2/12 vs. Portland Trailblazers

[Angel strike1]

What a sick game.
When cp3 missed both fts I was worried but he more then made it up with hassle play on other end.

Good way to go into break. Also loved we didn't force 3s. Still think pacers last game if we went inside more with almost 1/2 their team in foul trouble we woulda had chance .



The d still worries me. And we missing bit shooting. Mat or dudly one of them has to show in playoffs

[QRich3]

Loved our defense down the stretch, which as we've been saying, is gonna be one of the main things for this team to reach its ceiling. Last 3 Blazers possesions were a Batum forced 3 with a hand in his face that barely touched the rim, a Lillard airball from 3, with again a hand in his face, and a turnover because we didn't let Aldridge establish position in the post.

The rest of the game we didn't play good defense, but I liked that we managed to make it really hard for them when it mattered. Let's do this a regular thing!

And props to Crawford for his good defense on that Batum 3, I've sh*tted on him so much for his weak defense, so I feel like I got to say it. He avoided the foul when Batum was really looking for it and still managed to put a hand up to disrupt the potential game tieing shot.

[Quake Griffin]

just realized we held them to 22 points in the 4th quarter.

pretty good stuff.

[TheNewEra]

Loved our defense down the stretch, which as we've been saying, is gonna be one of the main things for this team to reach its ceiling. Last 3 Blazers possesions were a Batum forced 3 with a hand in his face that barely touched the rim, a Lillard airball from 3, with again a hand in his face, and a turnover because we didn't let Aldridge establish position in the post.

The rest of the game we didn't play good defense, but I liked that we managed to make it really hard for them when it mattered. Let's do this a regular thing!

And props to Crawford for his good defense on that Batum 3, I've sh*tted on him so much for his weak defense, so I feel like I got to say it. He avoided the foul when Batum was really looking for it and still managed to put a hand up to disrupt the potential game tieing shot.

Was still pretty scared that shot was going to fall in happy lighting did not strike twice. We need to juggle the SF spot more I liked Bullock playing some with the starters.

[mkwest]

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[TheNewEra]

Very fun game. The more the defense and rebounding tunes up the better we will become.

[mkwest]

Blazers went 1 for 8 in the final 3 1/2 minutes.

The defense definitely needs to be more consistent overall, but this game isn't as close as it was if Portland doesn't hit all of those flukey shots. It seems like every time the shot clock was expiring that they made it no matter the angle or how far away they were from the basket. There's not much you can do when they are getting those types of shots to drop.

[og15]

Yea, the defense has slipped, but hopefully the return of Paul will help improve it. Clippers are now out of the top 10 in defensive rating at 11th, gotta try and fight back up to a top 7 ranking.