Game 16: Portland vs Milwaukee 5:00pm SNW/TNT

[Brandon-Clyde]

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Time: 5:00pm
Place: Milwaukee
TV: SNW/TNT

GLB of the game Jessica Alba

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[Brandon-Clyde]

While I should home in time for the game it will be close so the first half GLB pics

1st quarter

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2nd quarter

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[Wizenheimer]

last report was that Dame is out for the game, while Whiteside & Simons are questionable

[Fitz303]

last report was that Dame is out for the game, while Whiteside & Simons are questionable

Casey Holdahl just reported that Whiteside didn't go through morning shootaround either. Not looking good. Moses Brown isn't far from going from undrafted G-league player to starting C, playing 30mpg. Yikes

[Village Idiot]

I'm interested to see if we'll be better with Whiteside out. He's been a massive disappointment. I knew his numbers were fools gold but not to this degree. I wonder if he even understands to concept of hustle.

[ducler]

Read on Twitter

[Dzon Dilindzer]

giannis is about to drop 60

just kidding, he wont have a chance to do it, it will be blowout loss

[zzaj]

I'm gonna set the over/under line at Bucks by 20 points.

I'll take the over...

[Wizenheimer]

I'm interested to see if we'll be better with Whiteside out. He's been a massive disappointment. I knew his numbers were fools gold but not to this degree. I wonder if he even understands to concept of hustle.

he definitely has his flaws, but I think he's getting scape-goated a lot for Portland's performance. Look at how the team has been performing:

PER (15.0 is average):

Damian Lillard 25.9
Hassan Whiteside 23.4
CJ McCollum 14.3
Skal Labissière 14.2
Anfernee Simons 13.4
Rodney Hood 12.0
Nassir Little 9.3
Kent Bazemore 9.0
Mario Hezonja 8.2
Anthony Tolliver 4.9

TS:

Hassan Whiteside .630
Damian Lillard .612
Rodney Hood .607
Skal Labissière .558
Anfernee Simons .558
CJ McCollum .498
Kent Bazemore .480
Mario Hezonja .470
Anthony Tolliver .404

FT Rate:

Damian Lillard .398
Hassan Whiteside .364
Skal Labissière .323
Anthony Tolliver .268
Mario Hezonja .266
Nassir Little .233
Kent Bazemore .213
Anfernee Simons .199
Rodney Hood .175
CJ McCollum .107

rebound rate:

Hassan Whiteside 21.5
Skal Labissière 14.7
Mario Hezonja 13.3
Nassir Little 13.0
Anthony Tolliver 10.0
Kent Bazemore 9.3
Damian Lillard 6.5
CJ McCollum 6.1
Rodney Hood 5.9
Anfernee Simons 4.1

winshares/48:

Damian Lillard .223
Hassan Whiteside .187
Skal Labissière .082
Rodney Hood .078
Anfernee Simons .068
Nassir Little .033
CJ McCollum .030
Mario Hezonja .025
Kent Bazemore .008
Anthony Tolliver -0.023

box plus/minus:

Damian Lillard 6.0
Hassan Whiteside 0.7
Skal Labissière 0.0
Rodney Hood -0.8
Kent Bazemore -2.0
CJ McCollum -2.3
Anfernee Simons -2.5
Mario Hezonja -3.3
Nassir Little -3.5
Anthony Tolliver -4.2

again, Whiteside has flaws, but if they were so bad as to render him a hollow-impact player, no way would he be 1st or 2nd in all those categories. He's not the reason the Blazers are 5-10, or at least not the main reason. Pretty easy to see which player has been massively underperfoming his norms

bottom line:

* last season, 6 Blazers had a PER over 15.0; this season, only 2 players do.

* last season, 10 players had a winshare/48 over .100; this season, only the same 2 do, and the lowest of the two has a mark more than twice that of the next guy

* last season, 9 players had a positive box plus/minus; this season, again, only the same 2 do

and Whiteside is one of the two. He's not the problem

[DaVoiceMaster]

This is going to be an ugly game. I'm just hoping the Blazers can keep it within 30 points.

More GLB pix BC!!! Me likely likey!!!

[Fitz303]

Gary Trent Jr starting at SG and Anthony Tolliver starting at C. YOUR 2019 Portland Trail Blazers!

[The Sebastian Express]

omg this lineup.

[Fitz303]

Why not slide Hood to SG and Nassir at SF. Why not Skal at Center? This lineup is an absolute abomination

[DaVoiceMaster]

This is going to be an ugly game. I'm just hoping the Blazers can keep it within 30 points.

More GLB pix BC!!! Me likely likey!!!

Let me rephrase this...

I'm just hoping the Blazers can keep it within 30 points in the 1st quarter.

[Matt800]

Who thinks the Bucks will get at least 140 points? Hopefully Portland can bring enough to at least give guys some practice.

[trix17]

Sometimes all you can do is laugh to avoid the tears building up inside.

[DaVoiceMaster]

Why not slide Hood to SG and Nassir at SF. Why not Skal at Center? This lineup is an absolute abomination

Trying to keep the rotation the same. Pop does that with the Spurs. He'll start a grunt who never plays and keep the ro tr stion the same.

[Fitz303]

Why not slide Hood to SG and Nassir at SF. Why not Skal at Center? This lineup is an absolute abomination

Trying to keep the rotation the same. Pop does that with the Spurs. He'll start a grunt who never plays and keep the ro tr stion the same.

Yeah and I would normally agree with that, if the lineup was any type of set. But it's not like this is a set lineup thats just missing 1 guy and need to plug a bench guy in to keep everyone else the same. This is a pieced together roster that just needs the best players out there

[PDXKnight]

I’ll be shocked if we lose by any less than almost 40 with this matchup & all the injuries

[DaVoiceMaster]

Nice little run by the boys.