GT - Portland Trail Blazers @ Washington (12-3-2010)

tontoz · Post #141 » by **tontoz** » Sat Dec 4, 2010 2:19 am

JWizmentality wrote:Wow, never seen a technical called back.

that is a new one for me too. Wow

The Fax · Post #142 » by **The Fax** » Sat Dec 4, 2010 2:20 am

On a side-note, is McGee shaping to become one of the greatest shot-blockers in Bullets/Wizards history or what?

JWizmentality · Post #143 » by **JWizmentality** » Sat Dec 4, 2010 2:22 am

The Fax wrote:On a side-note, is McGee shaping to become one of the greatest shot-blockers in Bullets/Wizards history or what?

How dare you blaspheme against the Great Bol! :evil:

Post #144 » by **nate33** » Sat Dec 4, 2010 2:23 am

McGee has 5 blocks and 0 fouls. Incredible.

The Fax · Post #145 » by **The Fax** » Sat Dec 4, 2010 2:25 am

JWizmentality wrote:
The Fax wrote:On a side-note, is McGee shaping to become one of the greatest shot-blockers in Bullets/Wizards history or what?

How dare you blaspheme against the Great Bol!

Oops, My Bad

Inliten1 · Post #146 » by **Inliten1** » Sat Dec 4, 2010 2:27 am

Ba tomb.....really Steve. Never heard it pronounced like that.

Blatche looks slimmer.

Post #147 » by **nate33** » Sat Dec 4, 2010 2:32 am

Held them to 30 second half points (plus whatever they score in the final 15 seconds).

bulletproof_32 · Post #148 » by **bulletproof_32** » Sat Dec 4, 2010 2:32 am

Our dominance over the West Conference continues. Un-de-feated!

tontoz · Post #149 » by **tontoz** » Sat Dec 4, 2010 2:33 am

Portland has 23 offensive rebounds. they have missed a lot of shots but still that is too many second chances.

Nice to get a win after that debacle last game.

lupin · Post #150 » by **lupin** » Sat Dec 4, 2010 2:34 am

Blatche had a great game and he didn't even get a double-double. Woot!

DallasShalDune · Post #151 » by **DallasShalDune** » Sat Dec 4, 2010 2:34 am

Woo! Great interior D. Too many o-boards for Portland, but they were seriously bothered down low.

Post #152 » by **nate33** » Sat Dec 4, 2010 2:36 am

I don't think that number is quite as bad as it sounds. A lot of it was Aldridge playing volleyball against the backboard. He had 9 offensive rebounds, but he shot 6-17 on the night. In essence, it was more like 4 offensive rebounds and him shooting 6-12. They also missed 62 shots overall. That's a lot of offensive rebounding opportunities.

tontoz · Post #153 » by **tontoz** » Sat Dec 4, 2010 2:39 am

nate33 wrote:McGee has 5 blocks and 0 fouls. Incredible.

With his crazy standing reach and athleticism he should be getting plenty of blocks. Now it looks like he is getting a little smarter going for them. i would still like to see a little boxing out though.

I remember in Josh Smiths rookie year other teams didn't know about his shotblocking and he blocked 10 shots in a game against the Mavs without a foul. That had been done only two other times in NBA history.

TheBigThree · Post #154 » by **TheBigThree** » Sat Dec 4, 2010 2:40 am

Until the very end of the 4th quarter, Blatche played some really great defense on Aldridge.

Interesting that the teams essentially swapped positions after half time. In the first half, we couldn't hit a shot, but we got lots of second chance opportunities while Portland hit their shots but got out rebounded. In the second half this was the exact opposite.

closg00 · Post #155 » by **closg00** » Sat Dec 4, 2010 2:44 am

McGee is our defacto game-changer.....for now.

TGW · Post #156 » by **TGW** » Sat Dec 4, 2010 2:44 am

If we had a power forward (ahem Love) that could rebound, this team would be pretty good. A lot of these defensive possessions would be one-and-done if we could grab defensive boards. Loved Javale's energy tonight, but I would love if he could just 2 more defensive boards a game.

closg00 · Post #157 » by **closg00** » Sat Dec 4, 2010 2:45 am

TGW wrote:If we had a power forward (ahem Love) that could rebound, this team would be pretty good. A lot of these defensive possessions would be one-and-done if we could grab defensive boards. Loved Javale's energy tonight, but I would love if he could just 2 more defensive boards a game.

