Thread: Portland vs LA Clippers game thread
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Old 03-28-2006, 10:23 AM   #52 (permalink)
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Re: Portland vs LA Clippers game thread
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Originally Posted by hasoos
Same old story. Starting lineup with Juan "Didn't meet a shot I didn't like to take" Dixon and Zach "I wonder how far out I can throw up a shot from" Randolph gets its teeth kicked in, and the youngsters pretty much play them to a stalemate the rest of the way. You will notice that the team lost about 10+ points in the beginning of each half, while Blake, Dixon, Randolph, Kryapa and Pryzbilla were in. They ended up losing by 18.

Once again Telfair out plays Blake, and he only had to score 5 points to do it. Having Martell and Outlaw ripping the outside jumpers off his penetration worked as I hoped.

Blake has now wonderfully scored 5 for few points in 14 out of the last 20 games. He should be playing back up.

Jack has had several solid games in a row, although he had 3 turnovers. This was acceptable though, because he was attacking the rim like mad. 12 free throw attempts. You have to love the fact he doesn't shy away from physical contact and actually looks to make it on most plays where he is looking to score.

Martell and Outlaw were solid, I love the fact that Martell hits the boards and really scraps for some steals here and there. Outlaw is coming along. Remember what he was like 2 years ago. (LOL! Some people would say he is stll the same today! )

The thing that really bothers me is the fact that when Zbo and Juan are in, the ball movement totally stops. When the young guys are in, they actually move the ball pretty well.
Just to add a little balance to the board which will immediately be disregarded and scoffed at anyways consider this......Dixon is shooting a lot because he has to, no one else on our team was making any shots, we need this little thing called points to win, it's called offense.

Yes Blake has not performed the same lately as he did previously but guess why? They changed his freakin position to one he's never played before in his life, perhaps he wasn't used to it? Interesting concept. Also he was playing with another guard that never passed him the ball unless the shot clock was down to 2 so Blake was the one chucking up the shot and getting blamed for a bad percentage.

While Zbo and Juan can tend to slow down the ball movement at times, they are no worse than the young guys.
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