Game 29 Portland vs Utah 7:00pm Chargetv

[Brandon-Clyde]

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Time:7:00pm
Place: Moda Center
TV: Chargetv

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GLB of the game Elizabeth Banks

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[Brandon-Clyde]

1st quarter GLB pic

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[PDXKnight]

No Chauncey. So I'm betting we win?

[Walton1one]

DC has to take that shot, dribbles down, then tries to pass it off, turnover, he just has no confidence in his offense. He has got to develop some post moves.

Avdija with a really nice driving bucket

Nice 3 by Avdija, then a good pass in the lane to DC for an easy dunk, he just makes things happen

[Brandon-Clyde]

2nd quarter GLB pic

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[zzaj]

That 3 minutes of Lamar Hurd waxing philosophical about the "misunderstood" character of the Grinch...will go down as the worst TV commentary I've ever witnessed.

[PDXKnight]

That 3 minutes of Lamar Hurd waxing philosophical about the "misunderstood" character of the Grinch...will go down as the worst TV commentary I've ever witnessed.

Mike rice's drunken binges were at least entertaining

[Walton1one]

Looked like Simons just lost the ball when he went up there, TO

Utah player literally throws it right to Avdija

Another TO by Simons

TO by Avdija, just some really sloppy passing by the Blazers

Grant hits a 3, needs to keep doing that, just for trade value alone

Another TO by Avdija, You can live with some of those, cause at least he is trying to make something happen

lol, Ayton just completely gave up rolling to the basket, so Avdija‘s pass, which should’ve led to an easy dunk, instead bounces off the backboard, TO. Ayton’s effort level sucks

Come on DeAndre you can’t let Eubanks score on you that easily, and he just did it again and Ayton offers literally no resistance

Scoot with a nice floater in the lane and he’s fouled, good to see at least some offensive life out of him, then Scoot hits a 3

Sharpe back to back 3’s, you know if POR actually played some defense, they might actually be ahead, instead they’re still down by 4

Scoot draws contact, and a foul, FT

Nice drive & dish by Scoot for easy Ayton score

Nice floater by Sharpe, POR within two, then Scoot blocks Sexton on the other end

Agree with Colabro, Henderson‘s defense tonight has been good

Ugly 3pt miss by Ayton there, he needs to stop taking those

Sharpe with a 3 to end the half, POR up by one

Simons at the half, 0-6, 0pts

Scoot with 11pts & 6 assists, zero TO

[Walton1one]

Nice block by Camara

Bad start of 3Q by Simons so far

POR making Mykhailiuk look like an all star

Scoot coming in for Simons, good

Utah 16–0 run, now up by 15pts.

Man, UTA has some bad misses

T on Ayton, surprised he actually showed emotion

Couple of good back to back offensive possessions there, good passes by Scoot & Deni

Good drive by Avdija for and 1, then draws another foul, FT

Scoot getting a little too carried away on the 3pt shots

[Brandon-Clyde]

3rd quarter GLB pic

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[Brandon-Clyde]

4th quarter GLB pic

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[DusterBuster]

God damn it.

[Walton1one]

Deni rebound then drives to the other end and scores an easy floater

POR 11-0 run, now lead by 1, Deni 15-5-6, Sharpe 4-7 3pt

Need to take out Avdija & Sharpe out and go with the big 3 to engage tank mode

Season high 5 3pt makes by Sharpe

Avdija draw us another foul

Deni hits a 3, glad to see he is being left in the game

That was horrible defense by Cody Williams on the fast break, led to easy Sharpe dunk

Deni stuffs Collier, then drive the length of the court for a score

Deni having himself a game, another score and fouled, 24-8-6, pretty nice stat line

Scoot with 10ast & 1 TO, 5-10 from the field, a good night for him

Man, Cody Williams looks awful

Deni drawing fouls like crazy, more FT

Ayton trying his best to get POR the loss

Scoot with the game winner, good for him, bad for the tank

[Brandon-Clyde]

Victory GLB pic

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[Walton1one]

Sharpe, Avdija & Scoot led this win, why are the Ant\Grant & Ayton still on this team?

[PDXKnight]

Sharpe, Avdija & Scoot led this win, why are the Ant\Grant & Ayton still on this team?

None of those guys have much value it feels like. Maybe ant and ayton will as expiring contracts next year

[Norm2953]

Utah just wanted to lose more

[Tim Lehrbach]

Appreciate Walton1one's running commentary. Any general takeaways from Scoot's apparently excellent game?

[zzaj]

Appreciate Walton1one's running commentary. Any general takeaways from Scoot's apparently excellent game?

He bricked all of his easiest shots, including a layup that my grandma could've made (RIP).

That being said, I think Scoot should shoot more in the mid-range. IIRC, he was decent in the G-league. His 3s-layups-or-nothing only works if you can hit 3s and convert layups at a high %.

He played non net-negative defense tonight which was good to see. He's still way too prone to ball watching on both offense and defense, however.

I actually think tonight is a glimpse into Scoot's ceiling as a player if everything clicks. 18/10 with low turnovers and neutral defense is more than we could all ask for at this stage.
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I don't love the outcome, especially over a tank rival, but I'm just glad it was Scoot, Sharpe and Deni who did a lot of the big damage tonight. Beating Utah with Grant, Ayton, Simons having big games is a much worse result...

[Norm2953]

How did the Blazers look with Bjornson in charge?

Something to think about if Chauncey finally gets the hook and the team goes the interim route