Game Thread GAME# 74: BLAZERS @ PELICANS - MARCH 27, 2018 - TUESDAY, 5:00 PM (PST), NBCSNW

Look at the names on that list. Wow. What I like most about his game against NOP was that he didn't just rely on his outside jumper. He mixed it up with some fantastic drives to the hoop against two of the top shot blockers in the league (Davis and Okafor). And when he wasn't scoring, he picked up 9 rebounds, 6 assists (no turnovers), 4 steals, and of course 1 W.

 

Davis was getting hammered just as much as, if not more than, Dame was last night.

And no, it's not magic and they just didn't figure it out. James Harden has made a career out of drawing fouls and getting to the line. He didn't just magically figure it out in the last five games.

BNM

 

Re: 3PA - in the ten games before Stan complained we shot 32 three per game; in the five games afterward, 31.2; so no, it’s not more threes. And it’s not just that opponents are shooting more FTs. We’re shooting fewer. Like 8 fewer per game. That’s not because Harden and Russ get to the line more.

 

We are shooting 8 fewer FTAs per game since Stan complained. THAT’S FUCKING HUGE and not a product of opponents getting to the line more (which they also are).

 

Sample size is too small and too many variable to attribute the difference in FTA to Van Gundy's whining. We've also played 3 of the top 10 defenses in the league in the last five games (BOS = 1, HOU = 5 and OKC = 10). So, that may have something to do with it as well.

BNM

 

We’re one of the best defenses in the league too, though (7th by DRtg, 5th by Opp PPG).

Let’s keep an eye on this though. It’s suspicious, and I understand why you’re skeptical. But boy is it a funny coinkey-dink.

 

Good grief....it was a comment on one game in response to a specific post. But if 'waiting a while' is your thing, you only have to go back to the HOU game and he was terrible then too. He was great against the Thunder...so there is objectivity. How the heck did it get to the point on this board you can't make a casual observation without someone trying to have a 'gotcha' moment? SMH....

 

Don't blame the O-Live newbies. They ain't the ones picking the fights..... Just Sayin

 

I think it did work in our favor.

 

Everytime CJ has a bad game, you (and a few other posters) stand here amazed like you've never seen a scorer go 4 for 17 or whatever. It's not "a casual observation" if you do it 100% of the time.
I don't remember one time this season where CJ had a bad game and you weren't right here in perfect timing in order to "point it out".

He's not a top 10 player in this league, we get it. I damn near expect him to have a bad game once or twice a month, We're still lucky to have him.

 

Almost to a point where you might want to quit? I hope not.

 

Shooters go through slumps...expected. I'd just like to see him be able to do something else when his scoring game is off. Not unreasonable, right? As for "He's not a top 10 player in this league", who ever said that he was?

 

Sorry, I had to.

 

He's an above average passer, if Stotts gave him possession of the ball all the time so he can get fake assists numbers would it help? is he suppose to become an elite shot blocker like prime D-Wade all of a sudden?

Russel Westbrook can do everything besides scoring, but his team looks like complete shit when he bricks. Who cares if he hangs around the rim to take away some rebounds from Adams? they are still likely to lose in every one of his brick nights.

The reasonable request should be made to Stotts. If CJ (or even Dame for that matter) shoot like ass in a particular game, then it's his job to manage the situation instead of telling them: "you'll get the next one"\"keep shooting it".

 

I'm more sorry than you. I didn't have to but I did.