GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ PISTONS - DECEMBER 9, 2014 - TUESDAY, 4:30 PM (PST), CSN

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  1. Eastoff

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    2014-15 Season Record
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    16-4 (6-2 Road)
    DETROIT PISTONS
    3-18 (2-10 Home) ​




    PROBABLE STARTERS


    DAMIAN LILLARD - PG - BRANDON JENNINGS
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    WESLEY MATTHEWS - SG - KENTAVIOUS CALDWELL-POPE
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    NICOLAS BATUM - SF - KYLE SINGLER
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    LaMARCUS ALDRIDGE - PF - JOSH SMITH
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    ROBIN LOPEZ - C - ANDRE DRUMMOND
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    WHEN: 4:30 PM, SUNDAY, 12/9/2014


    WHERE: The Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, MI




    TV BROADCAST:

    CSN
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    RADIO BROADCAST:

    620am
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    BENCH

    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS

    BLAKE , BARTON , CRABBE , FREELAND , KAMAN


    DETROIT PISTONS

    AUGUSTIN, MARTIN, BUTLER, MONROE, JEREBKO




    INJURIES
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    CJ McCollum (Right Index Finger Fracture): OUT
    Dorell Wright (Illness): PROBABLE
    PISTONS
    Jodie Meeks




    HEAD COACHES
    - VS –
    TERRY STOTTS --- STAN VAN GUNDY
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    GO BLAZERS!!!
     
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    Eastoff But it was a beginning.

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    Re: GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ Pistons - DECEMBER 9, 2014 - SUNDAY, 4:30 PM (PST), CSN

    Blazers @ DET Game Preview (12/9/14):

    Them: 3-18, last in Central Division

    Our Last game: W @ NYK, 103-99 12/7/14
    Their Last game: L v. OKC, 96-94, 12/7/14
    Changes to their roster
    Injury Updates: CJ McCollum, Out (finger). Dorell Wright (day-to-day), Damian Lillard (day-to-day)
    Detroit: Jodie Meeks (out)

    Matchups:

    PG: Damian Lillard v. Brandon Jennings (14.2ppg, 6.2apg, 2.9 rpg)

    SG: Wesley Matthews v. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope (12.5ppg, 3.5rpg)

    SF: Nic Batum v. Kyle Singler (7.4ppg, 2.5rpg)

    PF: LaMarcus Aldridge v. Josh Smith (13.6ppg,7.2rpg, 4.9apg) /Greg Monroe (14.3ppg, 9.3apg)

    C: Robin Lopez v. Andre Drummond (11.4ppg, 11.7rpg)

    Give-a-Rip (City) Factor—a.k.a. why you should watch: To see if we can make it 7 in a row on the road, and continue our march to the best road streak in team history. To see if we can deliver DET their 13th straight loss. To watch Andre Drummond rebound like a fiend. To see if we can keep them at their horrible shooting percentages (except Singler from three—guard that dude). To keep pace in Western Conference race. To see if SVG actually decapitated Josh Smith after his "buzzer-beating brick".

    Current Power Rankings:

    RipCityTwo (PtldPlatypus): (17)
    And the race is on to see if Brandon Jennings or Josh Smith is the first conscience-less chucker to precipitate a great Stan Van Gundy soundbite

    ESPN: (30) The Stan Van Gundy Pistons are suddenly (and stunningly) this season's Milwaukee. Which is to say they came in aspiring to compete for the No. 8 seed in the East -- just like last season's Bucks -- only to find themselves winning as often as a Philly team that's just trying to win the lottery.

    Covers.com (28) Speaking of disappointments, the Pistons are somehow WORSE than last season. They can't shoot and they can't cover. The spread, that is, as their ATS record is 0-7 when favored. They have just one win by more than three points.

    NBA.com (30) Pace: 94.5 (23), OffRtg: 96.4 (29), DefRtg: 104.5 (19), NetRtg: -8.1 (28)
    The Pistons had their chances (though Josh Smith from 3-point range isn't much of one), but their losing streak hit 12 games with narrow losses to the Celtics, Sixers and Thunder last week. And now their schedule gets a lot tougher. Stan Van Gundy has stayed away from the Smith- Andre Drummond-Greg Monroe combination in the last five games.

