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

I'm betting the Suns fans were screaming about how BAD the NETS were playing DEFENSE.

 

I agree but it will be hard to fix the D without hurting the O. Having four 3 pt shooters on the floor is ideal Stotts and Dame.
Ariza helps at SF and Hood helps at SG. Need a consistent stretch 4 who can play really good D. Not easy to find

 

No offense is not separated from defense. The game is played on the court. You play both offense and defense on the same court.
When you hit shots and rebound well your defense can respond better. The same thing happens for your offense. When you get stops and your offense can attack while they are still getting set you get better looks.

You guys think way way too much into a game that is pretty much being played the exact same way by every team in the league. Every team is spreading the floor and trying to shoot threes. wrinkle here and wrinkle there. That's it.

 

How about they win the next game? Let just leave it at that.

 

This is very true. The differences the wrinkles make are so much smaller than the differences talent makes.

 

I'm done tonight guys.
Hope you all enjoyed the win.

Go Blazers!

Take the next game!

 

Technically speaking yes.
Microsoft uses similar technology for AR (Hololens / Magic leap) it’s images superimposed onto the broadcast. The reason it’s not on replays is because its added at real time when it gets broadcasted, it’s not on the actual footage being recorded.

 

HUGE props??? Really? I mean the guy showed up and played like himself in the first half meaning he was a good scorer and an absolute nightmare on defense. Then in the second half he continued on the same path on the defensive end but stopped playing offense. He made one shot that was not clutch at the end of the game because it was wide open, those were Dames points because he drew the entire defense. Then he got lucky that LeVert decided to take the worst long distance fade away two instead of driving right past him. That was not a good game by CJ, just one half of CJ ball, followed by a bad half. I really wish you would stop giving this guy a pass on his horrendous defense, it's team killing. I'll give him a break on not showing up for the second half on O because I'm sure his back was killing him but the guy needs to either step it way up for the play-in and playoffs or he needs to be sat down.

 

We have a really potent team offensively. Dame is seriously an all-time great scorer and a fantastic passer/facilitator, I know he's past his prime but Melo is also an all-time great scorer, CJ is a really good scorer, Nurk is a very solid low post scorer and an excellent facilitator from the top of the key, Trent is a really solid scorer, great spot up shooter and until the last three games was on a historic hot streak from three, Zach gets offensive rebounds not two many second chance points but those are extra possessions, Hassan gets second chance points and other offensive rebounds and is a strong finisher above the rim, Rio has his moments where he facilitates well and scores well every once in a while, Ant hasn't shown much lately but I think he can score and we have Dame who is seriously an all-time great scorer.

Our defense is poor, it starts with CJ being absolutely horrible, Melo is a subpar defender especially on the perimeter at this point in his career and was only ever just average, Zach is good sometimes but gets lost a lot and fouls a ton, I think Nurk is a good defensive center but not great, Gary is a really good perimeter defender but fouls a lot, Hassan is really an outstanding low block defender/rim protector but the way the game has gone his lack of mobility can really hurt us, Rio is trash on defense just a notch better than CJ, Ant is scary bad but again a little better than CJ, Dame has gotten himself to the point where he is a plus defender but by no stretch of the imagination is he a great defender, two of our better defenders never get off the bench which points out the biggest reason our defense is so poor, Stotts doesn't give a shit about defense... at least not defensive accountability during game play. The reason why Nas got no time and Wenyen got very little is because they are both nothing more than screen setters and wide open layup/dunk getters offensively, so Stotts "mr. offense" won't give them any run even though they would both be plus defenders that we really need.

 

Gary Trent is practicing defensive drills in the pool after the win.

 

42 points on 22 shots, 12 assists, 2 steals and only 1 turnover with all of that usage and all of those blitzing, trapping double teams. Wow we have one of the best guys to ever do it. Dame Lillard is the best player/guy the Blazers and we as Blazers fans have ever had on the team.

 

1 turnover for dame tonight


1

 

Yessir, you are correct. Home team gets their logos and sponsors. You’ve seen the same thing during the MLS tourney. Good eye.

 

It is applied over what we call “GAME CAM” or camera 1. You see the same thing in football where the first down and line of scrimmage.

 

Or in golf when we trace the drives.

 

So you'd cut Collins minutes at PF to give Gabriel minutes at SF? Yikes.

 

Playing through a broken back, he had 7 assists and 3 steals, shot a respectable 9 for 21 and stepped up his D in the clutch...

 

Maybe shouldn't have ran drop scheme all game by the way.