Game Thread GAME# 6: BLAZERS @ WARRIORS - JANUARY 3, 2021 - SUNDAY, 5:30, NBATV & NBCSNW

Trade for Harden.

 

I don't know. It's been a little confusing. Right before pre-season Stotts said they would not play zone defense because they didn't have time to learn it. Then in the first game we played 20 minutes of it, but never since. Then he said they would have a multi-prong defense with all kinds of variations. (Somehow team would learn this even though there was no time to practice a simple zone). Then both players and Stotts started saying we would stick mostly with our old defense and just play new defense (whatever it is) occasionally. We brought in a special defensive consultant who apparently only consulted with the coaches not the players. We don't even know if he was allowed to watch the players. We do know that he was apparently not allowed to talk with the press. That's about all I know....

 

He was absolutely on fire. When he is shooting like that being in the game with 2 mins left was a good game.

 

Every players plays like ass sometimes. RoCo is simply a much better player than Melo. Could’ve played Dame, CJ, Gary, RoCo, Giles down the stretch. Would’ve had some D to give us a shot.

 

BBRef kind of sucks since they put up the pay wall

 

If your assessment is true that we changed from a new defense back to our old defense after the 2nd game:

Games 1-2: 123ppg allowed
Games 3-6: 117.5ppg allowed

 

they talked a lot shit last year too

 

Yeah there was a point inside of 3-4 mins left down by 9 and Dame missed consecutive wide open looks from 3 and Kanter missed a free throw. They could have made this a barn burner.

 

This was a good team to have given Giles some minutes.

 

Stotts is in his ways how he coaches and he not going to change. I am going till the only way Stotts gets fire is that we miss the playoffs altogether but as long he makes the playoffs I think remainds here. I am not wishing bad season but that's how I see it with Stotts.

 

So i didn't get to see the first half. What was going on with DJJ?

 

You can talk defense all you, but the reason the Blazers lost tonight is they didn't make shots. FT's were even, but they shot over 53%, we shot 41%. Dame would have had double digit assists tonight if his teammates made shots at the hoop tonight. Way to many missed buckets at the hoop tonight. Especially Nurk.

 

picked up some nonsense fouls against Curry

 

I don't think Stotts will get us to the finals. Do you think the next coach will? I don't.

 

You see i just don't get this kind of comment?
The Team was in the game until a minute left. Curry was on an absolute tear. When any player on any team is shooting lights out even well defended it's tough to win. The Blazers just humiliated them two night ago.
Stotts made subs and decisions to play players that kept them within reach until the very end. At some point you win some you lose some?

 

Well that can happen. Did he actually foul out?

 

It takes two to tangle. The passes were there, the makes weren't.

 

I been said Nurkic is garbage that’s why he signed for so low

 

Oh boy will this comment age well.

 

I'm not talking about a dippy sample size math exercise that includes an OT game on one side and the 98 point Warrior game on the other. For chrissakes, I could ask why the Blazers got 39 points worse on defense over 2 games against the same team. That's a math exercise too

I was talking about the contrast between what Stotts said the defense is going to be, and what is has become over 6 games