Game 82 Recap: Blazers 116, Warriors 122--Portland Captures 6th Seed vs. Phoenix
by Dave on Apr 14, 2010 10:21 PM PDT
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PrintThe Blazers lost the final game of their season to end up with a perfectly lovely 50-32 record. San Antonio also lost tonight, giving Portland the 6th seed. Phoenix defeated Utah to claim the 3rd seed. Portland and Phoenix will be matched up in the first round of the 2010 NBA Playoffs.
You really only need to know a couple things about this game:
1. Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge, and Marcus Camby did not play at all. Andre Miller played 8 minutes. The second unit split time with the third unit throughout the game.
2. Golden State was also short-handed. In fact their injury woes led to the weirdest situation I've ever seen with regards to a bench. Devean George picked up his 6th foul in the fourth quarter. The Warriors suited 8 players but two of them, Ronny Turiaf and Anthony Morrow, were not able to play because of injuries. Chris Hunter hurt his knee early in the game. When George fouled out the Warriors technically had nobody to rotate in for him. NBA rules state that if a team is reduced to fewer than 5 players the last player to foul out remains in the game but a technical foul is assessed in addition to the DQ foul and every foul that player commits thereafter. Personally I've never seen this happen but the Warriors were more than willing to go with it tonight. Except they couldn't, by rule. Hunter had not fouled out and had not left the bench after he was injured, so officially he was still available. The refs forced Nelson to put Hunter back in. He played a couple possessions but got banged up even worse trying to take a charge before Nelly went berserk and pulled the plug. The refs accepted that Hunter was now injured and could leave the game and the bench. But Turiaf and Morrow were still sitting there, injured but with warm-ups on. Each in turn had to rotate in for one possession during which the Warriors took a foul, pulled them out of the game, and sent them to the locker room. Finally when the bench was officially empty George was allowed to come back in. Nelly was turning purple at one point, yelling at the refs and trying to avoid putting his injured players in. It was a bizarre scene on a wacky night.
3. The Blazers scored copiously inside during the first half but eased up on the second half, living on the perimeter. Stephen Curry and Monta Ellis were better at that game than the Portland reserves and scrubs. Go figure.
4. Rudy Fernandez was whipping wicked passes to Jeff Pendergraph in the first half especially. Pendy had a career night on offense and showed a pretty good set of hands catching those balls. It was nice to see him get a chance to shine.
And that's about all the game deserved. On to the playoffs! More on that coming later.
All Jersey Contest stuff will happen tomorrow.
--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)
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i'd prefer if the blazers won
Michael Jordan is the Nicolas Batum of America
by thomasikehara on Apr 14, 2010 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
It's always better to finish the season on a win.
But I guess we have bigger fish to fry.
My favorite teams are the Blazers and any team that is playing the Lakers.
by OCBlazerFan1 on Apr 14, 2010 11:15 PM PDT up reply actions
BRING IT PHOENIX!
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
by skywaker9 on Apr 14, 2010 10:25 PM PDT reply actions 3 recs
This picture needs to be on the front page
Kobe Tai > Kobe Bryant
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Apr 14, 2010 11:02 PM PDT up reply actions
i shoud start a thread for all blazers>suns highlights
Michael Jordan is the Nicolas Batum of America
pacific time correct?
Michael Jordan is the Nicolas Batum of America
by thomasikehara on Apr 14, 2010 10:31 PM PDT up reply actions
Good, it's a channel that's on the Internet (officially)
Disclaimer: everything I know about basketball I learned on Blazersedge.
On the radio they just said Game 1 is Sunday, Game 2 on Tuesday
and Game 3 is Thursday
Kobe Tai > Kobe Bryant
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Apr 14, 2010 11:01 PM PDT up reply actions
check that
i say we sweep
Michael Jordan is the Nicolas Batum of America
by thomasikehara on Apr 14, 2010 11:34 PM PDT up reply actions
Suns fan:
I say Suns in 4-5. Portland wont know what hit them.
