Game Thread GAME# 72: NUGGETS @ BLAZERS - MARCH 28, 2015 - SATURDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), KGW

We got this.

 

The head to head history doesn't add up @Darkwebs

 

please don't let a former blazers go off for 50 against us aka Barton.

 

They will get abused inside if they try to go with that lineup.

Big game for AA. Hope he puts it to the team that saw fit to trade him for Will Barton.

Big game for the Thrill. Hope that he takes plenty of ill-advised, uncontrolled shots.

 

Oh boy, a TV game! I haven't even been able to get the game on radio the reception is so bad.

 

Dear MarAzul, there's now something called the internet. I'm watching every game I want and I live in Fucking Israel.

 

Blazers vs Nuggets pregame

Nice to see the roster that will be going into the playoffs back on the court last night. Blazers will need to use the next few weeks to get things rolling. Plenty of time and lots to work on.

Last game against the Nuggets Aldridge went for 39 and fed Lopez for the game winner at the end. Batum dished out 13 assists and grabbed 4 rebounds but scored only 4 pts. That game was early December so lots of things have changed. Arron Afflalo and Alonzo Gee are here and Will Barton is there. Personally i am sure the Blazers got the best of that deal. Some say Barton will get better with playing time and i am sure they are correct. Wish him all the best.

Denver is doing the "whack a Coach" thing right now. Just cannot figure out why George Karl having a great year and winning the COY was fired? Preemptive strike? Was he just asking for more money or what? Denver has not been the same team for a while now. Portland used to know there was a tough game coming when it was against the Nuggets. Melvin Hunt however is doing things his way, or actually more like Stott's way. They are going with a "Flow" type system that moves the ball and has players looking for good shots. The beneficiaries have been Ty Lawson and Danilo Gallinari. The scoring has gone up and the front court players Faried and Chandler are getting good looks also. Fact is the Nuggets are another team that is not in the hunt but they are playing to get better and are playing to win. This again makes them a threat to win any game against any team. With both teams on the second of a B2B this game could get real ugly and that will be exactly what the Nuggets want. Farried and Randy Foye will do well in a scrum. Throw in JJ Hickson, Green and Barton we all know brings energy and this team will at least be entertaining.

If there is one thing i am seeing again with the Blazers in the last two road wins it's the calm demeanor of a core of players that are solid. That "Feel" is coming back. They are not panicking at times when the other team is making a run and they are starting to find a way to win again. Last night Dame did not have a great shooting game but in the end he did what the team needed. He got the ball to Aldridge! Phoenix was fronting LA with Len and Morris and he still found a way to open it up and get him the ball. You have to credit Batum here also. Nic was the pivot to the passing and the three of them knew what they were looking for. It was fun to watch.

I look for Batum and Chandler to be a great matchup but the Blazers have a solid size advantage on this team in just about all other areas, even the bench. Faried is great and all but he is no match for Lopez around the rim. Aldridge is just flat out stronger and will outplay Danilo Gallinari. Kaman is bigger and stronger than JJ. Blake and Cj seem to be getting a groove and we all are loving that.

Pick tonight is Lillard. He is not going against a 7 footer at the rim and he has 4 inches on Lawson to shoot right over him. If there is a team Lillard matches up well against it is the Nuggets. If his shot is off he should still log 12 or more assists. 12 being his best it would be fun to see him get 15. Blazers need to make some shots.

Lots of people will point to a five game losing streak the Blazers just went through but go back and look at those games. Not only were the Blazers close to those teams on the road with injuries but there is a case to be made that a couple of those games were not only winnable but questionably "Taken" from them. That losing streak does not worry me.

Go Blazers!

kjironman is a fan!!!

 

That means you are rich right?
I know it's hard to imagine but even here in the states there are people who either do not wish to have broadband internet access or in some cases don't have it available. Some also do not wish to pay for that kind of thing. This is Oregon. Yes Portland has most everything available but i have spent lots of time in small sections of this state where all i can get is the occasional KGW game and trying to stream a game is just a huge fucking headache.

 

Ha! Wonderful! Watch yer ass.

I would not have a problem either if I lived some where else.

 

Why? can't you stream the games through half-legal connections online? I'd Personal-message you an address if you like

 

Well, appreciate your thoughtfulness, but you see, streaming a broadcast on a line that measures some where between 500 Kbps and 1.2 Mbps is a real pain it the ass. You can get a glimpse here and catch a look there, but a game in that fashion is very annoying. I hear the later satellites do better now speed wise, but I have tried those before. A storm rolls through, either here or on the upload side and nothing, which would not be too bad for a game now and then, but it happens way to often, leaving you without internet period. Just part of the price for living in a wonderful place on the South Coast of Oregon.

However, you could PM the NBA and ask them to bring back the 180 mile rule we had for a few years. Where if you lived (your zip code) 180 miles or more from the arena, you could get the games on League Pass without being blacked out. Don't know what the hell the rule is now but I can not watch Portland, Sac, or the Warriors on League Pass. None are available in my "Area" the past two years. I live between 220 and 450 miles from the home game arena of all of those teams.
A PM to the right ear on this bull shit would be most helpful.

 

thats shit i feel bad for you. i was pissed being blacked out in bend because i only got kgw in non hd and wanted to pay for league pass just to stream the 8 kgw only games in hd. only thing that made me feel better was knowing they missed out on $120 for 8 games cause they are greedy fucks

 

Big win tonight! Go Blazers!

 

Living in Mexico, I watch every game on League Pass International, which is considerably cheaper than that for the US. If you wish to go that way, and have a VPN, just change to a European IP, and enjoy.

 

DWright, Gee and Crabbe have looked good..for once, we're deep at the SF