Game 56: Portland vs OKC 7:00pm Root+

[DaVoiceMaster]

A few more losses and I'll be ready to go for the tankathon.

[GEE]

Competetive Losses... Love it. It was a fun game though IMO. Cam looked nice. The pace was awesome, and I also liked how we seemed to (in the 1st half) keep guys fresh with good use of the bench guys. Simons had a tough game, didn't play his best, was getting hacked alot, and not getting any wistles. Still seems to get the rookie treatment after being in the league for several years now.

Run the stealth tank, like we did this time last year and keep building. If we get two 1sts in the next draft, we should be able to beef-up the Center position. Another good off-seson should get us much closer to being competitve beyond the first round of playoffs.

Patience.

[m0ng0]

I think Walker is going to be really solid in the future

[BlazersBroncos]

I love watching Josh Giddey. And OKC has a nice, young coach too. Hope we can put a similar product on the floor after 2 years like they have once we inevitably rebuild. What a future that squad has.

Getting a guy of the caliber of SGA and tons of picks for PG13 would be the dream return for Dame.

[m0ng0]

I love watching Josh Giddey. And OKC has a nice, young coach too. Hope we can put a similar product on the floor after 2 years like they have once we inevitably rebuild. What a future that squad has.

Getting a guy of the caliber of SGA and tons of picks for PG13 would be the dream return for Dame.

Would we that much behind them if we blew it up last year? Hell they just beat our treadmill team...

[DaVoiceMaster]

Gotta love that no call last night when Eubanks got taken down to the floor on the offensive end and they gave OKC the ball out of bounds. WTF???

[Snacks]

Wow, you guys are really a flawed team. #1) is Billups being forced to coach this iso ball - 'cuz that is not how he played.- and you're not going anywhere with that crap even with an all time great like Dame(one of my fav players)
2)really a fan of Grant/Cam duo, but Simons needs to come off the bench for maybe Thybulle
3)You need to get some big from the G league that can block some shots

...like Billups said you guys can's stop a nose bleed.
But what a fun team to watch. You guys have a lot of athletes, didn't realize Sharpe was that good

[BNM]

Wow, you guys are really a flawed team. #1) is Billups being forced to coach this iso ball - 'cuz that is not how he played.- and you're not going anywhere with that crap even with an all time great like Dame(one of my fav players)
2)really a fan of Grant/Cam duo, but Simons needs to come off the bench for maybe Thybulle
3)You need to get some big from the G league that can block some shots

...like Billups said you guys can's stop a nose bleed.
But what a fun team to watch. You guys have a lot of athletes, didn't realize Sharpe was that good

Chauncey is clueless. Other than Dame occasionally going off, our 4th quarter execution has been **** for months. We don't seem to ever run any set plays or team sets in the 4th quarter, just non-stop iso, unforced TOVs and forcing bad shots as the shot clock expires. The players look lost, confused and no one seems to know what anyone else is supposed to be doing.

Just disorganized chaos and that comes down to the coach. If they were running good sets, getting open shots and simply missing them, that would be one thing, but they aren't getting good shots and the outcome is predictable.

[DaVoiceMaster]

Had the Blazers won this game, Lillard likely would have been named the Western Conference Player of the Week for the third week in a row. He clearly had better statistics than Gilgeous-Alexander, the the Thunder went 2-1 and the Blazers went 1-2. Dang!!!