Game Thread GAME# 59: BLAZERS @ JAZZ - FEBRUARY 23, 2018 - FRIDAY, 6:00 PM (PST), NBCSNW

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With no Blazers games available, what did you watch last weekend?

Poll closed Mar 1, 2018.

  1. NBA "Celebrity" Game

    6 vote(s)
    12.0%

  2. NBA Rising Stars Game (USA vs World)

    2 vote(s)
    4.0%

  3. Skills Challenge

    8 vote(s)
    16.0%

  4. 3-Point Contest

    13 vote(s)
    26.0%

  5. Dunk Contest

    13 vote(s)
    26.0%

  6. G League International Challenge (NBA G League USA vs Mexico National Team)

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  7. The NBA ALL-STAR GAME (Team Lebron vs Team Stephen)

    25 vote(s)
    50.0%

  8. Winter Olympics

    20 vote(s)
    40.0%

  9. Black Panther

    4 vote(s)
    8.0%

  10. NONE OF THE ABOVE

    12 vote(s)
    24.0%
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  1. MarAzul

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    uh, just move on.
     
    MarAzul, Feb 23, 2018
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    Almir Well-Known Member

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    Great, great win! so happy right now.
     
    Almir, Feb 24, 2018
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    exactly why I don't like you
     
    KingSpeed, Feb 24, 2018
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    Devin Booker is pretty awesome too but the Suns suck. Same with Wolves with Jimmy Butler. Total garbage. Nowhere near a playoff team as we saw first hand last season.
     
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    stampedehero Make Your Day, a Doobies Day Staff Member Moderator

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    Well, we can't start threads about our defense getting worse.
    With an admirable defensive effort starting in the second quarter, we held on with a 9 point lead with three minutes left.

    No more trade CJ threads please.
    I liked his leadership to string three FG's all within the charity strip and propel us to a 19 point win.
    This was so important as a 7th seed tie was on the table and we ended their 11 game win streak.
     
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    stampedehero Make Your Day, a Doobies Day Staff Member Moderator

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    Even Mrs. @HCP could believe that too.
     
    stampedehero, Feb 24, 2018
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    fuck off, I knew the moment I saw you quoted me... you ruined me a chance to make a joke
     
    Mr. Robot, Feb 24, 2018
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    Nice win tonight, and really, a pretty nice month or so of basketball from Portland. From my point of view, it seems the team has found an identity of late where guys seem to know and accept their roles now. Chemistry is starting to finally surface. If I were to guess, I would attribute it to Stotts settling on a shortened rotation, and making Davis and Collins a permanent part of it. There are better comparisons, but it does briefly remind me of the Drexler era rotation, where the backcourt provides the bulk of the offensive production and the front court are the synergy guys. I think we might be playing our best basketball since Aldridge left as a result, and it's not because of some insane hot shooting streak.
     
    Drttimmy, Feb 24, 2018
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    That is a statement road win against a team that has been on a huge role. Wish that effort had been around more earlier in the season and this team would be a solid #3 seed.
     
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    Like @Drttimmy said they seemed to have only recently crystalized their method. What I saw earlier this year was a confused team. It can be quite draining to put your effort in unfruitfully and not know where you're going wrong.
     
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    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    There was a lot of stotts trying to figure out every player not named Damian and CJ.
     
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    Labinot41 is Utah Jazz fan? now i understand some things...
     
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    I just watched the replay of the game, this time with the Jazz broadcast team. Can't believe how well the Blazers rotated on D last night. They actually looked like they had a good game plan. Maybe the extra days to prepare helped with that.

    One interesting comment from Matt Harpring regarding the playoff seeding. He thinks it would be fun if the teams chose their opponent. So you start with 16 teams (8 east 8 west) and the #1 seed in the whole league chooses who they play first, regardless of conference....and then the 2nd seed chooses next, and so on and so on.
     
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    Hopefully the people who set the national TV schedule will figure out the Northwest division is where the action is in the Western Conference and put more Blazers games on national TV so I can see them.
     
    crandc, Feb 24, 2018
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    Let’s Go Warriors
    Let’s Go Blazers
    Hello 5th Seed
     
    DDolla, Feb 24, 2018
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    Chances are teams would pick based on the record/seed regardless. But I'm sure there might be a few surprises where the number 1 team picks the number 2 just because haha
     
    Driew, Feb 24, 2018
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    They could choose based on location or just a better match up, style of play, maybe an injury to a team.
     
    Pinwheel1, Feb 24, 2018
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    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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