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Post #1081 » by **JDR720** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:26 am

yea Cliffs rotations are getting better...no JT in OT or late in the 4ht helped a lot also, same for Zeller not playing much

lmcguir5 · Post #1082 » by **lmcguir5** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:27 am

So I just went and checked out the Raps game thread for tonight's game. I think I'm being accurate when I say 80% of that board just wants the team to lose out. That's just disappointing to see even in another fan base, let alone your own. What I'm saying is, thank you guys for being true fans and letting go of that tanking business once the season started. I'm pretty sure all of us genuinely want to win every game we play

HornetJail · Post #1083 » by **HornetJail** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:34 am

lmcguir5 wrote:So I just went and checked out the Raps game thread for tonight's game. I think I'm being accurate when I say 80% of that board just wants the team to lose out. That's just disappointing to see even in another fan base, let alone your own. What I'm saying is, thank you guys for being true fans and letting go of that tanking business once the season started. I'm pretty sure all of us genuinely want to win every game we play

I was prepared to watch us lose every game from 2011-14 once the Wallace trade happened, but I can never bring myself to root for my team to lose. At least in 2011-12, every loss was one step closer to Anthony Davis or MKG or somebody. Last year was just brutal because there was nobody worth tanking for.

Post #1084 » by **JDR720** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:37 am

Bulls losing by almost 20....that is sad....they gonna need our pick lol

Post #1085 » by **JDR720** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:38 am

that 20 something game losing streak was horrible.....i couldn't even watch i expected to get blown out by 20

mrknowitall215 · Post #1086 » by **mrknowitall215** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:38 am

Damian Lillard had another big scoring night tonight in a losing effort to Minnesota. Lillard had 36 points on 13 of 24 shooting (7 of 14 on 3-pointers)

...but the more I look at it, I don't think Portland is a serious contender. They are 7-5 against teams over .500 & 15-0 against teams that are under .500. That's good, but I have my suspicions that they'll falter a bit into the middle of the Western Conference standings after their hot start similar to how Memphis & New York did last season

HornetJail · Post #1087 » by **HornetJail** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:40 am

JDR720 wrote:Bulls losing by almost 20....that is sad....they gonna need our pick lol

Amazing how the only difference between this year's team and last year's team is DJ Augustin vs. Nate Robinson.

On the flip side, DJA nearly has a double double after three quarters.

Post #1088 » by **JDR720** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:43 am

mrknowitall215 wrote:Damian Lillard had another big scoring night tonight in a losing effort to Minnesota. Lillard had 36 points on 13 of 24 shooting (7 of 14 on 3-pointers)

...but the more I look at it, I don't think Portland is a serious contender. They are 7-5 against teams over .500 & 15-0 against teams that are under .500. That's good, but I have my suspicions that they'll falter a bit into the middle of the Western Conference standings after their hot start similar to how Memphis & New York did last season

yea...they cant keep this up, they will get about 50wins be the 5th seed and play a good playoff series against someone, i've been expecting a losing streak for a while now, this Minny game might start it

mrknowitall215 · Post #1089 » by **mrknowitall215** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:44 am

Biz Gilwalker wrote:
JDR720 wrote:Bulls losing by almost 20....that is sad....they gonna need our pick lol

Amazing how the only difference between this year's team and last year's team is DJ Augustin vs. Nate Robinson.

On the flip side, DJA nearly has a double double after three quarters.

I watch a lot of Bulls games, and they rode their winning momentum & chemistry pre-Rose injury. Not only are they lacking Nate Robinson's scoring punch, but they're also missing Marco Belinelli as a perimeter shooter that also had the ability to put the ball on the floor unlike Mike Dunleavy Jr.

lmcguir5 · Post #1090 » by **lmcguir5** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:45 am

mrknowitall215 wrote:Damian Lillard had another big scoring night tonight in a losing effort to Minnesota. Lillard had 36 points on 13 of 24 shooting (7 of 14 on 3-pointers)

...but the more I look at it, I don't think Portland is a serious contender. They are 7-5 against teams over .500 & 15-0 against teams that are under .500. That's good, but I have my suspicions that they'll falter a bit into the middle of the Western Conference standings after their hot start similar to how Memphis & New York did last season

They still have a winning record against teams over .500. Any team that starts as hot as they have in the Western Conference is legit in my book. Besides, when is it a bad thing to be 15-0 against the teams you SHOULD beat?

mrknowitall215 · Post #1091 » by **mrknowitall215** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:46 am

lmcguir5 wrote:
mrknowitall215 wrote:Damian Lillard had another big scoring night tonight in a losing effort to Minnesota. Lillard had 36 points on 13 of 24 shooting (7 of 14 on 3-pointers)

...but the more I look at it, I don't think Portland is a serious contender. They are 7-5 against teams over .500 & 15-0 against teams that are under .500. That's good, but I have my suspicions that they'll falter a bit into the middle of the Western Conference standings after their hot start similar to how Memphis & New York did last season

They still have a winning record against teams over .500. Any team that starts as hot as they have in the Western Conference is legit in my book. Besides, when is it a bad thing to be 15-0 against the teams you SHOULD beat?

