Game Thread GAME# 68: BLAZERS @ HAWKS - MARCH 18, 2017 - SATURDAY, 3:00 PM (PST), CSNNW

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Do you usually wear green on St. Patrick's Day?

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  1. Yes

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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
    30 - 37
    (13-23 Road)
    ATLANTA HAWKS
    37 - 30
    (19-15 Home)

    _____________________________
    ---------    PROBABLE STARTERS---------
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    [​IMG] PG [​IMG]
    DAMIAN LILLARD VS DENNIS SCHRODER

    [​IMG] SG [​IMG]
    C.J. McCOLLUM VS KENT BAZEMORE

    [​IMG] SF [​IMG]
    MOE HARKLESS VS THABO SEFOLOSHA

    [​IMG] PF [​IMG]
    NOAH VONLEH VS ERSAN ILYASOVA

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    JUSUF NURKIC VS DWIGHT HOWARD

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    WHEN: 3:00 PM, SATURDAY, 3/18/2017

    WHERE: PHILIPS ARENA, ATLANTA, GA
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    TV BROADCAST:
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    RADIO BROADCAST:
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    --------------BENCH--------------
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
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    NAPIER , CONNAUGHTON , TURNER
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    CRABBE , LAYMAN
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    AMINU , LEONARD

    ATLANTA HAWKS
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    DELANEY , CALDERON , HARDAWAY Jr.
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    BEMBRY , PRINCE , KELLY
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    HUMPHRIES , MUSCALA


    INJURIES
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    Evan Turner (right hand fracture, third metacarpal): PROBABLE
    Ed Davis (arthoscopic surgery , left shoulder): OUT
    Festus Ezeli (left knee): OUT
    HAWKS
    Paul Milsap (left knee tightness): OUT
    Mike Dunelavy (right ankle synovitis): OUT



    HEAD COACHES
    [​IMG] - VS – [​IMG]
    TERRY STOTTS --- MIKE BUDENHOLZER



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



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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    PLAYOFF RACE

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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Not sure how much of this game I will catch being that I turn a year older on this date.
    Go Blazers.
     
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    We are 30-37 and our road record is 13-23.
     
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    The Hawks are solid, Milsap especially, one of the better players in the league. But they don't have as much talent as they used to. It wouldn't be easy, we need to be at the top of our game. Our problem many times this year has been confidence, bringing our A game every time, we get a nice win then not show up the next game, hope this time the trend changes
     
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    Might improve his shooting.
     
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    He dropped 24 pts his last game...I think he'd done that already
     
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    Where did the shots come from?
     
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    I know it was a Dallas game....if I remember correctly very few were 3s...his scoring has steadily gone up as the season has moved along..he'll be rusty for sure.
     
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    Just where we need them to be from......while attacking the basket.
     
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    I'm expecting a lot of rust from Turner, and not a lot of minutes, if Stotts clears him to play.

    It will be an act of God if he drops more than 11 points in his first game back. In my opinion.

    Nurk vs. Howard....that's going to be very interesting. Hopefully it goes better than that match-up he had against Cousins.
     
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    I like Nurk over Howard, it's Vonleh and Chief on Millsap that'll be an X factor...Millsap can kill you from anywhere on the court. Howard, not so much.
     
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    We got guy now can meet Howard strength and that should be plus for us.
     
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    I agree.

    My only concern is that Howard has a very long reach. I think he's one of the few in this league who could routinely block Nurk at the rim if he wanted to.

    But we'll see. I hope I'm wrong, and Nurk just goes to town on his ass.
     
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    Put them in a cage!
     
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    Vonleh and Howard both have 7'4" + wingspans...same as Kevin Durant ..
    Aminu has a 7'2 wingspan...amazing for his height..Nurk also has a 7'2 wingspan but 280 lbs behind it
    .Meyers has a 7'3 wingspan and Ed Davis has a 7'2 wingspan...
    Mo has a 7'2 wingspan but Layman has the TRex 6'9 wingspan going on...
     
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    Rep. Thanks for that.
     
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