Official Around the NBA Thread: December 2022

Discussion in 'Portland Trail Blazers' started by KSF-ERIC, Dec 1, 2022.

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  3. Merry Christmas!

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  6. Fishing

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    No he didn't. In that series, Nurk had a positive plus/minus and Jokic was in the negative. The only reason we didn't win was because the refs called Nurk for so many fouls that he wasn't on the floor much.
     
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    Nurk talked too much trash after Game 1 and the Joke[r] was on him after that.
     
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    Where was Nurk in the pivotal Game 5 while Jokic was destroying us? Over the series, our starters were a positive but we lost the series because no one but Dame showed up in Game 5. Jokic destroyed Nurk when it mattered most. A game 4 blowout skewed the +/-.
     
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    Yep
     
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    Wasn't ESPN on a Taco Bell commercial when he was picked?
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    I as well am not necessarily out of shape..... I'm hiding my muscles.
     
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    Are they in the box under your bed, along with your hair and your teeth?
     
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    This is insane

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    Meanwhile, Wiseman is having a career night. I’d take him for Payton.
     
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    Amazing
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Wow Brooklyn 91 points in the half…
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Google says PHX 107 is the record.

    Still insane
     
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    Not sure about that?
     
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    Found it!

     
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    Shit he's been in the league almost 9 years?
     
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    That's pretty funny.
     
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    Okay, we are going to end this thought that early games don't matter, right now.

    Lets run the clock back a decade and look at the yearly champs and how they did.....

    11-12 Heat go....8-1, 16-5, 28-7, 45-17
    12-13 Heat go....12-3, 28-12, 56-14
    13-14 Spurs go....13-1, 31-8, 59-16
    14-15 Warriors go....21-2, 31-5, 43-9
    15-16 Cavaliers go....8-1, 13-4, 27-9, 40-14
    16-17 Warriors go....13-2, 27-4, 43-7
    17-18 Warriors go....11-3, 26-6, 40-10
    18-19 Raptors go....12-1, 20-4, 33-12, 44-16
    19-20 Lakers go....17-2, 33-7, 45-12
    20-21 Bucks go...11-6, 16-8, 29-14, 43-24
    21-22 Warriors go...11-1, 18-2, 29-7, 41-13


    The Bucks are the ONLY team that can even be considered as early games not mattering, but then they went on to an 18-8 record the next 26 games after starting 11-6. I think most any Blazer fan would be ecstatic with a start like that and be talking nonstop about the parade.

    It sure looks like if a team wants to win it all, they need to win the early games and they matter just as much, if not more so than later games.

    To put it another way, it's much harder to play catch up than to maintain a lead.

    Now can we put this silly notion that early games in November and December don't matter? The past decade of champs would disagree with you....
     
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    Yeah. Good teams are good.
     
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