Game Thread: Hawks @ Blazers -- 1/16/21

[Jamaaliver]

We need a guy like Jones, Jr. Dude hustles like crazy.

[dms269]

Trae must be working for Portland.

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[Jamaaliver]

Trae must be working for Portland.

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He needs to work on shot selection. Unquestionably.

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[Jamaaliver]

Blazers tightened up their interior defense in the second half.

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[Spud2nique]

We built a nice lead but couldn’t hang on. Growing pains continue. Trae had a nice bounce back and Capela was a beast tonight. Should have stole this one. Get ready for the Wolves invading on MLK day!

[Jamaaliver]

We completely fell apart. Again.

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[DirtybirdGA]

Oh boy these hawks can't get right...hello Washington and Detroit, Atlanta is coming.

[shakes0]

We built a nice lead but couldn’t hang on. Growing pains continue. Trae had a nice bounce back and Capela was a beast tonight. Should have stole this one. Get ready for the Wolves invading on MLK day!

Trae had a bounce back? Did you watch the 2nd half? he sucks, he f-ing sucks and he's really pissing me off. Anything he did good in the first half he gave it right back in the 2nd with his garbage play.


Same with the team. Same **** as always. Get their ass kicked in 2nd half just like every game. No adjustments and even worse no effort. Other team clearly played harder in the 3rd quarter.


I would fire Pierce today, not tomorrow TODAY!

And Trae is in my dog house right now for the first time since I became his biggest fan in the USA 4 years ago.

[jayu70]

We went away from what worked in the 1st half - inside scoring where we had mismatches with our size. Moving the ball and creating good looks.

2nd half we went to launching 3s indiscriminately instead of working for a good shot, which in turn affected our ability to play sound defense.

The 4th quarter was just disastrous.

So frustrating.

[Jamaaliver]

Enes Kanter and Derrick Jones Jr really stepped up last night.

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[jayu70]

Enes Kanter and Derrick Jones Jr really stepped up last night.

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Another season where we don't have a true backup C.
We are playing Collins as our defacto backup Center with Hill as the PF - that doesn't work - we become too small.

[HMFFL]

CJ goes out with an injury, but Portland has players that can shoot well enough to keep the team competitive against us, who can't shoot.



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[Jamaaliver]

Another season where we don't have a true backup C.
We are playing Collins as our defacto backup Center with Hill as the PF - that doesn't work - we become too small.

The return of Okongwu (and Gallinari) should help alleviate that concern.

In hindsight, the decision to swap Dewayne for Tony Snell does seem short-sighted now. Especially since the front office knew of OO's injury issues before the draft.

[jayu70]

CJ goes out with an injury, but Portland has players that can shoot well enough to keep the team competitive against us, who can't shoot.



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We got 3 happy at the start of the 2nd half which because those shots didn't fall, it affected the defense.

[HMFFL]

CJ goes out with an injury, but Portland has players that can shoot well enough to keep the team competitive against us, who can't shoot.



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We got 3 happy at the start of the 2nd half which because those shots didn't fall, it affected the defense.

I wish I knew how many points our opponents score off getting the rebound from our missed three pointers and scoring.

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[jayu70]

CJ goes out with an injury, but Portland has players that can shoot well enough to keep the team competitive against us, who can't shoot.



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We got 3 happy at the start of the 2nd half which because those shots didn't fall, it affected the defense.

I wish I knew how many points our opponents score off getting the rebound from our missed three pointers and scoring.

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A lot, especially since we have been missing a lot and we can't play defense trailing a play.

[D21]

Enes Kanter and Derrick Jones Jr really stepped up last night.

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Another season where we don't have a true backup C.
We are playing Collins as our defacto backup Center with Hill as the PF - that doesn't work - we become too small.

The potential positive thing in it is that Colins at C with Gallo at PF would have work enough to win this game.

[dms269]

What annoys me is how some people force shots when it is obvious they don't have it. Instead of giving it to the hot hand, they try and shoot themselves out of a slump.

Trae made several dumb plays at the end which cost us. His cross court no-look pass through traffic was a dumb idea.