Game 53 Trail Blazers (23-29) @ Wolves (29-23)

ILC · Post #1 » by **ILC** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 11:28 pm

Very disappointing. Would be stunned with a win again tonight. Blazers have had the best defense in the league during this run, can't see how Wolves are going to score without those two

TimberKat · Post #2 » by **TimberKat** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 11:41 pm

ILC wrote:

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Very disappointing. Would be stunned with a win again tonight. Blazers have had the best defense in the league during this run, can't see how Wolves are going to score without those two

We just don't want to win against Blazers.

shangrila · Post #3 » by **shangrila** » Sat Feb 8, 2025 11:54 pm

Yeah, I'll pencil this one in as a loss.

Edwards, Randle, Conley and DDV all out will likely be too much. Especially with the inevitable 25 minutes Joe Ingles will get.

FrenchMinnyFan · Post #4 » by **FrenchMinnyFan** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 12:03 am

Don't expect win tonight. ANT and Mike out are too much we can handle. It s.... really.

life_saver · Post #5 » by **life_saver** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 12:16 am

Gonna be a tough one with Ant also out. Scoring will be a struggle with no Ant, Randle, Donte

Baseline81 · Post #6 » by **Baseline81** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 12:25 am

TimberKat wrote:We just don't want to win against lottery teams.

Fixed it.

Just giving away games now. First Washington, now this one...

winforlose · Post #7 » by **winforlose** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 12:41 am

The lack of Conley might actually HELP the wolves. It forces more Dilly and that could be bad, but could be good. Jingles hopefully slips on a banana peel and is ruled out for the game. This would be a great time to get Shannon, Minott, and Clark real run. Unfortunately Miller is in Iowa so that won’t be a thing tonight.

TimberKat · Post #8 » by **TimberKat** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 12:45 am

winforlose wrote:The lack of Conley might actually HELP the wolves. It forces more Dilly and that could be bad, but could be good. Jingles hopefully slips on a banana peel and is ruled out for the game. This would be a great time to get Shannon, Minott, and Clark real run. Unfortunately Miller is in Iowa so that won’t be a thing tonight.

Clark will be in for sure. Dilly is good for 20 mins. Minott is done. Garza is what he is. Miller shows no sign that he can play. Let's see if Shannon could be a rotational player.

cmoss84 · Post #9 » by **cmoss84** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 12:47 am

We may lose, but a very important game for our young pups. Should be fun. Win or lose, I'll have a hangover for superbowl

winforlose · Post #10 » by **winforlose** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 12:54 am

TimberKat wrote:
winforlose wrote:The lack of Conley might actually HELP the wolves. It forces more Dilly and that could be bad, but could be good. Jingles hopefully slips on a banana peel and is ruled out for the game. This would be a great time to get Shannon, Minott, and Clark real run. Unfortunately Miller is in Iowa so that won’t be a thing tonight.

Clark will be in for sure. Dilly is good for 20 mins. Minott is done. Garza is what he is. Miller shows no sign that he can play. Let's see if Shannon could be a rotational player.

Newton, Edwards, Miller all in Iowa. Take 4 more off with injury, 17-7 =10. 5 of them are starting Dilly/NAW/MCD/Naz/Rudy. Your 5 available off the bench are Clark/TSJ/Minott/Jingles/Garza. You are telling me you would run 9 deep and exclude Minott? That is an… interesting take. Also if Dilly plays only 20 minutes I hope Crunch puts on those boxing gloves and goes after Finch. Dilly needs 30 or we riot.

Loaf_of_bread · Post #11 » by **Loaf_of_bread** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 1:01 am

Maybe an unpopular take, but interested to see how we roll without ant. Portland is 9-1 in their last 10, yet didn’t beat anyone good.

Need another game of defensive intensity, and dillingham to step it up.

Predicting a win for whatever reason.

winforlose · Post #12 » by **winforlose** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 1:03 am

Loaf_of_bread wrote:Maybe an unpopular take, but interested to see how we roll without ant. Portland is 9-1 in their last 10, yet didn’t beat anyone good.

Need another game of defensive intensity, and dillingham to step it up.

Predicting a win for whatever reason.

Lakers beat the Pacers without LeBron, Luka, or Williams. Short handed teams can play well. Need Jaden and Naz to step up, and of course gotta get good games from the 9-15 guys.

Loaf_of_bread · Post #13 » by **Loaf_of_bread** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 1:06 am

If we just had a backup c. Too bad we couldn't swap naw for one.

ILC · Post #14 » by **ILC** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 1:20 am

Good start. Important to not give them any confidence in their shot with bad defense like against Washington.

winforlose · Post #15 » by **winforlose** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 1:22 am

Dilly 1-5, Jaden and Naz each have one foul, NAW is 1-3 from 3, and we still have a lead. Speechless.

_AIJ_ · Post #16 » by **_AIJ_** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 1:34 am

I **** hate Garza man

TimberKat · Post #17 » by **TimberKat** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 1:36 am

Garza needs to hit the 3 if he wants to stick around the NBA. Also, shorten up the stroke too much extra movement.

winforlose · Post #18 » by **winforlose** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 1:36 am

_AIJ_ wrote:I **** hate Garza man

When he hits the open 3 he is sorta justifiably (scores as much as he allows to be scored.) When he does not… harder to justify. 2 fouls on Jaden, 1 on Rudy, 1 on Naz, and we just finished the first quarter. This could be a long night.

ILC · Post #19 » by **ILC** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 1:38 am

Rob is too nonchalant man for someone who's fighting for minutes. Just waltzing in for a layup instead of finishing strong and fast. And ofc he gets his **** wiped out

Post #20 » by **Domejandro** » Sun Feb 9, 2025 1:40 am

Just a disaster of a game from Rob Dillingham.