[Utherhimo]

yeah makes the trade with new york look better, HA is good he can score

[mgb]

I wouldn't be surprised if the Blazers have seen enough in Ha that they've already decided to trade Theo but don't want to play Ha because then everyone would know we have to get rid of Theo.

[MARIS61]

Originally Posted by Fork

It was no where near their worst game. It was bad, but not the worst.

It was indeed the worst that I have seen in years.

No team offense. No movement without the ball. No blocking out.

No defense of any kind, not even a wave of the hand when the Pacers blew by them.

Several (dozen?) times Blazers actually stepped aside to clear a path to the basket.

It was so bad I made up a solitaire drinking game where I would take a gulp of Mirror Pond for each uncontested layup we allowed.

Had to call my wife to drive me home.

[mgb]

Originally Posted by MARIS61

It was indeed the worst that I have seen in years.

No team offense. No movement without the ball. No blocking out.

No defense of any kind, not even a wave of the hand when the Pacers blew by them.

Several (dozen?) times Blazers actually stepped aside to clear a path to the basket.

It was so bad I made up a solitaire drinking game where I would take a gulp of Mirror Pond for each uncontested layup we allowed.

Had to call my wife to drive me home.

I'm surprise you were ablt to call her from the floor!

[Fork]

Originally Posted by MARIS61

It was indeed the worst that I have seen in years.

No team offense. No movement without the ball. No blocking out.

No defense of any kind, not even a wave of the hand when the Pacers blew by them.

Several (dozen?) times Blazers actually stepped aside to clear a path to the basket.

It was so bad I made up a solitaire drinking game where I would take a gulp of Mirror Pond for each uncontested layup we allowed.

Had to call my wife to drive me home.

You must not have watched the Denver game. That was far, far worse.

[MARIS61]

Originally Posted by Fork

You must not have watched the Denver game. That was far, far worse.

Fortunately, I am told, I missed that one.

Score was about the same though, wasn't it?

To their credit, Denver is a much better team, with a better coach, a high-altitude arena, and wasn't that a road game the night after a home game here?

[Dan]

Originally Posted by MARIS61

Fortunately, I am told, I missed that one.

Score was about the same though, wasn't it?

To their credit, Denver is a much better team, with a better coach, a high-altitude arena, and wasn't that a road game the night after a home game here?

I would assume the denver game in question was the 2nd game of the season after the minnesota game (which they barely lost) on the road.

you probably would've died of alcohol poisoning that game.

[Fork]

Originally Posted by MARIS61

Fortunately, I am told, I missed that one.

Score was about the same though, wasn't it?

To their credit, Denver is a much better team, with a better coach, a high-altitude arena, and wasn't that a road game the night after a home game here?

Score was about the same, yeah. 68-107? Somewhere in that vicinity. I think we had the night before off, but I may be wrong.

Similar game, but tonight, Indiana really piled it on in garbage time. They buried a bunch of late threes, Ha coughed up an easy rebound to Granger for a dunk, etc...

At least we took care of the ball a little bit tonight. Only 13 turnovers. The rebounding was ridiculous though. I don't know...maybe it's a toss up.

[zagsfan20]

Ugly game.

You don't win games in the NBA when you get out rebounded 38 to 61 and only have 8 assists as a team....

(note: Scott Skiles once got 30 assists in a game.)

and whats up with Scot Pollard coming in and in only 21 minutes pulling down 16 boards?....


On the bright side, Charlotte won again tonight and Atlanta is on a little winning streak. Our draft status is looking better and better....

[hasoos]

This was just one of those games where nobody on the floor gave any effort. It was ridiculous. Every defensive roatation was late. Nobody hit the defensive boards. The Blazers were slower to the ball at every turn. The only guy who had a halfway decent game was Outlaw. Zbo's points were ok, but he did it on like 20% shooting, so it was an empty stat line.

[BBert]

Originally Posted by Larry Legend

I love how Randolph travels every time he touches the ball...

You must have missed the play where Steven Jackson caught the ball in front of the three point line, looked down at his feet, literally took 4 steps back to get behind the line, then canned the three. In front of the ref, of course. I saw a lot of typical NBA travels in that game, but didn't notice a Zach walkathon. I'll take your word for it.

Clearly, Zach does not deserve an All-Star spot, considering his competition for it. He leads the league in offensive put-backs though. That's pretty good.

I think it was Rice who pointed out that Zach was our only player who's hustle and determination matched the Pacers. He had a tough shooting night, but it wasn't for lack of trying.

Is it just me or has Ruben been terrible for at least the last 6 games? Talk about overrated. He makes more poor plays than good ones, on both sides of the ball.

Originally Posted by meru

What the hell's happened to Przybilla?

I'm sure this is old news by now, but apparantly his knee has really been bothering him.

Originally Posted by Kiss_My_Darius

How has Freddie looked?

I was impressed. I kept thinking while watching him play that if he played for the Blazers, he'd be our best SG right now. He moves, hustles, passes, shoots the 3 and dunks. I thought he made a number of plays that "made his team mates better." I wasn't paying particular attention to his defense.

I didn't think Ha looked that good last night. I got the feeling he wasn't mentally ready to play in an NBA game (why would he be; how long has it been?). I've seen him play better and more focused. I think like most guys he'd do better if he played some kind of predictable minutes. I am definitely in the Ha fan club. This guy could turn into a force in a couple of years.

Sebastian has been looking pretty good IMO. His shot especially looks a lot better than last year. I have no doubt he'll be our starting PG next year (if healthy). I fear for his longevity, however, the way he get banged around every time he goes to the hoop.

That game felt bad right from the opening tip. Then it got worse than imaginable. Watching this game reinforced my belief that, far from being as good a team as the Blazers sometimes appear to be, that they are worse than they look on most nights, but that Nate usually has them playing over their heads. I'm at least thankful for that.

It's not the first time the announcers have talked at the beginning of a game about what a great and intense practice the Blazers had, then they had nothing to give for the game. Coincidence?

Bring on the Celtics!!

[mgb]

I thought Zach was forcing it a lot, but considering how the rest of the team was doing that's not to surprising.

I thought Ha played fairly well in the game. I liked seeing him with his back to the board and making a move.