Game Thread GAME# 71: ROCKETS @ BLAZERS - MARCH 20, 2018 - TUESDAY, 7:30 PM (PDT), TNT

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Who should win Coach of the Year?

Poll closed Mar 23, 2018.
  1. Steve Kerr

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  2. Dwane Casey

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  3. Brad Stevens

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  4. Mike D'Antoni

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  5. Tom Thibodeau

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  6. Greg Popovich

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  7. Terry Stotts

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  8. Quin Snyder

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  1. tykendo

    tykendo Don't Tread On PDX

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    His passes were great and spot on. He handled the pressure fine. He just didn't hit open looks tonight. Let's not make this into something it wasn't.
     
  2. Jade Falcon

    Jade Falcon Just to piss you off.

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    Sometimes that's all it takes.

    I'm out. Good night fam. GO BLAZERS!
     
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  3. HailBlazers

    HailBlazers RipCity

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    Maybe because the jury is out on the Blazers, all you have to do is stop Dame/CJ and outscore the rest.
     
  4. Labinot41

    Labinot41 Well-Known Member

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    For me it looked that he was helpless after Switches and didn't know what to do, look what Harden does after a Switch and look what Dame does, man that's a big difference and we could see why Harden is the frontrunner in MVP
     
  5. Pinwheel1

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    So you are saying he has not played well against other small ball teams? First I have heard about that.
     
  6. HolyBackboard

    HolyBackboard 2 Hot 2 Stop It

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    The game wasn't lost there but I definitely agree that was a huge turning point. In fact, those missed fast break opportunities in the 1st Q really loomed large at the end as well.
     
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    tykendo Don't Tread On PDX

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    Hey I respect your opinion, but to me, he never looked helpless.
     
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    Labinot41 Well-Known Member

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    To be fair houston has great wing Defenders with Ariza, Tucker, mbah a moute, they can switch Everything, but for some reason Dame didn't know what to, he attacked a lot, but wasn't really good on that
     
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    blazerkor Well-Known Member

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    The more I think about it, this game was very encouraging. Both Dame and CJ were completely off and the score was so close. Go Blazers!
     
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  10. hoopsjock

    hoopsjock Well-Known Member

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    You're right, Dame has never had a good game against a really good team. Go watch the game against the Warriors where he scored 50 points. He scored 39 against the Spurs last year.

    Just this year:
    36 and 13 against OKC
    44 and 8 versus GS
    32 and 10 @ Toronto
    33, 10, and 8 @ Utah

    Should I continue or will you please STFU?
     
  11. hoopsjock

    hoopsjock Well-Known Member

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    Interview was over a week ago buddy. To think that had anything to do with it is stupid.
     
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    Pinwheel1 Well-Known Member

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    Yeah but you specifically said he "continues to be helpless against small ball teams." I doubt very much that is true.
     
  13. hoopsjock

    hoopsjock Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, Dame and CJ had a bad game.

    BUT the Rockets hit 7 of 10 3's in the 4th quarter and barely won. I think any team would lose a close game with the other team shooting that well at the end of a close game.
     
  14. hoopsjock

    hoopsjock Well-Known Member

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    Always a fucking but.............
     
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    hoopsjock Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, Lillard has sucked his whole career against small ball teams!!!


    Get a fucking clue!
     
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    Meh. Variance game. I don't expect Houston to shoot 53% from three every game, and I expect Lillard and McCollum to be be better. That being said, it seems as if Lillard's tear came to a halt a few games ago, and CJ is a below average scorer unfortunately. I don't know why CJ fell off so badly this year. Pretty big dip in TS and PER from last year (58.5% to 54.7! and 19.9 PER to 17.4!) 54.7% TS is below league average, by the way. He needs to step it up, because he doesn't bring anything else to the table.

    Our role players continue to feast on the easy looks other teams are giving them. Harkless has been sooooo nice. I was a bit disappointed that CJ and Dame continued shooting as much as they did when our front court was dominating. But I honestly felt like both players were getting pretty good looks, they just weren't falling. Oh well! On to the next!
     
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    Labinot41 Well-Known Member

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    I can say whatever i want, and i Really don't care what you think. For me he looks helpless when a small Ball Team with good individually Defenders Switch on him. How many Times Aminu or Harkless has switched on Harden tonight? Almost every Time, look what he did and look what Dame did. Lillard is my favourite Player, but that's one part of his Game he definetly needs to improve to be a MVP, because good teams like houston play small Ball with good defenders and these are the Games he needs to kill the opponent
     
  18. 42N8Bounce

    42N8Bounce Red Hot And Rebuilding

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    I just got back from the game. Traffic was terrible.

    Here’s my thoughts - loosing sucks. But you know what? I’m not afraid of the Rockets. Not very often are CJ and Dame going to play that poorly, and not very often is Harden going to play that well. We had an off game, and they had a good game, and they barely beat us.

    Look out Houston. When you play the Blazers in the playoffs. You’re gonna have your hands full.
     
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  19. hoopsjock

    hoopsjock Well-Known Member

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    Nah, you're just making shit up. He had a bad game. It's that simple.
     
  20. Labinot41

    Labinot41 Well-Known Member

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    Think whatever you want bro
     

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