the old school

 

If you can watch this and say that Grayson Allen is an "old school " basketball player instead of a dirty piece of shit, I suggest you check to see if your head is up your ass.

 

Old school:

 

More old school:

 

Blazers might just shock you tonight?

 

Frontcourt J's?