Game Thread GAME# 67: BLAZERS @ SPURS - MARCH 15, 2017 - WEDNSDAY, 5:00 PM (PST), ESPN & KGW

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Who's the better passer?

Poll closed Mar 21, 2017.

  1. Mason Plumlee

    13 vote(s)
    35.1%

  2. Jusuf Nurkic

    24 vote(s)
    64.9%
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  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    2016-17 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    29 - 37
    (12-23 Road)
    SAN ANTONIO SPURS
    52 - 14
    (25-6 Home)

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    DAMIAN LILLARD VS PATTY MILLS

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    C.J. McCOLLUM VS DANNY GREEN

    [​IMG] SF [​IMG]
    MOE HARKLESS VS KAWHI LEONARD

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    NOAH VONLEH VS LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE

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    JUSUF NURKIC VS DEWAYNE DEDMON

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    WHEN: 5:00 PM, WEDNESDAY, 3/15/2017

    WHERE: AT&T CENTER, SAN ANTONIO, TX
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    NAPIER , CONNAUGHTON
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    CRABBE , LAYMAN
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    AMINU , LEONARD

    SAN ANTONIO SPURS
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    MURRAY , FORBES , GINOBILI
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    SIMMONS , ANDERSON , BERTANS
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    LEE. , ANTHONY , GASOL


    INJURIES
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    Evan Turner (right hand fracture, third metacarpal): OUT
    Ed Davis (arthoscopic surgery , left shoulder): OUT
    Festus Ezeli (left knee): OUT
    SPURS
    Dejounte Murray(left groin): QUESTIONABLE
    Tony Parker (back stiffness): OUT
    LaMarcus Aldridge (heart arrhythmia): OUT



    HEAD COACHES
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    TERRY STOTTS --- GREG POPOVICH



    :reading:SPURS' OFFICIAL GAME NOTES
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Omg just get out of there without any injuries please
     
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    BrunoSOC Ripcity from Brazil

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    Its tought to Watch. The blazers are so trash this year... Stotts... your job is done.
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Can Nurkic and Mase make the same passes as one another? Yes

    Does one do it more efficiently? Yes

    Therefor the better passer is? Mason Plumlee
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Feel better about this one going into it considering that we lost last nights game as poorly as we did. We will learn everything about the rest of our season in this game. Will the team come out trying to bounce back from the Pelicans loss. or will they come out unmotivated and flat?

    - Blazers to run the P&R early and often against the spurs to get Nurk and the guards started
    - Hark played 20 mins in the Pels game, I expect him to play 30+ , especially if the Spurs are playing Leonard
    - This is a game where we should start Moe at 3 and Aminu at 4
    - High potential for Nurk to get his first career triple double in this one. Dimes should be open with the way the Spurs will collapse their defense.
    - Gotta switch Aminu/Moe on Kawhi so that they stay fresh enough to keep up with him without fouling.
     
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    With any effort we could vastly improve our lottery odds
     
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    2016-17 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    29 - 37
    (12-23 Road)
    SAN ANTONIO SPURS
    52 - 14
    (25-6 Home) Here is the prediction. I won't say how much but after our lowest score total of the season in NO, Denver in the drivers seat and an abysmal Blazers road record, the safe $ is on SA. We have to score to gain respect.
     
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    HomerLovesKoolAid I have a well-known member.

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    No problem.

    We shall astound them with our fundamentals.
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Then don't. If you don't enjoy watching the team then don't watch them.

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    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    Maybe he's such a big fan he can't stand watching them lose? Still has to watch because he loves them so much
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    He said it's tough to watch. So, don't watch. Problem solved. Watching is voluntary. Nobody is forcing him to do it.

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    Mediocre Man Mr. SportsTwo

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    Maybe he has an adictive personality? Maybe he is more of a fan-addict than a fan-atic.

    You shouldn't be so quick to judge people. As someone with an adiction problem, I understand the daily struggles of "having" to do something
     
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    I somewhat agree with this logic, but I gave the nod to Nurk because when he has the ball, he actually occupies at least one defender while waiting to pass. With Plumlee, all five would lay off him because they knew he wouldn't try to score. If you count turnovers, then Plumlee was more efficient. If you count how the passing impacts the offense, I give Nurkic the win.
     
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    Expecting 25 pt loss
     
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    Last night was embarrassing. I thought we would lose due to the matchups at C/PF, but not that bad.
    Tonight I see us at least competing. Often playing a back to back can be a good thing, after getting embarrassed the night before. I see us losing, but it will be close in the 4th.
     
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    I think the Blazers come out and win this game.
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    If they do, it will greatly improve their odds of making the playoffs. All the simulations/predictions have us losing this game. FiveThirtyEight.com only gives us a 10% chance at winning this one.

    BNM
     
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