Wolves @ Blazers (9PM)

theGreatRC · Post #1 » by **theGreatRC** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 12:02 am

Wolves on the road.
Our bench > Their bench.
Our best player > Their Best player
Get to see Batum vs AK47

We will win. That is all.

Swish4 · Post #2 » by **Swish4** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 12:04 am

Lillard will be a terror to guard.

Piecake · Post #3 » by **Piecake** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 12:08 am

WesJ4 wrote:Lillard will be a terror to guard.

Ridnour trying to guard Lillard is going to be hilariously bad

Can we just trade this bum already?

Post #4 » by **Klomp** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 12:17 am

This won't be an easy matchup. Our bench will be key. I really like their core of Lilliard, Batum, Aldridge, and Leonard.

Post #5 » by **Basti** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 12:27 am

Ball movement will be key. If the rest of the team is going to watch Love go to work we're in trouble.

FinnTheHuman · Post #6 » by **FinnTheHuman** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 12:28 am

Will Adelman put somebody else to guard Lillard? Please do.

Esohny · Post #7 » by **Esohny** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 12:31 am

FinnTheHuman wrote:Will Adelman put somebody else to guard Lillard? Please do.

Who? Lee would be better on defense, but he's so terrible on offense it's like playing 4 on 5.

Post #8 » by **Basti** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 12:31 am

Who are the Blazers gonna start at SG? Matthews? If yes, I'd rather Lee tried to guard Lillard and Luke tries his best to not suck defensively against Matthews.

Esohny · Post #9 » by **Esohny** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 12:32 am

Basti wrote:Who are the Blazers gonna start at SG? Matthews? If yes, I'd rather Lee tried to guard Lillard and Luke tries his best to not suck defensively against Matthews.

Of course, then Luke will get murdered by a Matthews 25 point game.

Post #10 » by **Klomp** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 12:32 am

Basti wrote:Who are the Blazers gonna start at SG? Matthews? If yes, I'd rather Lee tried to guard Lillard and Luke tries his best to not suck defensively against Matthews.

Good point. I'd wager that's what will happen.

FinnTheHuman · Post #11 » by **FinnTheHuman** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 12:35 am

Maybe Lee/Shved on Matthews/Lillard?

Post #12 » by **Basti** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 12:35 am

Esohny wrote:
Basti wrote:Who are the Blazers gonna start at SG? Matthews? If yes, I'd rather Lee tried to guard Lillard and Luke tries his best to not suck defensively against Matthews.

Of course, then Luke will get murdered by a Matthews 25 point game.

Is Matthews more of a (spot up) shooter or can he slash? I have to admit I barely watch this guy and all I can remember was him killing us from downtown. So, if he's more of a shooter I'd rather take my chances that way then see Lillard blow by Luke 12 times out of 10.

Post #13 » by **Basti** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 12:38 am

FinnTheHuman wrote:Maybe Lee/Shved on Matthews/Lillard?

Maybe at some point later in the game but not to start. Luke will start until Rubio is fully healthy again.

FinnTheHuman · Post #14 » by **FinnTheHuman** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 12:52 am

Basti wrote:
FinnTheHuman wrote:Maybe Lee/Shved on Matthews/Lillard?

Maybe at some point later in the game but not to start. Luke will start until Rubio is fully healthy again.

I agree that it's probably the way it's gonna be, but that's what I'm tired of. Luke is so bad on D that I'd give him minutes only at moments when some offensively awful pg/sg plays on the opponent team. I see him as a 4th option next to Shved, Barea, and even Lee, but sadly Adelman doesn't.

Piecake · Post #15 » by **Piecake** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 12:59 am

I would be perfectly happy with Adelman benching Ridnour and going with a guard line-up of Shved/Barea/Lee with Howard seeing some time at the 2 as well

I have more faith that Barea can guard/pester Lillard than Ridnour doing anything positive

FinnTheHuman · Post #16 » by **FinnTheHuman** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 1:32 am

Piecake wrote:I would be perfectly happy with Adelman benching Ridnour and going with a guard line-up of Shved/Barea/Lee with Howard seeing some time at the 2 as well

I have more faith that Barea can guard/pester Lillard than Ridnour doing anything positive

Couldn't agree more. For me, it goes that far that I'd see AK and DWill doing some time at 2 rather than Luke. :lol:

Torcher · Post #17 » by **Torcher** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 1:38 am

Prepare for the three-goggles.

The Wolves need to take advantage of every situation we receive if we have any hopes of reaching the playoffs. This game will be hard fought like it always has in the past, but the team that executes properly late in the game will win.

Esohny · Post #18 » by **Esohny** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 2:04 am

Basti wrote:
Esohny wrote:
Basti wrote:Who are the Blazers gonna start at SG? Matthews? If yes, I'd rather Lee tried to guard Lillard and Luke tries his best to not suck defensively against Matthews.

Of course, then Luke will get murdered by a Matthews 25 point game.

Is Matthews more of a (spot up) shooter or can he slash? I have to admit I barely watch this guy and all I can remember was him killing us from downtown. So, if he's more of a shooter I'd rather take my chances that way then see Lillard blow by Luke 12 times out of 10.

Oh, I agree with the lesser of two evils. Just saying that Ridnour is going to be embarrassing on defense no matter what.

Piecake · Post #19 » by **Piecake** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 2:06 am

Well, im sure Ridnour will start and suck. What I am hoping is that our offense will have more movement and action than last game. While it was great having Love out there, our offensive flow suffered and players like Pek and AK really didnt get involved in the offense. That needs to change. Of course, I think a lot of the fault lies in having Ridnour and Malcom Lee trying to run your offense...

I think Shved and Barea could have done a much better job of getting more people involved, especially Shved

Devilzsidewalk · Post #20 » by **Devilzsidewalk** » Sat Nov 24, 2012 2:09 am

this will be a nice test to see if our statistically top 5 defense is from beating up on horrid and/or injured teams or, if it's legit