Game Thread SEEDING GAME# 7: BLAZERS @ MAVERICKS - AUGUST 11, 2020 - TUESDAY, 3:30, TNT & NBCSNW

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Which team does POR have the best chance of defeating in the Play-in?

Poll closed Aug 13, 2020.
  1. Grizzlies

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  2. Spurs

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  3. Suns

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  1. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    2019-20 REGULAR SEASON RECORD
    PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
    33 - 39
    (12-24 Road)
    DALLAS MAVERICKS

    42 - 30
    (20-17 Home)

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    PROBABLE STARTERS---------


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    DAMIAN LILLARD VS LUKA DONCIC

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    CJ McCOLLUM VS TIM HARDAWAY Jr

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    CARMELO ANTHONY VS DORIAN FINNEY-SMITH

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    ZACH COLLINS VS KRISTAPS PORZINGIS

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    JUSUF NURKIC VS BOBAN MARJANOVIC


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    WHEN: 3:30 PM (PDT), TUESDAY, 8/11/2020

    WHERE: The Arena at ESPN Wide World of Sports, Orlando, Florida
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    --------------BENCH--------------
    - PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS -
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    ADAMS , SIMONS , TRENT Jr.
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    HEZONJA , LITTLE , HOARD
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    GABRIEL , WHITESIDE , BROWN


    - DALLAS MAVERICKS-
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    BAREA , BURKE , WRIGHT
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    CURRY , REAVES , CLEVELAND
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    KIDD-GILCHRIST , JACKSON , KLEBER


    INJURIES
    TRAIL BLAZERS
    Hassan Whiteside (left hip strain): QUESTIONABLE
    Jaylen Adams (back): QUESTIONABLE
    Trevor Ariza (personal reasons): OUT
    Caleb Swanigan (personal reasons): OUT
    Rodney Hood (torn Achilles): OUT
    MAVERICKS
    Luka Doncic (right ankle): QUESTIONABLE
    Kristaps Porzingis (left knee): QUESTIONABLE
    Seth Curry (sore right leg): QUESTIONABLE
    Dorian Finney-Smith (hip): QUESTIONABLE
    Courtney Lee (left calf injury): OUT
    Dwight Powell (right Achilles tendon): OUT
    Jalen Brunson (right shoulder labrum): OUT
    Willie Cauley-Stein (personal reasons): OUT




    HEAD COACHES
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    TERRY STOTTS --- RICK CARLISLE

    :reading:OFFICIAL MAVERICKS' GAME NOTES
    :reading: OFFICIAL BLAZERS' GAME NOTES






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  2. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    BATTLE FOR THE 8TH
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  3. Darkwebs

    Darkwebs Awakened to emptiness Staff Member Moderator

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    This will be a back-to-back for the Mavs. However, it sounds like Dallas will be resting Luca, Porzingis, and Finney-Smith against the Jazz on Monday, so maybe they will be back Tuesday to play against the Blazers.
     
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  4. Chris Craig

    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Crap. Why can't they rest them against us
     
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    oldmangrouch persona non grata

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    Maybe Carlisle doesn't want to lose to Stotts?:dunno:
     
  6. AldoTrapani

    AldoTrapani Well-Known Member

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    Id rather them play we don’t do well with B squads
     
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    Gotta be time for the Blazers to rest some players at some point. Been wondering about Jaylen Adams? Sure would have been nice to sign a player that could have actually helped the team out.
    Time for Whiteside to get a start and rest the beast at bit also.
     
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    I voted Grizzlies.
    But really the Blazers need to be in the 8th spot and they need to win the first game. The only way they can get into the Playoffs and have some rest before they start.
    There will be no play in tourney for the Eastern conference. The Hornets are 6 games back of the Magic. The entire league will be waiting for the results of the West.
     
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    Hopefully the Blazers can get this one if the Mavs are playing everyone. They couldn't beat the Clips who sat Kawhi/Beverly, and then the rest of the good players down the stretch of the 4th. They barely beat the 76'ers who were without Simmons and then Embiid for most of the game and it still took a 51 spot from Dame to scrape out the win.

    It seems like with so many good players out for the last 2 games, the Blazers should be getting more separation.
     
  10. Jon

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    the mavericks could potentially get to the 6th spot, so i would assume they would play the starters today against the Jazz. if the mavericks lose, they will have 7th locked up and if i were carlisle, i would rest starters after today if they lose.
     
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  11. Chris Craig

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    Pretty sad the Hornets who are not in the bubble passed the Wizards who are. If the Wizards lose their last two games, the Bulls might be ahead of them too.
     
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    That’s not how the NBA works, I wish people would realize this. Players constantly mention that playing teams with a bunch of backups is a lot of times the most difficult. There’s no scouting report, and much less structure.

    The bubble games so far have been a great example. The blazers have played their best against teams that weren’t resting anyone.
     
  13. Chris Craig

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    Stotts always struggles against his ex boss Carlisle
     
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    I actually had to look at the eastern standings. Wow that is crazy.
     
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    Nhawz Lickety Brindle

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    I’ve heard that the mavs want to keep us out of the playoffs at all cost, and are resting their guys today so that they are at full strength tomorrow.
     
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    Ahh, the Mike Barrett philosophy. Their bench beats our starters because we have no scouting report. Fine, then it should work the other way. When the Clips have Kawhi and Harrell back and play the rest of their good players, lets run out Wenyen, Mario, Adams, Little and Zach. We should blow them out because they have no idea what to expect.
     
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    With the Suns winning against OKC right now, this is a must win game for us, and probably the more difficult game of our last two. If we go 1:1 our record is 33:40, the Suns play against the 76ers and Dallas (last game for them, so very likely without Doncic, Porzingis etc), if the suns go 8:0 in the bubble, their record is 33:39, which is better than us, in that case we have to hope that the Grizzlys gonna loose both games, but their last game is against Milwaukee, the Bucks probably gonna play their 3rd stringers. In that scenario, the play-in would be Grizzlys vs Suns and we are out, let's hope the whole Team is aware of that and plays their best Ball in these last two games. One loss could be crucial
     
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    Mavs only down 1. Boban with 20.
     
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    Did we do something to them that I'm not aware of?
     
  20. Jon

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    ok, the standings are nerve racking now....
     

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