Game Thread GAME# 78: TIMBERWOLVES @ BLAZERS - APRIL 8, 2015 - WEDNESDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), CSNNW

Revenge time. Let's rub the Pups' noses in it!

 

We lose this and I quit.

 

We need to win out from this point forward. If that happens, I think we can get HCA in the first round.

 

Blazers vs Timberwolves pregame

Will you look at the injury list for the T-Wolves? 7 players out or doubtful. Sure, the Blazers have had some head scratchers against this team but you can look at the schedule and see some of the reasons. I don't really expect much of a fight out of them tonight. They are also looking to get that elusive "Draft Pick" that will turn the tables for the team. Flip is smart and wants more to work with.

This is of course the first game of the last B2B set of games for the Blazers. I understand Lillard wanting to keep his streak of starts alive. It is very impressive. But is there a reason to play him more than a 10-15 mins tonight? As far as i am concerned is there a reason to play any starter more than 10 mins a half? This team has 5 games in the next week. At this point i really don't see any point whatsoever in playing these guys into the ground. The biggest thing here is that they have one more home game after this one for the rest of the season. All of the rest of them are on the road. The only real questions that remain are who the Blazers will play? The mix is the Clippers, Memphis, or the Spurs. The Blazers are going to have to try to win these games if they want to get lucky and pull out HCA. There is a number of ways that can indeed happen. My personal choice right now would be Memphis and they do have some games to play still also. Going through all the ways this could happen is crazy. What i do know is the Spurs look to be playing as well as they have all season and i never like the looks of a series against any team from Los Angeles. Heck it could be against the Dodgers and i would be wondering if they could pull it off?

Breakdown on this game is pretty simple. The T-Wolves don't have any players to suit up so the starters will play 40+ minutes. You are going to see lots of Zach Lavine and Kevin Martin. Lavine is going to do a few flashy dunks i am sure so the game might be fun to watch. I don't suspect the Blazers to have trouble winning this game. I also see Stotts playing 10-12 players tonight.

The way this looks to me is a win tonight is important. They play GS tomorrow and that team has no reason to go all out for a win. The Blazers might catch a break there. One day rest and they come home and play Utah who is out of the Playoffs but is playing for pride. Then it gets sticky....OKC might still be in the running and it will be in their house. The Game at Dallas might be a bore/scrimmage. Dallas is not moving up or down. Portland might need the win so we will see?

Pick tonight is CJ McCollum. I would expect him to play plenty and lead all scorers.

Go Blazers!

kjironman is a fan!!!

 

This game would have made so much more sense to rest our players than Brooklyn ...

 

Hopefully, we still can.

 

Ahem.......as I said... take THAT minnehaha trolls!

 

In a perfect world we would jump out to an early lead, rest the starters and get to some extended run for Fraizer, Leonard and CJ

 

I'd love to see Meyers have another big game to build his confidence going forward. With all of Minnesota's injuries, they'll have a shortage of big men in uniform tonight. Should be the perfect opportunity for Meyers to have another solid game.

BNM

 

If we hadn't dropped two games to this horrible team, we'd have HCA. Ugh.

 

We've given them 12.5% of their total victories.

Equivalent of 6-7 games in a 50 win season. smh

 

All teams lose games they should win. GSW lost to the Lakers, the Spurs, for as dominant as they've been lately, recently lost to the Knicks in a game where Pop did NOT rest his stars. MEM also lost to MIN and DET, too. If you look at all of the top teams in the West, all but the Clippers have at least two losses to crap teams. The Clippers seem to be the only team that have consistently beaten the teams they should beat. Only one of their losses (a mid-December loss @DEN) is to a team that has been eliminated from the playoffs. On the flip side, that means they have a worse record against playoff teams than the other top teams in the West.

BNM

 

Can anyone close their eyes and name the starting lineup for the Wolves tonight? I sure couldn't!

 

Uh.....I'll try it.....
Licky Lubio
Kevin Martin
Kevin Garnet
Kevin Loughery
Rick Adelman

 

Damn I can't wait to see cj tonight and continue to do his thing

 

That Rick Adelman could just be a game changer!

 

Wouldn't be so easy if three of the five didn't have Kevin as there first name.