I never said that it was a bad thing. My statement was to point out that they've had a relatively easy schedule, and I expect for them to fall back down to Earth once their backcourt stop shooting above 50% from beyond the arc

lmcguir5 · Post #1092 » by **lmcguir5** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:48 am

mrknowitall215 wrote:
lmcguir5 wrote:
mrknowitall215 wrote:Damian Lillard had another big scoring night tonight in a losing effort to Minnesota. Lillard had 36 points on 13 of 24 shooting (7 of 14 on 3-pointers)

...but the more I look at it, I don't think Portland is a serious contender. They are 7-5 against teams over .500 & 15-0 against teams that are under .500. That's good, but I have my suspicions that they'll falter a bit into the middle of the Western Conference standings after their hot start similar to how Memphis & New York did last season

They still have a winning record against teams over .500. Any team that starts as hot as they have in the Western Conference is legit in my book. Besides, when is it a bad thing to be 15-0 against the teams you SHOULD beat?

I never said that it was a bad thing. My statement was to point out that they've had a relatively easy schedule, and I expect for them to fall back down to Earth once their backcourt stop shooting above 50% from beyond the arc

Granted they wont shoot 50% from three point land all season, that would be ludicrous. But when I watch them, there's not a thing that they dont do well. The only big glaring flaw in that team is Lopez. He's as slow as molasses and if he gets matched up against a Dwight Howard, he's gonna get trashed

Post #1093 » by **JDR720** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:51 am

these next few games are gonna tell us how good the Blazers really are

vs New Orleans (should win but wont be easy with Davis back)
vs Clippers (deep and has best PG in NBA)
vs MIami (2 time defending champs)
@ New Orleans
@ Thunder (2 top 8 players)

we play em Jan. 2nd should be a good game (@ Portland)

Liver_Pooty · Post #1094 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:52 am

We really need Portland to go on a losing streak. That pick they owe us is worthless right now.

mrknowitall215 · Post #1095 » by **mrknowitall215** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:53 am

lmcguir5 wrote:The only big glaring flaw in that team is Lopez. He's as slow as molasses and if he gets matched up against a Dwight Howard, he's gonna get trashed

I would have to disagree with this part. I actually think the acquisition of Robin Lopez is the biggest difference in them being on the outside of the playoff picture looking in last season, to being a top seed in the Western Conference this year. Lopez' grit & grind was exactly what that team was missing, since LaMarcus Aldridge wasn't physical enough to make them imposing on a night-to-night basis

Post #1096 » by **JDR720** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:54 am

Liver_Pooty wrote:We really need Portland to go on a losing streak. That pick they owe us is worthless right now.

trade that thing for 50% off at the Dollar Store

lmcguir5 · Post #1097 » by **lmcguir5** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:56 am

mrknowitall215 wrote:
lmcguir5 wrote:The only big glaring flaw in that team is Lopez. He's as slow as molasses and if he gets matched up against a Dwight Howard, he's gonna get trashed

I would have to disagree with this part. I actually think the acquisition of Robin Lopez is the biggest difference in them being on the outside of the playoff picture looking in last season, to being a top seed in the Western Conference this year. Lopez' grit & grind was exactly what that team was missing, since LaMarcus Aldridge wasn't physical enough to make them imposing on a night-to-night basis

Dwight Howard's statline against Robin Lopez on 12.12.13

32 Pts, 17 Reb, 1 Ast, 2 Stl, 3 Blk

Post #1098 » by **JDR720** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 5:01 am

lmcguir5 wrote:
mrknowitall215 wrote:
lmcguir5 wrote:The only big glaring flaw in that team is Lopez. He's as slow as molasses and if he gets matched up against a Dwight Howard, he's gonna get trashed

I would have to disagree with this part. I actually think the acquisition of Robin Lopez is the biggest difference in them being on the outside of the playoff picture looking in last season, to being a top seed in the Western Conference this year. Lopez' grit & grind was exactly what that team was missing, since LaMarcus Aldridge wasn't physical enough to make them imposing on a night-to-night basis

Dwight Howard's statline against Robin Lopez on 12.12.13

32 Pts, 17 Reb, 1 Ast, 2 Stl, 3 Blk

well Lopez had 16pts 10reb and 2blk, Dwight also played 42mins

Post #1099 » by **Diop** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 5:04 am

Biz Gilwalker wrote:
JDR720 wrote:Bulls losing by almost 20....that is sad....they gonna need our pick lol

Amazing how the only difference between this year's team and last year's team is DJ Augustin vs. Nate Robinson.

On the flip side, DJA nearly has a double double after three quarters.

Dj was lucky to fall into this situation.

Getting axed by one team but somehow becoming the started of another.
He has to know that he has to take advantage of this luck or he might gone from the league.

lmcguir5 · Post #1100 » by **lmcguir5** » Thu Dec 19, 2013 5:05 am

JDR720 wrote:
lmcguir5 wrote:
mrknowitall215 wrote:
I would have to disagree with this part. I actually think the acquisition of Robin Lopez is the biggest difference in them being on the outside of the playoff picture looking in last season, to being a top seed in the Western Conference this year. Lopez' grit & grind was exactly what that team was missing, since LaMarcus Aldridge wasn't physical enough to make them imposing on a night-to-night basis

Dwight Howard's statline against Robin Lopez on 12.12.13

32 Pts, 17 Reb, 1 Ast, 2 Stl, 3 Blk

well Lopez had 16pts 10reb and 2blk, Dwight also played 42mins

Those are playoff minutes. I think Portland is a really good team, I just think Lopez is their one weak link