Game Thread SEEDING GAME# 8: BLAZERS @ NETS - AUGUST 13, 2020 - THURSDAY, 6:00, TNT & NBCSNW

I thought Hezonja played very selfish tonight; two consecutive times he had a chance for an easy lob to Whiteside and passed it up to take one of his wild shots.

 

it's CGI.

 

I also have another question for all the "Our defense is soooo bad" guys.

If the Blazers defense is really so very bad, why exactly have they won 6 of 8 games?
Do the other teams have even worse defense? Because the Blazers have outscored all of them.

 

That question has come up a few times. The response by those who have researched it says no he cannot join the team.

 

Wow?
Seems like that would really suck.

 

Their offense is legendary. They're the top offense in the league in the bubble and if they had sustained that play over the course of a season it would be BY FAR the highest offensive efficiency a team has ever recorded in the NBA..

BTW Dallas ended the season with a 116 offensive rating, highest ever for a season in the NBA. Blazers were at 121 or 122 in the bubble I don't remember, but it's definitely even higher after tonight.

You've been watching the games, isn't it obvious how we're winning? If you can outscore your opponent you win the game. Scoring is and always will be the most important thing you can do in basketball. However, they're going to miss shots eventually, and they won't have their defense to fall back on.

I'm enjoying the hell out of this run, but we aren't a contender. We have a million issues that need to be addressed in the offseason and about 999,999 of them are on the defensive end.

 

Seems to be the go to answer but fact remains. Their defense sucked worse tonight. Blazers could have run away with that game. Missed a dozen wide open looks at least and they still won.

 

29.97, but I'm good with rounding up!

Dame has 5 of the top 10 top scoring seasons as a Blazer. (Clyde has 3)



Has he hit his peak?

 

Age 30 is usually the prime for most players. They can sustain that play for another season or two historically before they start declining.

 

Our defense is bad. Im not sure why you are trying to argue that? Everyone knows come playoff time the games will tighten up and our offense starts to become not as dependent as the regular season. We aren't a bad team and we have Dame who willed us to those 6 wins, but our defense is bad and when things become harder in the playoffs for us offensively, it will be hard for us again like it has in the past outside of a successful run last year until we ran into our kryptonite, the Warriors.

 

Fair response but it I also watched them lock down the Celtics in the second half, The Mavs in the fourth quarter and the Nets in the last 5 mins of that game. Although they made it tougher on themselves by missing some rebounds at crucial times. They let the Nets get 3 and 4 attempts on a couple occasions. If they drill a couple wide open looks in the fourth quarter that game isn't even in question.

 

Not arguing it at all.
Just saying their defense is WORSE.

 

Good defensive teams have more than a handful of defensive possessions per game.

We are the top offense in the bubble and bottom 3 in defense. Pretty much dead last next to Sacramento.

 

You guys cannot sit here and complain about the defense being bad when the other team gives up more points.

This game is and has always been about SCORING BUCKETS. The Blazers are outscoring their opponents and Playing better defense by not allowing the other team to score more points.

This is basketball. Not rocket science. All the stats in the world mean nothing when you stop and say "Scoreboard!"

 

The mavs didn't even defend them in the game today. It was comical.

 

Idiot stotts. How does he not see nurkic is getting smashed on offense by allen , too athletic for him they need whiteside . Moron

 

Huh? Excuse me? The offense is separate from the defense. This logic just does not make any sense to me.

 

So you're saying we are on our way to win the NBA finals this year? Just because we have been winning our games with great offensive performances (namely one Lillard), our defense is very poor and is not something we will be able to rely on in the playoffs (assuming we get past Memphis).