Get well Greg! Rip City is still behind you!
In all three games we've made them play at our pace
Nothing has changed to make that not possible.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Suns won't win in 4 or 5, even if roy is out,
if the games are played in the 90s. Plus, I have a feeling Miller is going to have a huge series
Get well Greg! Rip City is still behind you!
Without Brandon Roy.
It’s not exactly far fetched to lose in 5 games. I don’t think we’ll get swept though. Sweeping a team is rather difficult.
"I'm at the thingamajig talking the yakety-yak" - Kenny Smith
Schedule out via Twitter
Portland Playoff Schedule: 4/17 @ PHX, 4/19 @ PHX, 4/22 @ PORT, 4/24 @ PORT, 4/26 @ PHX*, 4/ 29 @ PORT*, 5/1 @ PHX*, if necessary.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Detailed schedule
All games on KGW as well:
Game 1 – Sat April 17 Portland at Phoenix 7:30PM 10:30PM ESPN
Game 2 – Mon April 19 Portland at Phoenix 7:30PM 10:30PM TNT
Game 3 – Thu April 22 Phoenix at Portland 7:00PM 10:00PM NBATV
Game 4 – Sat April 24 Phoenix at Portland 1:30PM 4:30PM TNT
Game 5 * Mon April 26 Portland at Phoenix TBD TBD TBD
Game 6 * Thu April 29 Phoenix at Portland TBD TBD TBD
Game 7 * Sat May 1 Portland at Phoenix TBD TBD TNT
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
All on KGW! That's the best news every; thanks.
Disclaimer: everything I know about basketball I learned on Blazersedge.
There were last year
The NBA allows local broadcast of all games NOT on ABC.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Yeah
even though we were on ABC Sunday. but it was against the L*kers
Get well Greg! Rip City is still behind you!
We were supposed to be in TV terminology
Their “Chosen victim”.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Weird, on the radio they said the series starts Sunday
Kobe Tai > Kobe Bryant
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Apr 14, 2010 11:03 PM PDT up reply actions
Just changed it
Move games 1 and 2 back a day, nothing else changes.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
The radio just confirmed above schedule on my way home
Phil Mickelson: "A Great shot is when you pull it off.....a smart shot is when you don't have the guts to try it"’
by 92wastheyear on Apr 14, 2010 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
http://www.columbian.com/weblogs/blazerbanter/2010/apr/14/blazers-suns-tv-schedule/
Portland Trail Blazers vs. Phoenix Suns, first-round best-of-seven Western Conference playoff series
Game 1 Sunday 7:30 p.m. @Phoenix KGW/ESPN
Game 2 April 20 7 p.m. @Phoenix KGW/TNT
Game 3 April 22 7 p.m. @Portland KGW/NBA TV
Game 4 April 24 1:30 p.m. @Portland KGW/TNT
Game 5 April 26 TBD @Phoenix TBD
Game 6 April 29 TBD @Portland TBD
Game 7 May 1 TBD @Phoneix TBD
Kobe Tai > Kobe Bryant
by Sexual Tyrannosaurus on Apr 14, 2010 11:11 PM PDT up reply actions
our first game got moved to tnt
according to brian t smith
Michael Jordan is the Nicolas Batum of America
by thomasikehara on Apr 14, 2010 11:44 PM PDT up reply actions
$20 Chinese Food!
Get Excited!
Suns win in 6.
No team with that many injuries to key players will be competitive in a playoff atmosphere.
Can't wait to remind you of this comment
when every single game goes down to the wire.
