Game Thread GAME# 76: CELTICS @ BLAZERS - MARCH 31, 2016 - THURSDAY, 7:00 PM (PDT), CSNNW

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Do you believe the Blazer will overtake the Grizzlies for the 5th seed?

Poll closed Mar 31, 2016.
  1. Yes

    60.0%
  2. No

    40.0%
  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    2015-16 Regular Season Record
    BOSTON CELTICS
    43 - 31
    (18-19 Road)

    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    39 - 36
    (24-12 Home)




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    PROBABLE STARTERS---------


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    ISAIAH THOMAS VS DAMIAN LILLARD

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    AVERY BRADLEY VS C.J. McCOLLUM

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    JAE CROWDER VS MAURICE HARKLESS

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    AMIR JOHNSON VS AL-FAROUQ AMINU

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    JARED SULLINGER VS MASON PLUMLEE


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    WHEN: 7:00 PM (PDT), THURSDAY, 3/31/2016


    WHERE: Moda Center, Portland, OR
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    TV BROADCAST:

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    --------------BENCH--------------


    BOSTON CELTICS
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    ROZIER , SMART , HUNTER , TURNER
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    MICKEY , JEREBKO , OLYNYK , ZELLER

    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
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    ROBERTS , HENDERSON , CRABBE , MONTERO
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    CONNAUGHTON , VONLEH , ALEXANDER , DAVIS



    INJURIES

    CELTICS
    NONE
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    Meyers Leonard (dislocated left shoulder): OUT



    HEAD COACHES
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    BRAD STEVENS --- TERRY STOTTS




    :reading:OFFICIAL CELTICS' GAME NOTES
    :reading: OFFICIAL BLAZERS' GAME NOTES


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  2. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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  3. SIeepwalker

    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    No love for Montero in the game thread !
     
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  4. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Fixed. Thanks!
     
  5. Strenuus

    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I don't have much faith in this game... Hope, though, I do... but Boston is F'n good.
     
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  6. B-Roy

    B-Roy If it takes months

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    They are 5-5 in their last 10.

    But I think they are just a horrible matchup for the Blazers, Dame has always struggled against Bradley.

    Might get Crowder back on Thursday as well, which would be bad.
     
  7. Draco

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    Crowder is probably their best player. Great defender and efficient on offense.

    The reason we win so many home games is entirely lack of rest and travel by opponents. Boston has two days off prior to this game so that advantage is gone. We will be rested too unlike the 4 in 5 nights we played in Boston. If Crowder had been out we'd have an advantage. If he's healthy I think this is a real toss up 50-50 game. We might only be able to afford one more loss outside the Warriors to get the 5th seed so lets save that for another game.

    Go Blazers!
     
  8. Tunchi

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    SO whats the point of the playoffs then if we cant win games like this?
     
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    illmatic99 formerly yuyuza1

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    Need this game if we want a shot at #5. I hate playing them. Bradley eats Dame for lunch every time.
     
  10. Spud147

    Spud147 Mercy Mercy

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    What's the point of being a Blazer fan if it causes you so much angst?
     
  11. Strenuus

    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I didn't say we weren't going to win....
     
  12. BBert

    BBert Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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    At this point I think the point of the playoffs is to (1) evaluate our players in the playoffs and (2) get the players who will be on the roster next season experience in the playoffs. Those two things are not without value.
     
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    Your boy is the one saying he doesn't have faith against a team like Boston. But a team like Boston is basically what the playoffs is about? SO whats the point of losing our asset for that then?

    Thats all
     
  14. stampedehero

    stampedehero Make Your Day, a Doobies Day Staff Member Moderator

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    Boston could lose one and survive. We got to kick their asses and exert supreme rule of the house th Protect this house.jpg
     
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    stampedehero Make Your Day, a Doobies Day Staff Member Moderator

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    BBert Knows!
     
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    I would like to see Davis whack Olynyks head and watch the long hair spit off sweat
     
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    Because it's one game and not seven?

    I don't know, simple logic?
     
  19. jlprk

    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    We always walk away feeling like we got outcoached. Brad Stevens is good.
     
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    BonesJones https://www.youtube.com/c/blazersuprise

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    In the offseason I hope we find some way to trade for Avery Bradley without giving up too much. (Not likely I know). The dude would be the perfect 3rd guard that could play next to Dame or CJ and defend the better player. Plus it'd mean we always have 2 ball handlers in at the same time.

    Only feasible way would be jumping in on a Kings/Celtics DMC trade. Reroute Bradley here and give Sacramento something better (Combination of Plumlee/Vonleh/Aminu/Future 1sts)
     
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