Game Thread GAME# 76: SUNS @ BLAZERS - APRIL 1, 2017 - SATURDAY, 7:00 (PDT), CSNNW

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Would it have been better in the long-run if the Blazers tanked post-All-Star break?

Poll closed Apr 6, 2017.
  1. Yes

    19.6%
  2. No

    80.4%
  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    2016-17 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
    PHOENIX SUNS
    22 - 54
    (9-30 Road)
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

    37 - 38
    (21-15 Home)


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    PROBABLE STARTERS---------

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    TYLER ULIS VS DAMIAN LILLARD

    [​IMG] SG [​IMG]

    DEVIN BOOKER VS C.J. McCOLLUM

    [​IMG] SF [​IMG]

    T.J. WARREN VS MAURICE HARKLESS

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    MARQUESE CHRISS VS NOAH VONLEH

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    ALEX LEN VS MEYERS LEONARD


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    WHEN: 7:00 PM (PDT), SATURDAY, 4/1/2017



    WHERE: Moda Center, Portland, OR
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    TV BROADCAST:

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    RADIO BROADCAST:

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


    PHOENIX SUNS
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    PRICE , BARBOSA
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    JONES Jr. , EDDIE
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    DUDLEY , WILLIAMS

    ---- PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS ----
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    NAPIER , CONNAUGHTON
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    TURNER , CRABBE , LAYMAN

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    AMINU



    INJURIES

    SUNS
    Leandro Barbosa (right hamstring spasm): QUESTIONABLE
    Dragan Bender (right ankle surgery): OUT
    Eric Bledsoe (rest): OUT
    Brandon Knight (rest): OUT
    Tyson Chandler (rest): OUT

    TRAIL BLAZERS

    Ed Davis (left shoulder): OUT
    Festus Ezeli (left knee): OUT



    HEAD COACHES
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    EARL WATSON--- TERRY STOTTS



    :reading:OFFICIAL SUNS' GAME NOTES
    :reading: OFFICIAL BLAZERS' GAME NOTES





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  2. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS RACE

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  3. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    LOTTERY STANDINGS

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  4. SIeepwalker

    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    the .500 game, I didn't think it was possible
     
  5. SIeepwalker

    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    Also great stuff with the bench pictures !
     
  6. Strenuus

    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    LMAO the team picture with the tank and the launcher.
     
  7. Strenuus

    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Blazers go for a season high 6th win in a row and a chance to climb to .500. I want to see the closers in this game for the final 6 minutes at least.
     
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    Trap game, this is another must win
     
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    stampedehero Make Your Day, a Doobies Day Staff Member Moderator

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    Phoenix Suns::: 9-30 on the road. We can't have a let down from this Houston win. Shoot for .500............
     
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    BrunoSOC Ripcity from Brazil

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    .500 Game.
     
  12. SIeepwalker

    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    Let's not fuck this up
     
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    You didnt vote yes????????
     
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    Without the Nurkic trade and the vast turnaround in the team's play, I would have absolutely voted Yes. They needed talent more than a Playoff Dubs drubbing. Now at least they are playing better and Playoff experience should help. (although it didn't seem to from last season)

    When they were 1.5 games from the #5 spot yet only 2 games out of the #8 spot.....that is when the Playoffs would have been a joke even if they made it.
     
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    It really is, because if we lose, we could very easily lose 3 in a row. Minnesota will probably be on a 3 game win streak when they play us. Plus they will be rested and playing with zero pressure. Like last year when they spanked us in Portland late in the season.
    And playing in Utah on a back to back at their altitude is never easy.

    So yes we need to win the Phoenix game.
     
  17. SlyPokerDog

    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    Why is this a must win? Don't get me wrong, I want a win but this is hardly a must win type of game.
     
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  18. SIeepwalker

    SIeepwalker The lone sane poster

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    Because if we lose to the tanking suns we're back to sucking
     
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  20. Dougnsalem

    Dougnsalem not barf

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    All of them are, if we're gonna catch Memphis.....

    (I know, I know.... Lol)
     
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