"One of the bright spots of the young season has been rookie point guard Jonny Flynn, whose name sounds like he should be the lead character in a Broadway Musical. "What are you doing here, Jonny Flynn?" "Why I'm here to court trouble, and woo a girl, and build the most fantastical contraption the world has ever seen!" -- Dave, Game 7 Blazers versus Timberwolves preview
"It was bad reffing...but not rip apart the fabric of time bad." -- The Arkitect, Game 79 Blazers versus Mavericks Post-Game Thread
by BlazersOrBust on Apr 15, 2010 7:49 AM PDT up reply actions
i find it amazing
that someone in the officiating crew couldn’t exercise an iota of good sense and not force injured players onto the floor. this game couldn’t have meant less. ridiculous…
The refs seemed to actually tell Nellie it was outside of their power, they were following the rule book.
That they had to get 5 players on the court, and he dressed two “healthy” players.
The referees did not seem thrilled that they had to put an injured player in either.
It’ll be interesting to see if they revisit this rule over the Summer.
Blame Nelly
If his guys couldn’t play he shouldn’t have dressed them.
Disclaimer: everything I know about basketball I learned on Blazersedge.
I think he had to dress a minimum number of players
Plus one of the players got injured early in the game.
So they're skirting the rules.
If you have to dress eight players, that means you have to have them available to play. If you have too many players injured, you can sign more with injured player exceptions.
Disclaimer: everything I know about basketball I learned on Blazersedge.
nelly may have skirted the rules...
so the refs should have made injured players play?
how does this make sense? it’s the referee’s job above all to protect the players. this is the opposite of that. if nelly was willing to take a technical for every foul george made in an utterly meaningless game, i don’t see an issue.
also how is he skirting the rules when one of his players gets hurt?
the referees made a guy that was hurt earlier in the game play and he got hurt worse.
i don’t get how anyone can’t see how horribly wrong that is. it’s the opposite of officiating.
It was a rare moment I would have been ok with an emergency call to the NBA front office.
And delaying the game 10 mins.
Dante threw up in the locker room at halftime -via Brian Smith twitter
for those wondering about his disappearance
They should all make out with him tonight, so they get sick fast and are recovered by Saturday.
Disclaimer: everything I know about basketball I learned on Blazersedge.
Man this was just a fun game. Just got back from the RG. What a blast. I no longer hate the warriors after seeing them play basically 6 guys all game.
The end result didn’t matter. Our playoff seed was decided. Nothing to play for, our baby blazers did the heavy lifting, and it was fun to watch. Just fun basketball. Running, rebounding, shooting, scoring, and no semblance of any defense to be found anywhere. I honestly could care less that we lost. And Steph curry is pretty freaking awesome. His release is shockingly fast. Kids gonna be an impact player for a long time with that shot alone.
"What people need to know is that those pictures were taken a year and a half ago, and I've grown since then." - Greg Oden
by dario argento on Apr 14, 2010 10:51 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
really...
i’d have to nominate his performance tonite as the least impressive near triple double in history.
Portland playoff history
The Blazers have NEVER lost a series in which they have won game 1.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Oh.
UPDATED #Blazers-#Suns first-round schedule with dates, times, TV http://bit.ly/bswYcw #NBA
Get well Greg! Rip City is still behind you!
Wrong tweet
UPDATE: #Blazers playoff schedule has been changed. First game is Sunday at 7:30 p.m.; second game is Tuesday at 7 p.m.</blockquote
Via Brian Smith’s twitter
Get well Greg! Rip City is still behind you!
I was hoping Nellie was gonna rip his suit in half and play center for the Warriors
"I'm at the thingamajig talking the yakety-yak" - Kenny Smith
by blzrfan on Apr 14, 2010 11:11 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Here you go
Playoff Pricing
White Middle – $240
White Corner – $200
Club 1 – $185
Club 2 – $170
Fuchsia – $170
Blue – $140
Yellow – $90
Green – $80
Orange – $70
Purple – $60
Red – $55
Tan – $50
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
That's the STH chart
I don’t see any other so I assume so.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
timbo's two grand theories collide
the Blazers don’t win any series without Roy. The Suns suck and will not get out of the first round.
Unfortunately, I suspect he thinks the “Roy” piece of the theory is more important.
very good observation...probably Timbo didn't think the Suns would land a Roy-less Blazer team in the first series.
