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

[ILC]

I don't understand matching Dilly on Simon. Play NAW or Clark or JMcD on him. POR don't have that many scorers. This game is getting out of hand quick

Ant was the shortest guy out there. They had him, Camara, Grant and Avdija with a C. Nobody else for him to guard

[life_saver]

Dropping winnable games against teams like Portland and Washington at home is a killer with the brutal schedule we have coming up.

Portland are an decent team and are 10-1 in last 11 games...and Wolves are missing Ant, Randle, Donte. Kinda surprised Wolves were even favorites to win this game

[winforlose]

Thank god Joe Ingles is so much better than Josh Minott. How could we ever survive without Jingles.

[TimberKat]

Gobert's is playing him man and helping. The other guys need to block out. Sure, he should sink one more FT and grab a couple more rebounds

[life_saver]

NAW needs to be handling ball more than Jaden. Jaden is just not good at it

[ILC]

Rudy is the tone setter defensively. He has 3reb in 16 minutes. Blazers have 11 Oreb.

[life_saver]

Must have missed atleast 6-7 FTs already

[ILC]

13 FTA advantage for the Wolves and still down by double digits. 33-18 2nd Q so far.

Yeah you can struggle offensively because so many guys are missing but this defense is inexcusable.

Blazers are shooting 4-13 from 3. That's 30.8%. They only attempted 4 FTs and still shooting over 50% from floor and up by 13 because there is no rim protection and no rebounding

[winforlose]

Must have missed atleast 6-7 FTs already

Rudy missed 3, Naz missed 2, TSJ missed 2, Clark missed 1, am I missing anyone

[TimberKat]

2 for 14 on threes and Gobert is the second best FT shooter is not going to win a game.

[TimberKat]

Must have missed atleast 6-7 FTs already

Rudy missed 3, Naz missed 2, TSJ missed 2, Clark missed 1, am I missing anyone

Rudy is 5 for 7 so far

[ILC]

If this game is decided by less than 7pts I'm gonna personally find these refs.

10pt game, they call a bull kick-ball when Clark and Naz had a free run to their basket, Simons hits a 3 there and then a bull foul on NAW for 2fts. That is a 7pt turnaround, this should be a 6pt game now ffs

[winforlose]

Must have missed atleast 6-7 FTs already

Rudy missed 3, Naz missed 2, TSJ missed 2, Clark missed 1, am I missing anyone

Rudy is 5 for 7 so far

Could have sworn he missed 3, but the box score agrees with you. Nice catch.

[_AIJ_]

Blazers run started when garza checked in the game. What a **** garbage player

[TimberKat]

Not much of defensive identity when you give up 60 in a half. I just hate this hurry up but no movement offense. They are going to run themselves out of the game.

[TimberKat]

Rudy missed 3, Naz missed 2, TSJ missed 2, Clark missed 1, am I missing anyone

Rudy is 5 for 7 so far

Could have sworn he missed 3, but the box score agrees with you. Nice catch.

Just shows whatever Gobert is not doing right gets magnified

[FrenchMinnyFan]

Too many players missing. No chance we win this one. Hope young guys play better in second, at least fight.

[winforlose]

I really wish Jaden would just go off and have a 30/10 game. He is 12/6 in the first half on only 7 shots. We need someone to step up. Naz also going 1-4 from deep in a game without Ant, DDV, Mike, and Julius is… inconvenient. Dilly playing his worst possible game is something far more… maddening. TSJ not taking advantage of his opportunity. Luka Garza… is what he is. Minott and Miller (who was apparently called back up,) are so far in Finch’s dog house they might as well set up shop in an outhouse.

[FrenchMinnyFan]

I feel sad for Josh. Yes he have a bad time last time he check in but overall was contributing since the season start. Sometimes Finch really annoyed me....

[ILC]

There we go Rob, that's what's needed. Aggressive and decisive