Carmelo is OUT
by WhereInTheWorldIsDontonioWingfield on Dec 22, 2008 10:26 AM PST
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http://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci_11288977
We should be division leaders by tomorrow morning...
Hopefully we can punish them during this tough stretch and grab the division lead.
I also cannot stress enough that we have 4 FOUR IV games left against OK Thunder-Sonics,,,, let the feast begin. We also have some tasty feasts left against Charlotte, Minny, Milwaukee, that second half looks mighty good right about now.
Thanks Stern!!!!! Your schedule favoritism is backfiring this year for sure......
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This is the time to turn up the heat
If we can’t get them now we can’t get them ever.
very dissapointing, cant feel good if we win ,and wont know how we play against them full strength for the playoffs.
We'll get a chance against them later
to get a feel for the playoffs.
If you can't convince them, confuse them -- Harry Truman, U.S. President
any time we get a win
I feel good about it. Making the playoffs is about Wins, not about whether the teams you beat were at full strength.
Blazer fans tell me, where were you,
When our Brandon Roy dropped 52?
by GreatOden'sRaven on Dec 22, 2008 12:05 PM PST up reply actions
I almost want to ask "What planet are you from?"
I know I will have no problem whatsoever feeling good about a win, no matter who plays for either team. Remember, no style points, no asterisks or footnotes in the standings. Just wins and losses.
Overall this has to be good news. I think Portland has to watch for a bump in effort from the Denver players, as they try to compensate for Anthony being out. However it will be tough to do that against the same team twice in back to back games.
hakkaa päälle !
I'm always pulling for LBJ to repeatedly get traded for expiring contracts
…conveniently in time for us to play against him for every game in our schedule. Now that’s a true litmus test of strength. /s
"I never scored more than 38, even in Little League." ~ Roy, 52 pts
Yeah, it gives us nothing to contribute to a playoff matchup discussion, or anything.
I heart taxes.
yep,
nuggets may be on fire tonight, having some extra motivation, and we might show up and shoot like the temp. outside right now
by hotstuffdb22 on Dec 22, 2008 11:05 AM PST up reply actions
okay, forget dave's call for needing to win at least one of these games
we gotta take both of these. sorry to add pressure to our guys but c’mon. I wouldn’t expect the blazers to win if broy was sitting out.
The Blazers as a whole are far more like my wife than like me in the sense of their physicality on defense.
-Dave
The way he has been playing lately
This is actually bad news for us.
This Might Be Bad
Carmelo has been struggling, only 24 pts in the last two games. They will start JR Smith in his place. Smith usually has a field day against us because of Travis’s lack of defense.
yes but
he is usually their spark off the bench now who do they go to?
The answer...... nevermind
"shaq and zach randolph have the same trainer... "
best one liner i ever heard.
I first read this post as "Camel Toe is Out"
I think it all depends on the toe. This sounds like a trap game to me though. Blazers be careful.
"There is a difference between having two guys banging down low and having two guys who can bang down low." - Blazin'
Which is a good thing in Hawaii ...
… as otherwise you could end up with someone who is not what they seem.
hakkaa päälle !
Yes
Before, it was a “tough” game, now it is a “trap” game. Odds are still high that we split, but if we can get them in this one, it will be tough for them to come back, short-handed, the next night. Hope we can get out and run some on these guys, and hope the bench plays well, that will really wear them down.
If you can't convince them, confuse them -- Harry Truman, U.S. President
by jscot on Dec 22, 2008 1:32 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs
That sounded dirty so I gave it a rec.
"There is a difference between having two guys banging down low and having two guys who can bang down low." - Blazin'
FOOLS GOLD
We can’t let this ease up our game plan, we still MUST ATTACK!
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by mark twain on Dec 22, 2008 11:54 AM PST reply actions 2 recs
we must go for a blowout
December 18, 2008.
"Roy is Roy, and if I were to bet my life on a game of 5-on-5, I’d bet on whichever team Roy was playing on." by HurraKane212
Im a little wary about this.
Hopefully we can capitalize on this.
Sophia
Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod. - William Shakespeare
i suddenly feal compeld tu vote for u for something
December 18, 2008.
"Roy is Roy, and if I were to bet my life on a game of 5-on-5, I’d bet on whichever team Roy was playing on." by HurraKane212
Klieza is the wildcard
If we can keep him under wraps and Smith doesn’t go off, we should have a good chance to sweep. But easier said than done.
"I saw him in the face" Sergio's quote on the latest alley-oop to Rudy.
Kleiza i believe is in a slump
Honor Terry Porter
by Philthyanimal on Dec 22, 2008 1:20 PM PST up reply actions
oops i meant billups
dont know how i screwed up that one.
Honor Terry Porter
by Philthyanimal on Dec 22, 2008 1:21 PM PST up reply actions
I am officially stopping making predictions that turn out right and hurt the Blazers
Kleiza went off.
"I saw him in the face" Sergio's quote on the latest alley-oop to Rudy.
by blazermaniac32 on Dec 22, 2008 9:27 PM PST up reply actions
This is NOT good news, especially for tonight’s game… all of our defensive alignments will be messed up, and Denver is plenty deep enough at forward to compensate for him missing a few games.
MLB2PDX!!! (someday...)
by The Cactus Leaguer on Dec 22, 2008 1:29 PM PST reply actions
I'm pretty sure most of us would say that if Roy was out
that we would lose these 2 games. But a lot of people don’t see it the same way for Denver.
Time to break it down:
Denver is even more vulnerable to fatigue over these 2 games because their roster is extremely thin now.
Denver only has one go to guy now, Billups. It’s a whole lot easier to play defense when the opposing team’s best scorer and biggest mismatch is out.
This is an extension of the last point, but Batum should have a lot better game now that he doesn’t have to defend Carmelo. He should be able to be a lot more active with help defense.
Denver will have significantly reduced firepower in both units.
I don’t think a small adjustment in game plan is going to throw off our defense. It’s going to take a big game from an unexpected source on the Nuggets for them to win.
"It’s a good ol’ fashioned Rip City beat down!"
They are on games 3 & 4 of 4 games in 5 nights.
We have had three days of rest.
Beware of wounded animals
We win tomorrow, but tonight could be very tough.
by BlazerFanSince1970 on Dec 22, 2008 2:10 PM PST reply actions
We must come out an attack
This will not be an easy game we have to win both now in order two jump ahead of them in the standings
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