Game thread: Trail Blazers vs OKC 2/11/09

again, there you go basing everything off who was in the game at the same time on the play by play. unfortunately, that doesn't actually tell you anything.

though to be fair, in my post about the offensive rebounds i did almost add that bayless wasn't really better in that regard.

 

Neither does saying he is.

Time will tell, and I guarantee Jerryd will make his mark in this league, but in the end he will be remembered as a tenacious SG.

 

Well, I suppose it's better than being known as a point guard who couldn't cut it in the league and left after his 3rd year.

 

Back from the game. No complaints at all other than the refs flat out stunk for much of the game. The better team finally came through, though. Rudy was ELECTRIC in the 4th, Bayless was very good tonight, Outlaw made some big plays, Roy could have scored 40 if he had wanted to, and Oden was dominant inside.

It's a great day to be a Blazer!

 

Man you're reaching so far on this you must have elastic arms.

It tells me Westbrook got 9 of his 12 boards while Bayless was supposed to be guarding him, and 3 when Sergio was locking him down.

The boxscore says Blazers 106, Okies 92, but I guess you'd say it's debateable who won?

 

I doubt it will take Jerryd 3 years to figure that out, and he'll find ample PT at his natural position, which is so obviously SG.

 

This team has struggled without Blake. It gets down big at times to teams it has no business trailing by double digits. There is no way it is "bye bye Blake" at this point, Bayless may take over the PG spot; Sergio is on his way out of Portland within a year.

 

She had a blast. After I loaded her up on popcorn and then chocolate yogurt, she started dancing with the kids in our section during the timeouts, and they all had the "DEFENSE" chant down pat with the Thundersticks. Side note: Who knew Buffalo Wild Wings was so cheap when you don't buy beer and you take a 4 year-old there for dinner?

 

All things considered, I think every player contributed well, with nobody having a bad game, and we dumped some revenge on the Okies.

The evening was a rousing success.

 

Man Sergio was unbearable tonight..does the kid understand the concept of DEFENSE?!?!?!
He needs a new area code ASAP

 

Where did you end up eating and how was it?

 

Better than you apparently.

 

So you are saying he can shoot! Sweet

 

bayless being in the game the same time as westbrook does not mean all the stats that westbrook accumulated were "on" bayless. even if westbrook was supposed to be bayless's matchup the entire time there still are instances such as fast breaks, rotating on defense, picking up someone else's man because they didn't get up the court fast enough, switching on screens, etc that make looking for when the players were on the court together on the play by play absolutely meaningless.

it really shouldn't be a difficult concept to understand and i've explained this to you before when you were trying to talk about all the points kidd and terry scored "on" bayless after the dallas game even though kidd and terry were both on the floor for the majority of bayless's minutes.

 

Buffalo Wild Wings on 4th and Morrison, and it was perfect. Coloring book for the kid, cheap kid menu, some boneless wings for my dinner, and then a walk of a block for the free ride to the max.

Parking cost me $4 and I was out of the Rose Garden and to my car in 10 minutes with no traffic on the west side of the river.

 

It may be my faulty memory, but I remember some pretty pathetic performances from this team on the last game prior to the All-Star break I hope it's my memory, and by "this team", I mean the past few seasons.

 

if bayless had a game in which he played 20 minutes and put up 3 points on 1-2 shooting, had 4 assists, 2 rebounds, 4 turnovers, and 3 fouls would you say that he did a good job contributing?

 

I'm worried too. It's in Oracle, where we have struggled, and the Warriors are starting to look semi-dangerous....