Game Thread GAME# 63: BLAZERS @ NETS - APRIL 30, 2021 - FRIDAY, 5:00, NBATV & NBCSNW

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Do you agree with giving Hollis-Jefferson a contract for the remainder of the season?

Poll closed May 5, 2021.

  1. Yes

    44 vote(s)
    95.7%

  2. No

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  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    [​IMG]


    2020-21 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    34 - 28
    (18-12 Road)
    BROOKLYN NETS
    42 - 20
    (25-7 Home)


    _____________________________
    ---------    PROBABLE STARTERS---------

    [​IMG]
    [​IMG] PG [​IMG]
    DAMIAN LILLARD VS KYRIE IRVING

    [​IMG] SG [​IMG]
    C.J. McCOLLUM VS LANDRY SHAMET

    [​IMG] SF [​IMG]
    NORMAN POWELL VS JOE HARRIS

    [​IMG] PF [​IMG]
    ROBERT COVINGTON VS KEVIN DURANT

    [​IMG] C [​IMG]
    JUSUF NURKIC VS JEFF GREEN

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    ------- JERSEYS -------
    [​IMG] - [​IMG]

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    WHEN: 5:00 PM (PDT), FRIDAY, 4/30/2021

    WHERE: BARCLAYS CENTER, BROOKLYN, NY
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    TV BROADCAST:
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    RADIO BROADCAST:
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    --------------BENCH--------------
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
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    SIMONS , BLEVINS , ELLEBY
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    LITTLE , HOLLIS-JEFFERSON , JONES Jr.
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    ANTHONY , LEAF
    [​IMG][​IMG]
    GILES III , KANTER


    ------ BROOKLYN NETS------
    [​IMG][​IMG]
    JAMES , JOHNSON
    [​IMG][​IMG]
    BROWN , LUWAWU-CABARROT
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    JOHSNON , PERRY
    [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]
    GRIFFIN , CLAXTON , JORDAN



    INJURIES
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    Zach Collins (left ankle stress fracture): OUT
    NETS

    Kyrie Irving (sore right groin): QUESTIONABLE
    James Harden (right hamstring strain): QUESTIONABLE
    Nicolas Claxton (health and safety protocols): QUESTIONABLE
    Alize Johnson (health and safety protocols): QUESTIONABLE
    Chris Chiozza (fractured third metacarpal): OUT
    Spencer Dinwiddie (partially torn ACL): OUT



    HEAD COACHES
    [​IMG] - VS – [​IMG]
    TERRY STOTTS ----------------- STEVE NASH

    :reading:OFFICIAL NETS' GAME NOTES
    :reading: OFFICIAL BLAZERS' GAME NOTES ​



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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    And down the stretch they go. Only 10 games left in the regular season.

    After losing 5 in a row, the Blazers have now strung a couple of blowout wins together.

    Unfortunately, a third consecutive blowout here is highly improbable because the Blazers will be facing a different level of competition. The Nets are a team of All-Stars. Hell, even their coach is an All-Star.

    Brooklyn has the best record in the East and are cruising through the regular season, despite their star players missing significant time.

    I'm hoping to see our defensive effort from the previous game carry over to this game. Let's go!
     
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    Over/Under on the Over/Under for this game? 250?
     
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    Boy Perry and Griffin sure look alike...
     
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    Nets are due for a loss.
     
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Thanks for the edit
    :cheers:
     
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    PLAYOFF SEEDING RACE

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    Don't look now, but the Blazers are just a half game behind the Mavs for that magical, mystical 6th spot. Also, only 2 games behind the Lakers for the 5th.
     
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    Cmon Nets, rest all your players on a back to back please. You have a big game on Sunday against the Bucks. Please, please as we need to win.
     
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    Without Harden, we should have a chance to win this game. We’re one of the few teams that has the offensive firepower to match up with Brooklyn. Kyrie and KD don’t get others involved like Harden does.
     
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    This game will be a great test to see if our team has figured something out or just won one game against almost no one and then got the Grizz on a cold shooting night. If we win this one, even if the Nets don't have Harden, this is a quality win and it might mean the team will finish the season with some heart and could even show up for the playoffs.
     
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    The win won't matter.

    The loss won't matter.
     
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    Two blowout wins against play-in teams. My team has heart.
     
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    We're not gonna do good in the playoffs when it matters.

    Tear it down, fire the coach and the gm, and finally we will have hope we can actually do something in the future.

    As currently constructed, the team is awful.

    No win will matter.

    No loss will matter.

    Let's just get this season over with, we are already done.
     
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    Harden is out. Perhaps Clayton can score 30. His looks may be deceiving. [​IMG]
     
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    Nice to see improved defensive intensity....starting with Dame. Against the Pacers, it was against a shell of a team, but against the Grizz, it was against a team that had punked the Blazers twice in a row on their home floor.

    This would be an actual change that could help the Blazers start to play to their talent potential. Now, will it continue against the higher echelon teams where the Blazers have dramatically struggled?
     
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    Kyrie Irving (sore right groin) will miss tonight's Nets game versus the Pacers, so that makes him questionable for the back-to-back game against the Blazers the very next night.
     
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    Kanter should start over Nurkic.

    there... i said it.
     
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    care to explain why
     
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