+1 Need another rebounder

tontoz · Post #158 » by **tontoz** » Sat Dec 4, 2010 2:48 am

nate33 wrote:I don't think that number is quite as bad as it sounds. A lot of it was Aldridge playing volleyball against the backboard. He had 9 offensive rebounds, but he shot 6-17 on the night. In essence, it was more like 4 offensive rebounds and him shooting 6-12. They also missed 62 shots overall. That's a lot of offensive rebounding opportunities.

The problem is that with all those missed shots the Wizards got only 31 defensive rebounds.There were 8 team rebounds. If you take those away there were 54 potential rebounds on that end and the Blazers got 42% of them.

dlts20 · Post #159 » by **dlts20** » Sat Dec 4, 2010 2:51 am

Good Win, But........

you already know what Im going to talk about. I just dont get why Kirk has to start over Gil. Kirk is the perfect backup PG. Look at our starting lineup tonight. We dont have 1 consistent scorer on the floor. Our 2 most money scorers are Gil & NY and Flip wants to bring both off the bench. We have to depend on guys like Wall or McGee or Kirk or Gee or Dray to score for us? Just start Gil. It makes so much more sense. I also think its becoming clearer that Gil & Wall "can" play together like I said. Wall just needs to get his timing back & Gil just needs his J to start falling again.

The thing Im most upset about is the sked. We are going out West right now. If youve followed the Wiz then you know Gil always finds his rythm out West. You going to put him on the bench against a running team like the Suns who has Nash or either Gil's boy Richardson to guard him? He always goes off in situations like that. Then going back home to LA to play the Lakers? Thats 2 places he dropped 54 & 60pts and we bring him off the bench. No PG the Lakers have can guard a motivated Gil and Kobe is too big to guard him.

Then we go to Sac? That sked has the Arenas takeover written all over it. He could single handily keep us in those games or win those games but we want him on the bench for Kirk and we want us to start off looking like crap every game. Starting every game with Wall wanting to pass but having no go to scorer to pass it to. Then he has to be the go to scorer which he is not. Then we end up bringing Gil in anyways because we havent gotten anything going. Just start the normal lineup Flip, you idiot.

I just could see Gil & Wall looking great out West in uptempo games. We could start looking like a different team. Look at that lineup & rotations tonight. We arent going to win hardly any games like that and if we do, it will all be stressful dog fights. We already have NY for the bench scoring. NY & Kirk are a great match on the bench together. I just dont get it. Its just setting everything back. Then by time he switches it up, everything will be too far gone. We will already be in suck mode.

I mean, are we seriously going to have Gil benched for Hinrich? Again, this isnt a Hinrich diss. He can play but his role on this team is the backup PG, not the starting 2 you fool, espically when we have no consistent scorers in the starting unit. I could see us being explosive if Wall & Gil get going at the same time with guys like Dray & McGee in the frontcourt. It sholdnt even be for debate. Gil's playing very well right now except his J is way off. You know one of these games he's going to get it back and we are going to waste that. It doesnt make sense.

Gil can do things like Lebron did the other night as far as having a 20pt quarter. Kirk isnt capable of that. Why Flip? Ive said all along that its going to take a Hinrich injury for him to be put in his proper role and I dont want to wish injuries on anyone but thats just how dumb Flip is right now. It makes no sense. Gil starting with Kirk & NY on the bench is just the perfect mix. Our team would look night & day with that group but maybe Flip is just tanking it or something. If youre going to tank, it would help to build up Gil's stock in the process though

tontoz · Post #160 » by **tontoz** » Sat Dec 4, 2010 2:59 am

dlts20 wrote:Good Win, But........
you already know what Im going to talk about. I just dont get why Kirk has to start over Gil. Kirk is the perfect backup PG. Look at our starting lineup tonight. We dont have 1 consistent scorer on the floor. Our 2 most money scorers are Gil & NY and Flip wants to bring both off the bench.

When was the last time both guys were brought off the bench? It didn't happen tonight.

Who will lose?