Game Thread: Blazers @ Hornets

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Originally Posted by Purple Haze

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Oh my.......


but seriously the slander was so real on twitter after that dunk.....poor Brandon Knight....he is going to be known for 2 of the most embarassing things to happen to you on a court for the rest of his life......its hilarious and sad all at the same time.

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Originally Posted by Rocket Man

You're welcome. :p

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My favorite part of the game imo

Inner GI only would have been impressed if it looked like this (lol bad photoshop, but true)

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Originally Posted by GeneralGreivis

I haven't posted on here in a while, but after reading your response I had to. :eek:

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Doesn't change my opinion. I admire the hops and power in this dunk, but it's not like posterized Ibaka or Howard. He did it on a someone 10 inches shorter than him. Far from amazing.

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Originally Posted by Inner_GI

What do you guys expect when a guard goes up to contest a 7'0 footers alley-oop? Am I the only one not impressed?

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Come on, we have to give credit where credit is due. I'll be the first person to **** on the Clippers but that dunk was ridiculous.

With that said, that dunk is more impressive than anything Blake Griffin has ever done in his NBA career.

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Originally Posted by Miss_318

Oh my.......


but seriously the slander was so real on twitter after that dunk.....poor Brandon Knight....he is going to be known for 2 of the most embarassing things to happen to you on a court for the rest of his life......its hilarious and sad all at the same time.

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The kid has a ton of heart though lol

Not a guard, but i remember when maxiell blocked the cp-tc alley-oop, i thought i was having a nightmare, i didn't think ANYONE save chandler could jump THAT high and be able to block the ball to boot. Geez. I mean ok nice dunk jordan, but whatever, still mr. no one (and paid handsomely to be such a one!)

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Originally Posted by Inner_GI

Two feet TOO far. My mistake.

I thought Lillard did a down screen and davis switched to stay with Lillard. They threw it in to the player at the top of the 3pt line. Lillard set another screen on inbounder who ran under the basket. Lillard flares out to 3pt line while Davis is stuck trying to prevent the inside pass.

I can't see the highlight or play again, so this is going off of memory, but that how I thought it went down.

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Gotcha on the 2 feet too far. Here are some screen shots of the play right before the inbound and right before the shot. SORRY FOR THE QUALITY! Got it from nba.com, Davis was on Lillard the whole time, lillard set the screen on the inbounder (Ryno) and it looks like davis stayed with the inbounder (sorry dont know his name) instead of staying with lillard. Look we won the game, and I love AD and his defense, i just don't like him guarding lillard in that situation. Especially when they really only needed a 2, could have ran right past davis for an easy lay up/shot. Not a big deal since we won, just questioning that decision by monty.

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Yeah you live and learn, but he was too far inside.

RTB,

Do you have shots to earlier than the first one? I thought Aminu had Lillard but once Aldridge went to the 3pt line Aminu and Davis switched. Nice work though. I don't dislike the AD on Lillard though. He was just a tad to low to recover.

Players leaving the bench... if I remember from my Phoonix Suns fandom days, that's a 3 game suspension.

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Originally Posted by Inner_GI

RTB,

Do you have shots to earlier than the first one? I thought Aminu had Lillard but once Aldridge went to the 3pt line Aminu and Davis switched. Nice work though. I don't dislike the AD on Lillard though. He was just a tad to low to recover.

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OOOO ok i see what you are saying now. Unfortunately I do not, this is fro nba.com and this is the earliest they have of that play. So you are saying we put AFA on lillard correct?

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I'd be willing to bet they were banking on Aldridge screening for Lillard and that would have led to a switch putting Farouq on Lillard and Davis on Aldridge.

Reading you guys' comments I just so happened to record the last qtr and coming out of that timeout, AD was on Aldridge and Aminu was on Lillard. Ryan was on the inbounder. Before the ball was inbounded, Lillard and Aldridge moved and that's when the switch came. AD stayed on Lillard while the inbounder got the ball to Aldridge who was being guarded by Aminu. Once the inbounder inbounded the ball, Ryan went with the inbounder and AD was about to go to the inbounder too until he realized that Lillard got freed and that's when he tried to recover. Hope that wasn't too confusing. LOL.

