GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ KINGS - JANUARY 7TH, 2014, TUESDAY, 7:00 PM (PST), CSNNW

Dame was hot from the start tonight. I kept wondering why he was derring (err committing turnovers) earlier in the game when he could score on Thomas at will. Guess it all comes with player development.

Give the guy another season and he's gonna take over the game and put it away early. Looks like our guys got some confidence back in the fourth anyway. No moral wins, but at least OKC losing again makes this loss easier to swallow.

And as far as SAC, man that is some seriously flawed rat ball team. No cohesion whatsoever-- just guys taking turns going one on one. Cousins at least warrants his touches, but Gay certainly doesn't. Tonight was a definite anomaly. They're going nowhere fast

 

I don't care about the Curry/Lillard comparison. I am concerned that Blazers just lost to two shitty teams and GS has won 10 in a row including a 21 point road win over the Bucks tonight.

 

The Blazers win if Wright plays tonight

 

This is what happens when my positive support isn't here to counter the litany of "realist" fans that have been begging for the Blazers to fail, and while those fans deserved this loss, it still stinks.

 

That is one bitch that I will agree with. LMA is starting to drift farther away from the hoop lately.

 

BTW, had some serious recollections back to Paul George's ridiculous finish in our game vs the Pacers with him hitting everything in sight.

 

Blazers haven't won a game when Wright doesn't play

 

I don't remember anyone begging for the Blazers to lose. Link? Possibly the reality is the defense has been poor all season as has the bench. When the Blazers were shooting lights out from '3' it covered up those deficiencies. When they don't shoot as well, they lose more often. That isn't a litany begging for a loss but pretty simple math.

It does stink they have lost to Philly and Sac back to back when they have such a brutal road trip on the horizon. Hopefully they can figure it out soon.

 

4 out of the last 6 Blazer games have been closes losses. We've turned into the antithesis of what we were earlier in the year, and we have a horrendous 4 game road trip coming up. We could be the 8th seed within a couple of weeks folks. Nice while it lasted....

 

Oh it's officially over now? Thanks for the Memo

 

Lmfao. Some of you guys.

 

Why? He would have gone 1-4 from the field. We got that from Barton.

 

That should have made them easier to defend, no?

 

It's not as simple as just learning a hard lesson or we would have bounced back from those recent losses with some pride. This team as a whole is just awful on defense at a very fundamental level. Hoping they can get it together midway thought the season is a stretch. Some of these guys that have been here a long time, have some bad habits that can't be easily unlearned.

Without a meaningful trade(s), we are in for a lot more of these nights watching the Blazers constantly on their heels on defense.

 

I was talking about being the top seed. This team headed to the 7th or 8th spot and will probably end the season fighting for a playoff spot. It was a hot ride, and now our guys are cooling off and playing like they've played most of their careers here, when we've been a mediocre team. Guys like Wes couldn't shoot that well forever....

 

It's been over for six games... We're just seeing the pattern now.

 

TRob had 3 fouls in 4 minutes. No reason to save them I guess.

 

All three were accidental too. At least Leonard doesn't foul when he doesn't defend.

 

This season made me think that Batum and Wes could finally be in a legit starting lineup. Nope. Both are way to streaky at very important positions that we need consistant production from.

Deng would have been a perfect fit here. I'd like to see the Blazers make move for DeRozon toward the deadline.

 

Play.

CJ.