GAME THREAD: BLAZERS @ RAPTORS - 11/17/13, 10:00 AM (PST)

Blazers didn't play the perfect game AT ALL. However, I'm really enjoying the team ball the coach has them playing.

 

What this team lacks completely in killer instinct they've at least made up for it in resiliency.

But they really need to figure out how to close teams out when they get sizable leads. You keep playing with fire you're gonna get burnt.

 

Considering our starting AND backup centers were in foul trouble the whole game, I think we played pretty well. Also, considering the huge disparity in foul shots, I think it's amazing we won the game. We also finally made them take threes and that's pretty much why we won. It was also an advantage having Aldridge at center, because it took Valanciunas out of the game. He couldn't guard LMA at all.

 

Exactly; they're a game fighter with a strong jaw but no knockout punch yet. They got for the face all the time but have a decent body blow... they need to work on closing out a round. But that strong jaw and ability to take punches are really what keeps a fighter in every match.

 

Last season, this game would have been a loss on the road. We showed that we can win even when the team goes on a mega run! I love this team

 

Denny must be estatic

 

Just finished watching. That late 4th quarter let down wasn't exactly from playing sloppy, it just seemed like Portland took their foot off the gas and stopped playing aggressive.

Beating a dead horse here, but the officiating was so terrible. Too many bad calls to list, but the goal-tending and screens (calls and no-calls) were so inconsistent. Bi-polar officials.

I liked seeing Mo really push the ball up the court and I wish Dame would do that more often, to get some easies. He's still working his tail off without much help from the refs, but nothing to get too down on. Still a work in progress getting the contact officials will call I guess.

On to Broke-land.

 

I do HCP, my wife doesn't travel well but that's her insomnia, I can sleep on planes trains and automobiles. . I know back to backs are rough for sure. I think for guys who can sleep in hotels or on the plane it should be just another day on the job. If the Rolling Stones can hit the months on end at 70, the Blazers should handle it for 4 games in their 20s.

 

Or Crooklyn!

 

The thing is, at 70 the Rolling Stones probably wake up on the stage, play, and go sleep backstage, wake up the next morning, take the retirement bus to the next city, take their 4 o clock nap, and do it all over again. haha.

 

No official in Toronto is going to be in a good mood on a Sunday morning at 10am...but it was a bad game from refs for sure. The post Saturday night in Toronto Guiness head...brutal

 

Saw this stat, thought it was interesting

By Elias Sports Bureau

Damian Lillard made all three of his field-goal attempts in overtime as the Portland Trail Blazers posted a 118-110 win at the Toronto Raptors. That improved Lillard's career field-goal percentage in OT to 81 percent (13-for-16).

 

Wow that's fucking clutch

 

and one of them was from WAY beyond the line.

 

Then why do you watch?

Like the Spurs who we beat on the second night of a back to back?

 

What are ComeAtMeBro and rockmanslim talking about? They say Lillard was rude to people at the All-Star break and in the summer. (I'm on Lillard's side; I just want to know.)

http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1284454&start=15#wrap

http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1284454&start=30#wrap

 

His career overtime record is 5 wins, 1 loss.

http://bkref.com/tiny/Jfk2F