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Originally Posted by HunnyB

Reading you guys' comments I just so happened to record the last qtr and coming out of that timeout, AD was on Aldridge and Aminu was on Lillard. Ryan was on the inbounder. Before the ball was inbounded, Lillard and Aldridge moved and that's when the switch came. AD stayed on Lillard while the inbounder got the ball to Aldridge who was being guarded by Aminu. Once the inbounder inbounded the ball, Ryan went with the inbounder and AD was about to go to the inbounder too until he realized that Lillard got freed and that's when he tried to recover. Hope that wasn't too confusing. LOL.

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Exactly what I was trying to say, but failed horribly at it as I had too many beers last night when I heard Roberts was starting. I was pleasantly surprised with Roberts, but I lost all form of communicating my thoughts.

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Originally Posted by Inner_GI

Exactly what I was trying to say, but failed horribly at it as I had too many beers last night when I heard Roberts was starting. I was pleasantly surprised with Roberts, but I lost all form of communicating my thoughts.

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I'm was in the same boat. Made the last 2:00 minutes of the game hella fun though.

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Originally Posted by Inner_GI

Exactly what I was trying to say, but failed horribly at it as I had too many beers last night when I heard Roberts was starting. I was pleasantly surprised with Roberts, but I lost all form of communicating my thoughts.

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I keep looking at it. When Lamarcus got the ball, it looked like he was about to face Aminu up to shoot the ball but instead he passed it to Lillard. I don't know if AD was going to try to get position to rebound in case Aldridge missed or what (see the vid on page 18) but he seemed to be distracted by Aminu and Aldridge which caused him to kind of lose Lillard. I don't know. But yeah, when the original play started, AD was on Aldridge and Aminu was on Lillard.

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Originally Posted by HunnyB

I keep looking at it. When Lamarcus got the ball, it looked like he was about to face Aminu up to shoot the ball but instead he passed it to Lillard. I don't know if AD was going to try to get position to rebound in case Aldridge missed or what (see the vid on page 18) but he seemed to be distracted by Aminu and Aldridge which caused him to kind of lose Lillard. I don't know. But yeah, when the original play started, AD was on Aldridge and Aminu was on Lillard.

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He was preventing the pass from going down low to the inbounder that took the lillard screen. Anderson is slow. Davis wanted to prevent the pass to Batum I think, and in doing that Lillard faeded out to the 3 point line.

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Originally Posted by Inner_GI

He was preventing the pass from going down low to the inbounder that took the lillard screen. Anderson is slow. Davis wanted to prevent the pass to Batum I think, and in doing that Lillard faeded out to the 3 point line.

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Thank you! I kind of thought that and wanted to say that but couldn't quite put it into words. Thank you very much.

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the crazy thing about that AD guarding lillard play is how far away he was when Lillard caught it and he still got a decent contest on the shot. freak

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Originally Posted by AD23nEG10

the crazy thing about that AD guarding lillard play is how far away he was when Lillard caught it and he still got a decent contest on the shot. freak

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I actually thought lillard missed it. The net didn't move. I thought he banged it off the front of the rim.

From the way GV played SG last I saw one of his main strength stand out, spot up shooting. He looks like he would be an excellent first guard off the bench for either positions.

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Originally Posted by wuggie

From the way GV played SG last I saw one of his main strength stand out, spot up shooting. He looks like he would be an excellent first guard off the bench for either positions.

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It feels dumb to compare him just because they're South American but he totally plays like Manu did when he was younger. By the time GV is 28, I would bet he could be a 6th man of the year candidate on a contending team.

