Game Thread SEEDING GAME# 5: CLIPPERS @ BLAZERS - AUGUST 8, 2020 - SATURDAY, 10:00AM, TNT & NBCSNW

lol...no I wasn't

you were going after a poster who was complaining about Portland not beating elite teams, among other things

you used Portland beating LA on Kobe night as something to be happy about. Great, be happy, although I don't even remember it as an accomplishment. I'm suggesting that Laker fans have a lot more reason to deal with a loss like that than Blazer fans might. 10 of them in the last 40 years in fact.

 

It was a great win. First Lakers home game after Kobe died. Everyone assumed Lakers would win. Dame said no and put on a show. Blazers win. Best game of the year.

 

Check the calender. This is supposed to be the off-season. We should be discussing our new rookie. We should be discussing free agency/possible trades. We should be discussing our prospects for the 20-21 season. Even with Covid, we should (at worst) be deep in the 19-20 play-offs.

Instead, we are dicking around with the Silver memorial goat rodeo. All this BS - just so the Pelicans could get just one more chance to get the 8th seed. Do I sound bitter and frustrated? Good! (because that's what I am)

 

FWIW - I refuse to brag about that game for one reason - we lost (badly) in the first game after Mo Lucas died. It is hardly a random coincidence that in both cases the team in mourning lost!

 

But this isn't the offseason. And Covid-19 isn't Silver's fault. And they were giving 6 teams a chance to make the playoffs, not just the Pelicans. I wrote Silver a letter and came through for me. Don't be bitter during basketball? Don't you like watching basketball?

 

How should we be deep in the playoffs too? They needed to do it as slow as they did and then there had to be 8 real games to gear up for playoff intensity.

 

Stop. The greats show up when it matters

 

Next year should be fun

 

There's lots of basketball left for the greats to show up for.

 

It’s over.. stop

 

I've been studying last year's playoffs. In 16 games, Dame only hit all his FTs five times.

 

Also- studying how we play when another team makes fun of us (as happened in Game 3 in OKC). We bounced back the next game and won by 13.

 

I don't recall everyone thinking they would win. I knew from the outset they would be over emotional and we could take that one.

 

Dame took many threes in a game he was COLD in, he took that last contested three while Carmelo and Trent were open.
Dame missed both those free throws.

I'm used to the CJ shaming around here, but this game is on Dame.

Love them both.

 

I watched the replay last night expecting the absolute worst judging by the comments. I'm still feeling pretty good about the Blazers despite the tough loss. The offense looks light years better than earlier this year. Guys are cutting to the hoop and being fed. All five guys are touching the basketball and the ball is moving. The shots look less contested and generally cleaner. I mean, this sounds like basic stuff and nothing to applaud, but compared to the garbage thru March, this is Hoosiers basketball. Aside from the usual culprit - defense - it looks like our lack of depth is hurting us the most when we match up with good teams. Ariza and Hood would have been nice to have. Always a game of what if with the Blazers. Cie la vie.

 

This game may have cost them the Playoffs. They may still get to the play-in game now but they had a legit shot at getting the #8 spot and only having to win 1 game in the Play-In. Now they are 1.5 games back with 3 to play and PHX is only a 1/2 game behind the Blazers. Also, Dame/Nurk were gassed playing so many minutes against some of the 2nd and 3rd string of the Clips. Wonder how much they will have left today? Yesterday's nonsense could cost them 2 games.

If you can't beat a Clips team minus 2 of their best defenders, their best player, and then against the scrubs down the stretch when you had a 5 point lead,.....I'm just not sure what to expect.

 

Maybe we should check the thread title. We have lots of threads regarding trades, free agency and draft. Shouldn't that be where it should be discussed?

 

Presented without comment:

 

So i can assume you won't be watching today or any of the rest of the games because "it's Over". Then none of us will have to read your silly takes.

 

Standings will be determined by winning percentage as teams will end up playing different number of games. In theory, two teams can be tied in games behind but have a different winning percentage.