What is IT? IT is a lineup without Damian Lillard and without Anfernee Simons. People talk about the disadvantages of playing these two guards together on Defense, but we don't see much about how they affect the Offense, which has become increasingly stagnant. IT happened last night with 3:40 left in the first quarter. IT's lineup was: Shaedon Sharpe, Drew Eubanks, Justise Winslow, Jerami Grant and Nassir Little. Billups quickly snuffed IT out by putting Simons back in, and the offense went back to pass-the-ball-to-Simons and-everyone -stand-around.
I think keeping that lineup or something similar the Blazers could have run the Nets out of the gym like Sacramento did.
The ATeam good question. Even Calabro mentioned the youth movement was on fire. Why did he yank the guys on the floor so quick when they were the ones that brought us back?
Damian Lillard had 25 points and 11 assists for Portland. The Blazers shot only 38.7 per cent from the field, including 29 per cent in the second half. “We really never got a flow in the fourth quarter,” Blazers coach Chauncey Billups said. “The end of the third quarter really hurt us. We had an 11-point lead with 2:40 to go, they go on a 14-0 run that turned the tide on us. From there we were in scramble mode.”
I'm gonna jump on the "Shaedon shoots too much, he's just like CJ" bandwagon while the good seats are available. So someone bookmark this page so in his 5th year on the team I can prove that I was the first one who bitched that he didn't average enough assists and shot too much! /greenfont
