Game Thread GAME# 81: SPURS @ BLAZERS - APRIL 10, 2017 - MONDAY, 7:00 (PDT), CSNNW

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Should the Blazers rest players for the remainder of the season once they clinch the playoffs?

Poll closed Apr 10, 2017.

  1. Yes, rest all of the regular rotation players

    16 vote(s)
    30.2%

  2. Yes, rest all of the starters

    7 vote(s)
    13.2%

  3. Yes, rest Dame and CJ

    10 vote(s)
    18.9%

  4. Yes, rest Dame only

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%

  5. Yes, rest only the players who are ailing, even if the injuries are just minor

    19 vote(s)
    35.8%

  6. No

    5 vote(s)
    9.4%
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  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    2016-17 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
    SAN ANTONIO SPURS
    61 - 19
    (30-9 Road)
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    40 - 40
    (24-15 Home)


    ______________________________
    ---------    PROBABLE STARTERS---------
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    [​IMG] PG [​IMG]
    TONY PARKER VS SHABAZZ NAPIER

    [​IMG] SG [​IMG]
    DANNY GREEN VS PAT CONNAUGHTON

    [​IMG] SF [​IMG]
    KAWHI LEONARD VS MAURICE HARKLESS

    [​IMG] PF [​IMG]
    LaMARCUS ALDRIDGE VS NOAH VONLEH

    [​IMG]C [​IMG]
    DEWAYNE DEDMON VS MEYERS LEONARD


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    WHEN: 7:00 PM (PDT), MONDAY, 4/10/2017     ​



    WHERE: Moda Center, Portland, OR
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    TV BROADCAST:
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    RADIO BROADCAST:
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    --------------BENCH--------------

    SAN ANTONIO SPURS
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    MILLS , FORBES , GINOBILI
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    SIMMONS , ANDERSON , BERTANS
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    LEE. , ANTHONY , GASOL

    ---- PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS ----
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    QUARTERMAN , TURNER
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    LAYMAN , AMINU


    INJURIES
    SPURS
    Dejounte Murray(left groin): OUT

    TRAIL BLAZERS
    Damian Lillard (right foot strain): OUT
    CJ McCollum (right hand strain): OUT
    Allen Crabbe (left foot): OUT
    Jusuf Nurkic (right leg, non-displaced fibular fracture): OUT
    Ed Davis (left shoulder): OUT
    Festus Ezeli (left knee): OUT



    HEAD COACHES
    [​IMG] - VS – [​IMG]
    GREG POPOVICH --- TERRY STOTTS



    :reading:OFFICIAL SPURS' GAME NOTES
    :reading: OFFICIAL BLAZERS' GAME NOTES     ​





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    Darkwebs, Apr 8, 2017
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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    WESTERN CONFERENCE PLAYOFFS RACE

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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    LOTTERY STANDINGS

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    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    Our magic number is just 1! If Denver loses to OKC tomorrow, we are officially in the playoffs!
     
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    This might not be the best game anymore but it'll be the first Blazer game my daughter has ever attended in person so regardless it'll be awesome for me :)
     
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    If that somehow happens, rest dame vs the Spurs, and then rest CJ vs the Pelicans.
     
    Scalma, Apr 8, 2017
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    We don't have the luxury of being able to rest anyone. Not if we want to solidify our playoff position. We're just not good enough to rest people.

    Parker is back, and if Green plays, then I can see this going south for us. SA is 30-9 on the road? Jesus....that's gonna be hard to overcome.

    If SA makes a statement by shutting down Lillard after tonight's performance, and if CJ doesn't step up, then this is a loss. Period. I would look to SA double-teaming Lillard all night long.
     
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    This'll be a loss.
     
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    Hall of fame level game thread layout DW...you've outdone yourself again!
     
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    If Denver loses tonight to OKC we do have that luxury as we will have clinched the playoffs


    Still, I think we need to finish the season strong.
     
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    It's still training camp season to me....you can't rest Meyers....I'd play him big minutes until Nurk gets back...need to raise that trade value before the off season
     
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    I vote limited minutes for rotation players.
     
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    I do expect to see Connaughton, Layman and Napier get a lot more burn but in some ways, we're a new team since Nurk...I want our rotation players in a groove for the playoffs...not rusty..sometimes sitting out can kill momentum.
     
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    Again is that really raising his value? Each time he plays it reminds other teams why they don't want him.
     
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    Nobody uses up as much shot clock shooting a 3....when you need to use clock...Meyers should shoot. He has played better defense recently...can his trade value get worse? It needs a shot of B vitamins right now!
     
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    It was so weird to me last night that Utah didn't keep to the trend of doubling Lillard off the pick and roll.
    Maybe they had the intention to but Nards hitting his first few attempts they decided they couldn't
    I understand why some Utah fans want their coach fired. I think if I was Utah's coach. I would have lived with Nards firing from out there, if it meant keeping Lillard from getting a rhythm.
    I don't expect Pop to make the same mistake. I think he'd live with Nards going for 80, if it meant keeping Lillard below his average.
     
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    So are Dame & CJ playing? Seems risky if they do. Don't want an injury in a meaningless game. Start Napier and PC and tell them to try to win anyway.
     
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    Is it just me, or does Tony Parker always have a smart-ass look on his face?
     
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    Damian prides himself on playing every game he can. Restrict all rotation players to 24 minutes.
     
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    He's French.

    As for resting players, I think we will rest them, the only question is whether we rest them vs the Spurs, or vs the Pelicans? To keep players from getting rusty, you'd probably rather have them play against the Pelicans, but the Spurs are an actual playoff team, and would be a better "rehearsal."
     
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