Game Thread GAME# 70: BLAZERS @ JAZZ - MAY 12, 2021 - WEDNESDAY, 6:30, ESPN & NBCSNW

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by Darkwebs, May 10, 2021.

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Other than Dame, which Blazer would you go to for the last shot if the Blazers were down 1 point?

Poll closed May 17, 2021.
  1. Carmelo Anthony

    29.2%
  2. Robert Covington

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  3. Derrick Jones Jr

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  4. Enes Kanter

    2.1%
  5. Nassir Little

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  6. CJ McCollum

    50.0%
  7. Jusuf Nurkic

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  8. Norman Powell

    18.8%
  9. Anfernee Simons

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  10. Other Blazer not listed

    0 vote(s)
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  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    2020-21 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    40 - 29
    (21-13 Road)
    UTAH JAZZ

    50 - 19
    (31-4 Home)


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    PROBABLE STARTERS---------


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    DAMIAN LILLARD VS JOE INGLES

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    C.J. McCOLLUM VS ROYCE O'NEALE

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    NORMAN POWELL VS BOJAN BOGDANOVIC

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    ROBERT COVINGTON VS GEORGE NIANG

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    JUSUF NURKIC VS RUDY GOBERT




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    WHEN: 6:30 PM (PDT), WEDNESDAY, 5/12/2021

    WHERE: VIVINT SMART HOME ARENA, SALT LAKE CITY, UT
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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
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    GILES III , KANTER


    ------ UTAH JAZZ------
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    CLARKSON , THOMAS , FORREST
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    ONI , HUGHES
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    MORGAN , BRANTLEY
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    ILYASOVA , FAVORS , AZUBUIKE



    INJURIES
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    Carmelo Anthony (ankle sprain): QUESTIONABLE
    Zach Collins (left ankle stress fracture): OUT
    JAZZ
    Juwan Morgan (right heel soreness): QUESTIONABLE
    Mike Conley (right hamstring tightness): DOUBTFUL
    Donovan Mitchell (sprained right ankle): OUT



    HEAD COACHES
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    TERRY STOTTS --- QUIN SNYDER


    :reading:OFFICIAL JAZZ'S GAME NOTES
    :reading: OFFICIAL BLAZERS' GAME NOTES








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  2. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    The Blazers cruised to a victory against the Rockets and have now won 8 of their last 9 games, playing their best stretch of basketball this season.
    Portland will be going on their final road trip of the regular season, and it's a doozy; back-to-back games versus the two very best teams in the NBA. What an epic test to see if this suddenly surging Blazers team is for real!

    And after official review, the telecast have been upgraded to a national one.

    Yes, that's right! These next two games were originally going to be broadcasted locally only, but I guess the viewers across this country wanted more Blazers (or more likely, the cable networks know that the teams with the best records draw better ratings).

    Whatever the case, this will be on ESPN, so the Blazers better bring their best, or risk being blown off the court by the Best in the West.
     
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  3. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    PLAYOFF SEEDING RACE

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    The Blazers are still within striking distance of the 5th seed, but the Lakers can also catch the Blazers for the 6th spot, when you see how tough the Blazers' remaining schedule is (they will play the 1st, 2nd and 4th best teams in the West to conclude their regular season).

    Coach Stotts has said their goal is the 6th seed, so with the Lakers having a relatively easier schedule than the Blazers, Portland may have to pull an upset or two in these final three games to hold on to the 6th.
     
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    I picked Melo for the poll question. It would be close for me between him and CJ, I just think Melo is just a little more cold blooded and still has it in him to hit that game winner.

    As far as this game goes. We can hope for an upset but that's what it would be. Even without their starting back court this team presents major problems for us and I think they want to hold onto that number one spot and home court in the elevation for every possible series they play in.
     
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  5. TBpup

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    Another beat up team. Pound them too.
     
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    Weird. I see us winning by 15+. Clarkson is a chucker and not very efficient. Our guards will destroy him. Nurk plays well against Gobert usually. Only guys we have to worry about are Bojan and Joe. I imagine we'll be ready and keyed in. Utah only has 4 home losses but we are the second best road team in the NBA. Plus, we have experience going into tough buildings (Game 7 in Denver) and winning.

    This game is especially memorable:

    https://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201901210UTA.html

    Nurkic had 22 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 6 blocks, and 1 steal in a win in Utah a couple months before he broke his leg in 2019. Mitchell played in that game too.
     
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    Glad to see white uniforms coming back on the road. Blazers need this game badly.
    I watched the Rockets game. Houston basically beat the heck out of the Blazers every chance they got. Crazy hacking fouls that cause weird nagging bruise type injuries. They committed 26 PF's in that game and i noticed Kanter came back in wearing a brace on his left arm. We watched Nurk go to the sidelines to get a finger taped. We watched lillard hit the court numerous times getting up slow. But most of all we watched Powell get absolutely pummeled over and over again.
    Does anyone know what happens to DJJ and him getting his "Nards" out of alignment? Whats up with that? Pretty much happens every game he plays any extended minutes?
     
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    He jumps high and straddles and I think he came down on Kanter's back skying for a rebound. Happened to me once in a college pickup game when I ball-faked and a woman went for it and landed on me. It didn't bother her for some reason, though.
     
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    The blazers don't make a lot of passes, but when they do...

    7th in "Assists to Pass % Adjusted" since Nurk's return.

    The adjusted portion takes into account passes that lead to freethrows.
     
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    Damn this site fell off. What happened to the engagement? Even i stopped participating much. Time for a new era ?
     
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    The assist to pass thing is kinda tough to gauge. It's like the assist to win thing?
    One thing i can agree with is when Nurk makes good decisions and passes the ball well it leads to better shots which obviously leads to better shot making. That would bring more assists. As Nurk logs more assists the team plays better. It also leads to the second and third pass which gives other players better chances at making shots and obviously more assists as well.
    Just so tough to put any stat through this kind of test.
     
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    You fell off because they have won 8 of the last 9 games. Deal with it!
     
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    Melo has been pretty clutch in his Blazer Career so i take him
     
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    And by the way your boys just lost to the Lakers without James, Nets without Harden, and the Jazz without Mitchell.
    So don't go crying about injuries right? I'll bet you been over there posting how they can't compete against good teams right?
     
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    Magic number is 2 to avoid the play-in - and since we can't count on Laker losses with their schedule, we need to go out and get 2 ourselves and this one is a good opportunity.
     
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    julius Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    that actually is a doable....ish skill. Maybe.
     
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    That reminds me when I was playing soccer against a team that had Rich Brooks' daughter, Keri, on it. We both went up for a header. I was taller so I got the ball, she got my nose with her forehead and broke it (for it's third time).
     
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    Let's just win out. Hold up a middle finger to the entire NBA as we stroll into the playoffs with a 7 game winning streak.
     
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    Utah seems pretty vulnerable without Mtichell and Conley, although I saw on another site that Conley might return for this game. He's been a Blazer killer lately

    I'm about 62% expecting the Blazers to win one of the next two games....even though it's a B2B set.

    they really need to go 2-1 over the final 3 games so they aren't depending on the Lakers to lose a game...or lose two games. They don't want to go 0-3 for sure. That would just about guarantee a matchup with the Warriors in the play-in, and it would mean the Blazers were 0-12 against the top-4 seeds in the West
     
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    It hasn't been mentioned this year as much as last year in the bubble, but tomorrow is the last day of Ramadan. Time for our two big fellas to FEAST! RHJ too, I suppose.
     
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