    Link to Grandpa Blaze's Prediction Game
    Link to MediocreMan's Over/Under game

    Links to other team’s site(s): Pistons’ NBA page
    Pistons Bad Boys Game Preview

    Final Thoughts: This is a game against an opponent that I’d normally put as a 134-99 score or something, but I don’t think we have that “step on the neck” mentality yet (as shown in PHI, among other places). You don’t want to expose Damian’s fingers to any more whacks than you need to, but you can’t be lackadaisical with trying to win the game. I see another slow-ish start, with LMA and Lopez collecting dozens of Josh Smith bricks, before pulling away a bit at the end. I wish I could say I see garbage time, but they’ll have to show me one before I start calling it again—expected or not. This is currently the crappiest team in the league playing the crappiest level of ball, and I’m afraid that we’re more likely to play crappily with them than blow their garbage out of the water like, well, like:

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    Blazers 106
    DET 94
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ Pistons - DECEMBER 9, 2014 - SUNDAY, 4:30 PM (PST), CSN

    Nice job spur of the moment job!

    Thanks.
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ Pistons - DECEMBER 9, 2014 - SUNDAY, 4:30 PM (PST), CSN

    Looks good, though. A competent mod would combine the threads, putting your post at the beginning.

    If only we had one...
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ Pistons - DECEMBER 9, 2014 - SUNDAY, 4:30 PM (PST), CSN

    Eastoff with the save!

    (and no, that task is a bit beyond me.)
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ Pistons - DECEMBER 9, 2014 - SUNDAY, 4:30 PM (PST), CSN

    What's up with Darkwebs?
     
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    Changed the thread title from Sunday to Tuesday.
     
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    Re: GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ Pistons - DECEMBER 9, 2014 - SUNDAY, 4:30 PM (PST), CSN

    Said something about you being a *&^#$% and left.
     
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    fun @trailblazers fact: 11 in NBA avg a triple-cinco (Pt/R/A). POR only team w/2 (Dame,Nic). J-Smoove just misses.
     
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    S T A R T E R S


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    [​IMG] PG [​IMG]
    DAMIAN LILLARD VS BRANDON JENNINGS

    [​IMG] SG [​IMG]
    WESLEY MATTHEWS VS KENTAVIOUS CALDWELL-POPE

    [​IMG] SF [​IMG]
    NICOLAS BATUM VS KYLE SINGLER

    [​IMG] PF [​IMG]
    LAMARCUS ALDRIDGE VS JOSH SMITH

    [​IMG] C [​IMG]
    ROBIN LOPEZ VS ANDRE DRUMMOND







    WHEN: 4:30 PM, TUESDAY, 12/9/2014​


    WHERE: Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, MI​
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    TV BROADCAST:

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    RADIO BROADCAST:
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    ------------------------------------------------------



    BENCH

    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]
    BLAKE , BARTON , CRABBE , FREELAND , KAMAN


    DETROIT PISTONS
    [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]
    AUGUSTIN , BUTLER , MARTIN , JEREBKO , MONROE





    INJURIES
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    C.J. McCollum (fractured right index finger): OUT
    PISTONS
    Jodie Meeks (stress reaction, lower back): OUT




    HEAD COACHES
    [​IMG] - VS – [​IMG]
    TERRY STOTTS --- STAN VAN GUNDY




    :reading:BLAZERS' GAME NOTES ​



    GO BLAZERS!!!​
     
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    Yay!!!! The season is saved!
     
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    How dare you slack doing something for free!
     
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    Eastoff, thanks for the assist! If at anytime, you (or anyone else on the forum) wants to start a game thread, I don't mind taking a night off. I think it would be fun to have different game thread starters for each game.
     
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    As long as it's not from that HCP guy. His threads are worn out like his breath
     
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    Hope to see the starters put away this team early and sit out the 4th qtr while the 3rd stringers rain 3's!
     
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