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Originally Posted by HunnyB

Reading you guys' comments I just so happened to record the last qtr and coming out of that timeout, AD was on Aldridge and Aminu was on Lillard. Ryan was on the inbounder. Before the ball was inbounded, Lillard and Aldridge moved and that's when the switch came. AD stayed on Lillard while the inbounder got the ball to Aldridge who was being guarded by Aminu. Once the inbounder inbounded the ball, Ryan went with the inbounder and AD was about to go to the inbounder too until he realized that Lillard got freed and that's when he tried to recover. Hope that wasn't too confusing. LOL.

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Thank you. Wanted to get that clarified before I started bashing Monty.

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Originally Posted by MeSoHornets504

It feels dumb to compare him just because they're South American but he totally plays like Manu did when he was younger. By the time GV is 28, I would bet he could be a 6th man of the year candidate on a contending team.

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That's not dumb at all, he seemed to be very comfortable not looking exclusively to make plays for others. Earlier in the season he was shooting better and oddly before Gordon came back it seems. Before then he had to carry more of the offensive load, so he had to shoot more and look for his own shot more. Dosent that sound perfect for a 6th man?

Good you imagine a bench unit containing the likes of Vasquez, Rivers, and Anderson. I'll take that with a smile on my face. :D

Since the D. Jordan video is making the rounds.... i think this one is better>

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Can someone post the link to what McNamara was going off about last night after the game??

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Originally Posted by kclaboy504

Can someone post the link to what McNamara was going off about last night after the game??

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I'm assuming it was his twitter. Actively rooting for the Hornets to lose, and because we won last night, he started saying it was heartbreaking, and now we are stuck having to pick from Len, Zeller, and Gobert instead of Porter, Oladipo, and Smart.

Said he couldn't take watching the Hornets win especially after Kings lost.

Also said the Hornets NEED to go 0-3 this week.

It was pathetic.

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Originally Posted by Inner_GI

I'm assuming it was his twitter. Actively rooting for the Hornets to lose, and because we won last night, he started saying it was heartbreaking, and now we are stuck having to pick from Len, Zeller, and Gobert instead of Porter, Oladipo, and Smart.

Said he couldn't take watching the Hornets win especially after Kings lost.

Also said the Hornets NEED to go 0-3 this week.

It was pathetic.

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R u friggin serious???? Wow...n I guess I won't comment too much on that cuz honestly I have no clue who he even is and I've been in bball a very long time so really means nothing actually.

Quailman was right. Lose and people complain. Win an people complain.

i can guarantee you that no one who went to that game is complaining.

I was glad to get to see AD on the court in the closing minutes of a very close game. If he's not in that game, Aldridge gets that rebound and Blazers likely win that game.

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Originally Posted by Inner_GI

I'm assuming it was his twitter. Actively rooting for the Hornets to lose, and because we won last night, he started saying it was heartbreaking, and now we are stuck having to pick from Len, Zeller, and Gobert instead of Porter, Oladipo, and Smart.

Said he couldn't take watching the Hornets win especially after Kings lost.

Also said the Hornets NEED to go 0-3 this week.

It was pathetic.

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I'm ok with "rooting" for the team to lose, because he's right, it will land us a better player.

But he was being a little to dramatic last night. Heartbreaking win, studying film of Len, Zeller, and Gobert instead of Porter, Oladipo, and Smart. Just a little to much.

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Originally Posted by HunnyB

I was glad to get to see AD on the court in the closing minutes of a very close game. If he's not in that game, Aldridge gets that rebound and Blazers likely win that game.

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I agree.

This was an exciting game. AD was swinging at the 3 pointers that the Blazers were shooting at the end of the game. He was not going to give up wide open shots.

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Originally Posted by smcgull

This was an exciting game. AD was swinging at the 3 pointers that the Blazers were shooting at the end of the game. He was not going to give up wide open shots.

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He was a bit late but he did give up that 3 to Lillard. He thanked Ryan for relieving him by getting that And 1 afterwards. He was pivotal in contesting that last 3 by Matthews. Thomas ran into a kind of hard screen by Aldridge and Davis saw Matthews heading for that corner and quickly got over there. Made Matthews shoot it faster and higher than he wanted to.