Game Thread PRESEASON GAME# 4: BLAZERS @ NUGGETS - DECEMBER 18, 2020 - FRIDAY, 6:00, NBCSNW

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Who is most responsible for the Blazers' blowout loss in the previous game?

Poll closed Dec 19, 2020.

  1. Coach Stotts

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    28.0%

  2. The Blazers players

    28 vote(s)
    56.0%

  3. The Nuggets

    6 vote(s)
    12.0%

  4. The altitude

    2 vote(s)
    4.0%
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  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    2020-21 PRESEASON RECORD
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    1 - 2
    (0-1 Road)
    DENVER NUGGETS
    1 - 1
    (1-0 Home)

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    ---------    PROBABLE STARTERS---------

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    LILLARD McCOLLUM JONES COVINGTON NURKIC



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    MURRAY HARRIS PORTER MILSAP JOKIC


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    WHEN: 6:00 PM (PST), FRIDAY, 12/18/2020

    WHERE: BALL ARENA, DENVER, CO
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    --------------BENCH--------------
    ---- PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS ----
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    SIMONS , TRENT Jr. , BLEVINS
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    ELLEBY , HOOD , ANTHONY
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    GILES , KANTER


    - DENVER NUGGETS-
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    CAMPAZZO , HOWARD , MORRIS
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    HAMPTON , DOZIER , BARTON
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    WHITTINGTON , CANCAR
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    NNAJI , HARTENSTEIN , BOL


    INJURIES
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    Anfernee Simons (sore hamstring): QUESTIONABLE
    Nassir Little (illness): OUT
    Zach Collins (ankle): OUT
    NUGGETS
    JaMychal Green (calf): OUT
    Greg Whittington (left knee inflammation): QUESTIONABLE




    HEAD COACHES
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    TERRY STOTTS --- MICHAEL MALONE

    :reading:OFFICIAL NUGGETS' GAME NOTES
    :reading: OFFICIAL BLAZERS' GAME NOTES ​


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    Darkwebs, Dec 16, 2020
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    The most important thing I want to see - a sense of urgency in dealing with their obvious short-comings. The start of the season is looming and they can't keep hiding behind the lack of familiarity argument.
     
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    NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Do we as a forum...... not learn from our mistakes? -THE HCP
     
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    Shut up already! Really you've been jinxing us every game!
     
    Zach Collins Enthusiast, Dec 17, 2020
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    I look at our previous game as the low point we can only grow from, we have the regular season to work on our game and hopefully make the playoffs
     
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    Making the Playoffs shouldn't be an issue. But being a legit contender or even getting HCA for the first round seems a much bigger challenge.
     
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    Sure i understand the Blazers didn't play well last game but to honestly not give the Nuggets even a modicum of credit seems a bit wrong.
    Denver played very well. They shot lights out. They worked hard on defense and they executed well on offense. These are professional players. They deserve at least some credit for taking care of their home court. The Nuggets are the reason the Blazers were beat in that game. Simple as that.

    Now lets see how the Blazers respond?

    Kjironman is a fan!!!
     
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    If the question is IF we make the Playoffs then this season will be a disaster
     
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    I agree with you the only hard part for me is "They shot lights out". I know this is a different team than we had last season and our forwards look like upgraded versions of Chief and Moe but how many times last season were we left shaking our heads saying stuff like "If that team wouldn't have made all of their threes..."? That's the scary part. It's just scary because of last season we were the second worst in the league at 3pt fg%. What's encouraging is that we were so decimated by injuries last season and our roster going into this season actually resembles what should be a far deeper version of our 2018-19 team... very similar starting 5 with hopefully much better bench players. On paper it's all very encouraging, it just hasn't been with my eyes but this is an unprecedentedly short pre-season/training camp.
     
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    Just a few stats. Blazers shot 37% from the field and 26% from 3.
    That alone says loss. Wide open looks not falling and hitting the front of the rim? Are they a bit out of shape and the elevation did make a difference? Maybe?
    They will have been in Denver for 3 days by Friday with a practice. Maybe we will see a better shooting night? I hope so.
    Denver in their first home game shot 52% from the field and 41% from 3
    They were hot no question. Lots of mid range and 3's dropped. Yes they were getting good looks but so were the Blazers. The thing they were having trouble with was keeping them out of the paint? That is exactly what worried me? The 3's are there for every team in the NBA to an extent. But why so many easy walks to the basket. The Blazers have the players to stop that. I'm thinking they will.
    Stotts should be addressing this issue as we speak. Lets see how they come out tomorrow?
     
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    We are the 4th best team in the west and we just lost to the 2nd. Isn’t that how it’s supposed to work.
     
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    By 30+?

    That's not how it's supposed to work.
     
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    It’s preseason and they don’t even run the stuff they’re going to during the season. Denver got hot. Nobody cares. Its a glorified pickup game.
     
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    It happens. Teams beat each other in the Finals by huge margins all the time. Have throughout history. It’s a game of runs.
     
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    I always found it funny that when a team wins in preseason the people cautioning that it’s preseason are usually the same people that freak out when it’s a loss.
     
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    I think a lot of people care. That's why we're all taking the time in giving our thoughts on a message board. They played their rotation. They tried. It wasn't like the games against the Kings. There's reason to concerned when this is so typical of our team under the Stotts regime.
     
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    Except it wasn't a game of runs. It was just one run. For 4 quarters. We were decimated almost as soon as the game started.
     
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    Hopefully we only lose by 15 this time!
     
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