Game Thread GAME# 71: MAVERICKS @ BLAZERS - MARCH 20, 2019 - WEDNESDAY, 7:00 PM, NBCSNW

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Do you believe the Blazers will attain the 3rd seed in the West?

Poll closed Mar 21, 2019.

  1. Yes

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  2. No

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  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    2019-19 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
    DALLAS MAVERICKS
    28 - 42
    (6-28 Road)
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    43 - 27
    (26-9 Home)

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    ---------    PROBABLE STARTERS---------

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    [​IMG] PG [​IMG]
    JALEN BRUNSON VS DAMIAN LILLARD

    [​IMG] SG [​IMG]
    LUKA DONCIC VS JAKE LAYMAN

    [​IMG] SF [​IMG]
    TIM HARDAWAY Jr. VS MOE HARKLESS

    [​IMG] PF [​IMG]
    DIRK NOWITZKI VS AL-FAROUQ AMINU

    [​IMG] C [​IMG]
    DWIGHT POWELL VS JUSUF NURKIC



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    ------- JERSEYS -------

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    WHEN: 7:00 PM (PDT), WEDNESDAY, 3/20/2019

    WHERE: Moda Center, Portland, OR
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    TV BROADCAST:
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    --------------BENCH--------------

    -------- DALLAS MAVERICKS --------
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    BURKE , HARRIS , MACON
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    LEE , BROEKHOFF , FINNEY-SMITH
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    JACKSON , ANTETOKOUNMPO
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    KLEBER , MEJRI

    ---- PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS ----
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    CURRY , SIMONS , TURNER
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    HOOD , TRENT Jr. , LABISSIERE
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    COLLINS , KANTER , LEONARD



    INJURIES
    MAVERICKS
    Luka Dončić (right knee contusion): PROBABLE
    Kristaps Porzingis (left knee): OUT
    Jose Juan Barea (right Achilles surgery): OUT
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    C.J. McCollum (left leg injury): OUT


    HEAD COACHES
    [​IMG] - VS – [​IMG]
    RICK CARLISLE --- TERRY STOTTS



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




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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS RACE

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    Portland's Remaining Schedule

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    Houston's Remaining Schedule

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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    This will be Dirk's last game in Portland.

    But honestly, who cares? The Blazers are in the thick of the Playoff race, with 8 Western Conference teams jockeying for seeding in the post-season.

    The Blazers are currently in 4th, but just one game behind the Rockets for 3rd. Unfortunately, four teams are right at our heels, looking to jump past us. Every game from here on out is a must-win if Portland wants home court advantage in the 1st round of the Playoffs.

    It starts with this game. Dallas has beaten the Blazers twice already. Enough losing to this lottery team already. Go get the W, and show no mercy!
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Dirk just passed Wilt for 6th place on the all time scoring list. Didn't get anywhere near the attention that LeBron passing Jordan got. :(
     
    PtldPlatypus, Mar 19, 2019
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    Not worried about the 3rd seed. Gonna be tough enough holding onto the Fourth seed. Spurs are the problem as well as the Rockets.
     
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    Not in usa, but here in germany fans went crazy this morning. The german NBA web page has already 5 articles about Dirk passing wilt. He the best european nba player ever. We love him
     
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    Stotts always wilts to Carlisle.
     
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    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Well, I mean, he's no Uwe Blab, but he's OK... :D
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Houston definately has a harder schedule than Portland to end the season. Blazers could get 3rd.
     
    Chris Craig, Mar 19, 2019
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    It would be so typical of our luck to get 3rd, only to have the Warriors slip into the 2nd seed so we don't avoid them after all.
     
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    If the Nuggets are able to navigate their late-season brutal schedule well enough to earn the 1 seed, we should want to avoid them.

    Also, I seriously doubt that Portland can catch Houston. Their schedule's basically as soft as ours the rest of the way.
     
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    We are in the playoffs right now they way everyone is bunched up and trying to gain home court.
    I love it when its like this, thats what the NBA is all about.
    IMO, when its all over and done, the team that is shooting best wins it all. Even in the playoffs its run & gun anymore.
     
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    I want some payback against the Mavs
     
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    Basketball Wars Episode 25: The Blazers Strike Back

    The rule of two stipulates that once a master has taught his apprentice as much as he can, the apprentince must challenge and defeat the master. Stotts has not succeeded often in defeating his master. In fact for the most part Carlisle has handed him his ass.

    Carlisle wants this game at all costs. Doncic has averaged 24 against us. Dallas leads 2-1. Blazers better come ready to win.
     
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    Carlisle: Very well Grasshopper - you think you can snatch the pebble from my hand, but can you snatch your PG from a half-court trap?

    Stotts: silently hangs head and shuffles off into the night.
     
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    I think we win this game and (looking at the schedule) every game until CJ comes back. Every game we play is against a team with a worse record than us and mostly lottery teams until Denver April 5.
     
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    At Detroit is a likely loss. They've been playing pretty well (14-5 their last 19), it's the 3rd game in 4 nights, all on the road, playing in Atlanta the night before.
     
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    Them being favored makes sense but I still see it as a winnable game. If we can blow out the Hawks the night before then our starters could be rested.
     
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    I guess your idea of rest and my idea of rest are a bit different. 3 games in 4 nights with the second of a B2B and a flight to Detroit from Atlanta in the middle? Oh and did i mention there was a game at both cities? To me they might as well play because it ain't gonna be any more rest sitting there on the bench.
     
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    Damn Dallas has a horrible road record, didn't realize it was that bad. And we have a chance to run up a pretty solid win streak here, lets go!
     
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