GAMEDAY OPEN THREAD: Sixers vs. Blazers

by Dave on Dec 26, 2006 11:33 PM PST in News

The Hornets Gameday Thread is below. Since I'm out of town for the next couple days I'm posting everything at once. At the appropriate time you may register all of your pre-game, in-game, and post-game thoughts here.

If there are any eyewitness reports from the game go ahead and log them in the Diary section.

--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)

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Ime in the 1st

10 points & 2 rebounds...damn! 7 3-pointers in the first 18 minutes of the game, including the 40-foot shot by Captain Espresso.

by bgblazer on Dec 29, 2006 7:54 PM PST reply actions

asd.sad.

Jesus christ people. It's the goddamn Sixers you assholes. How do you lose a 12 point lead and then get down by 10? UYRHGH.

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by damir on Dec 29, 2006 9:04 PM PST reply actions

Lousy perimeter D?

Guys named Andre shouldn't be lighting us up like this. And why does Zach only have 10 shot attempts? He's not been in foul trouble all night...

Damn; the Blazers have narrowed the gap to three. Worst thing that could happen would be to pull a rabbit out of a hat and win this. Having their a**es handed to them by the Sixers on the home floor would be a good reminder.

Now it's one. First OSU pulls off a miracle comeback against Mizzou in Sun Bowl... are the Blazers going to stun the Sixers in similar fashion?

Looks like not. Final, Philly 98 Portland 95. Serves 'em right. :)

by EngineerScotty on Dec 29, 2006 9:36 PM PST up reply actions

sdss

Mike Barrett was right - the game was lost much sooner. If they beat Utah tomorrow, I will laugh myself to death.

Anyway, isn't it funny the one time I do not complain about the refs, that they screw it up completely when Portland was in a position to win it -- or take it to overtime? It looks like, even against the Sixers, Portland gets no respect from the refs. The only other team in the league that gets treated this badly is Detroit -- and that is because they have Sheed.

Also, Travis, my god? What the hell man? If you had made 3-4 more shots that you have been hitting all year, Portland would have won this game. How about Martell's And1 3-pointer?

If Roy was a bit more aggressive in the third like he was in the fourth, Portland would have easily won.

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by damir on Dec 29, 2006 9:49 PM PST up reply actions

sdsd

On another note..

That was some message Nate sent to Jack for his 11pts, 1asst, 4TO night when he did not play him in the fourth. Ouch.

Zach Randolph and Juan Dixon lead the team in Assists with 3 each. Yikes. Sergio and Jack had ONE assist each. Urhoohga?

That is the game right there folks. Ball movement.

(Like I have been saying all damn year long).

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by damir on Dec 29, 2006 10:12 PM PST reply actions

Dave on the spot

From Dave's Sixers preview:

"Philly shoots well but doesn't rebound, doesn't defend well when they can't force turnovers, and gives up a horrendous 47.5% shooting percentage. The only way they're going to beat you is to score a ton. And the only way they're going to score more than you is if you get really lazy, start settling for bad shots, and don't get back in transition.."

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by damir on Dec 29, 2006 10:25 PM PST reply actions

hitting the 3s early

was fool's gold.

ignacio

by ignacio on Dec 30, 2006 12:38 AM PST reply actions

well what can you say

that's what happens when
there's no go to guy on
the court and don't give
me roy because his career
is just starting like i
said get a star and you
when these sleepwalking
games losing to philly
and can the crowd act like
a home crowd instead of
a crowd just being there...
well we'll see what they
made of tonight....

by fatty on Dec 30, 2006 11:21 AM PST reply actions

As I said before..

Utah does all right without a superstar. They're a team with several Pippens, but no Jordan in sight.

No, Boozer isn't one. At least not yet. He's a garbageman--though the best in the NBA, at least this year.

Put him on a poorly-coached team (like, ironically, the Sixers) and see how well he does.

AK47, maybe--he's the uber-Pippen. I'd love to have Kirilenko on my team (we won't discuss his wife). But he's not the guy you want taking the last shot, or bringing you back from 20 down.

by EngineerScotty on Dec 30, 2006 12:04 PM PST up reply actions

yeah but mr.scott

it's the system that makes
them very good it's the
coaching and the trust among
each other the blazers on
the other hand does'nt have
a floor leader like d.williams
a workhorse like c.boozer
a sweet shooting center like
okur and a defensive dynamo
like ak47 and a jack of all
trades 6th man like harpring
that's the difference if we
had all of those parts we'll
be 21-9 also instead we have
a young developing pg a sg
who shows promise no 3 a
ballhog at pwf and a overpaid
5 who's always hurt and when
healthy avgs 6pts-8rbs that's
just not cutting it that's
just a fact mr.scott.......

by fatty on Dec 30, 2006 12:14 PM PST reply actions