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Time: 4:00pm
Place: Cleveland
TV: SNW
GLB of the game Caitlin Carver
Moderators: Moonbeam, DeBlazerRiddem, The Sebastian Express
Wizenheimer wrote:I wonder if Dame will be back. I'm inclined to think if he wasn't ready yesterday, he's not ready today.
in a way, the Blazers have had great timing for Dame being sidelined:
19-17....Denver
11-25....Lakers
17-19....Philly
10-26....Atlanta
13-24....Chicago
three teams with a combined 34-75 record and two teams at a combined .500, and both those at home.
Without Lillard aren't the Blazers a lottery team themselves? 3-2 sounds pretty good, if so.Soulyss wrote:Wizenheimer wrote:I wonder if Dame will be back. I'm inclined to think if he wasn't ready yesterday, he's not ready today.
in a way, the Blazers have had great timing for Dame being sidelined:
19-17....Denver
11-25....Lakers
17-19....Philly
10-26....Atlanta
13-24....Chicago
three teams with a combined 34-75 record and two teams at a combined .500, and both those at home.
To me the timing is terrible, they only went 3-2... had they gone 4-1, 5-0 I would agree with you... Given the difficulty of the Blazers schedule upcoming, they need to be beating all of these sub-500 teams at a better rate than 3-2
Soulyss wrote:Wizenheimer wrote:I wonder if Dame will be back. I'm inclined to think if he wasn't ready yesterday, he's not ready today.
in a way, the Blazers have had great timing for Dame being sidelined:
19-17....Denver
11-25....Lakers
17-19....Philly
10-26....Atlanta
13-24....Chicago
three teams with a combined 34-75 record and two teams at a combined .500, and both those at home.
To me the timing is terrible, they only went 3-2... had they gone 4-1, 5-0 I would agree with you... Given the difficulty of the Blazers schedule upcoming, they need to be beating all of these sub-500 teams at a better rate than 3-2
Wizenheimer wrote:Soulyss wrote:Wizenheimer wrote:I wonder if Dame will be back. I'm inclined to think if he wasn't ready yesterday, he's not ready today.
in a way, the Blazers have had great timing for Dame being sidelined:
19-17....Denver
11-25....Lakers
17-19....Philly
10-26....Atlanta
13-24....Chicago
three teams with a combined 34-75 record and two teams at a combined .500, and both those at home.
To me the timing is terrible, they only went 3-2... had they gone 4-1, 5-0 I would agree with you... Given the difficulty of the Blazers schedule upcoming, they need to be beating all of these sub-500 teams at a better rate than 3-2
piggy-backing on the narrative, the Blazers had elevated their SOS to 23rd after the Denver game; but four straight games against teams with losing records, including 3 games against teams in the bottom 5 has Portland's SOS back down to 29th. The only team with an easier SOS is tonight's opponent....the Cavs
starting with tonight's game, Portland has a real difficult 7 game stretch. The way Portland is playing I can see a 1-6 or 2-5 record over that stretch and Portland dipping below the .500 level. Of course, over the last 2 seasons, that kind of stretch has been Portland hss surprised teams
Our schedule isn't that Easy as it was the last 2 Seasons in new yearSoulyss wrote:Wizenheimer wrote:Soulyss wrote:
To me the timing is terrible, they only went 3-2... had they gone 4-1, 5-0 I would agree with you... Given the difficulty of the Blazers schedule upcoming, they need to be beating all of these sub-500 teams at a better rate than 3-2
piggy-backing on the narrative, the Blazers had elevated their SOS to 23rd after the Denver game; but four straight games against teams with losing records, including 3 games against teams in the bottom 5 has Portland's SOS back down to 29th. The only team with an easier SOS is tonight's opponent....the Cavs
starting with tonight's game, Portland has a real difficult 7 game stretch. The way Portland is playing I can see a 1-6 or 2-5 record over that stretch and Portland dipping below the .500 level. Of course, over the last 2 seasons, that kind of stretch has been Portland hss surprised teams
Hopefully this is the point of the season where Dame goes crazy (and efficient), and Nurk unleashes the beast... but we've been waiting all season for that... I will be happy if it finally all clicks, but man... losing confidence that we're going to see that happen.
HotrodBeaubois wrote:I never said Dallas was good as Portland
HotrodBeaubois wrote:That's the Whole Point Portland is No better than Dallas
Sorry to see it at the time, but it was a hell of a great shooting performance.Shem wrote:Here's hoping that unlike last year in Cleveland, Kevin Love doesn't go off for 8 3's with 30+ points in the 1st quarter against Portland.
HotrodBeaubois wrote:I never said Dallas was good as Portland
HotrodBeaubois wrote:That's the Whole Point Portland is No better than Dallas
Wizenheimer wrote:I guess CJ is going to play 48 minutes this game
HotrodBeaubois wrote:I never said Dallas was good as Portland
HotrodBeaubois wrote:That's the Whole Point Portland is No better than Dallas
Shem wrote:Wizenheimer wrote:I guess CJ is going to play 48 minutes this game
Turner played more than CJ in the 1st half.
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