I think Roy will be able to play a bit though and then Timbo’s theory will hold true.
Congrats I guess...
Durant becomes NBA’s youngest scoring champ
Get well Greg! Rip City is still behind you!
If LeBron cares
LeBron wins that easily.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
Glad they moved the playoff game
Now I won’t be distracted during the Timbers opener.
I predict the Blazers in 5 if Roy is able to play productively. Suns in seven if not.
Blazers in 6!
BTW, we are the only lower seeded team to have a winning record against our adversary. I also predict 2 other lower seeded teams will win in the first round. Might just be OKC.
I think SA has a very good shot against Dallas (home court in round 2 anyone?)
And I think Miami takes out Boston in the east.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I think the Blazers may go to the WCFs this year. I don't know why I think this..all logic goes against this.
But I have seen the Blazers do very well this season esp in games when all logic dictated they wouldn’t.
It seemed the Blazers blew games when they were supposed to win more so than lose in games they were supposed to lose.
I would be shocked
If there wasn’t at least one first round upset in the west.
I would be completely floored if any team got swept in the first round.
I’d put money on it but then again i felt pretty good about betting my dad fifty bucks that the Blazers would finish ahead of the Mavericks this year (pre-injury apocalypse).
spurs will win their series
and of course, we will too
Michael Jordan is the Nicolas Batum of America
by thomasikehara on Apr 14, 2010 11:40 PM PDT up reply actions
Warriors in 4 or 5, Spurs in 6, L*kers in 7
just sayin’.
Brandon Roy - The Savior Of Portland Basketball
by rise_stand_resist on Apr 14, 2010 11:43 PM PDT reply actions
Suns in 4 or 5 I mean. >.>
Brandon Roy - The Savior Of Portland Basketball
by rise_stand_resist on Apr 14, 2010 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions
them in 6
hope im wrong
Lover of everything Batum.
#88
by RyanRTE on Apr 14, 2010 11:50 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I don't want to get eliminated at home
That would suck.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
So the best offense in the west vs. the best defense in the west??
This should be good!!
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-StudMuffin15 @ Rufus On Fire
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" I would trade our entire team for Brandon Roy"
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by FiveOhThree-RipCity!! on Apr 14, 2010 11:52 PM PDT reply actions
Best D in the NBA
We have the lowest PPG allowed in the NBA.
"Good evening Blazer fans, wherever you may be!"-Bill Schonely
I hope this is tongue in cheek.
Otherwise, c’mon, sky!
"One of the bright spots of the young season has been rookie point guard Jonny Flynn, whose name sounds like he should be the lead character in a Broadway Musical. "What are you doing here, Jonny Flynn?" "Why I'm here to court trouble, and woo a girl, and build the most fantastical contraption the world has ever seen!" -- Dave, Game 7 Blazers versus Timberwolves preview
"It was bad reffing...but not rip apart the fabric of time bad." -- The Arkitect, Game 79 Blazers versus Mavericks Post-Game Thread
by BlazersOrBust on Apr 15, 2010 7:55 AM PDT up reply actions
If the referees correctly applied the rule, then the rule needs to be changed.
Under no circumstances should an injured player ever be forced to enter the game. PERIOD.
I was really upset when Hunter was forced to re-enter the game and took the foul falling to the floor on his knee again. He may have worsened his injury for what …? It was then a farce to see Turiaf limp onto the floor just to take an intentional foul.
Since the eventual outcome of this situation was to allow George to re-enter the game and continue playing with 6 fouls (under the well-defined rule when only 5 players remain eligible to play) the fiasco of forcing injured players to re-enter the game has to be prevented. Obviously an unethical coach could gain an advantage by claiming injuries to other players to keep a star player with 6 fouls in the game, so some additional penalty should be assessed in this situation. Perhaps two technical foul shots for each eligible player that remains on the bench with less than 6 fouls but unable to play because of “injuries”, up to a maximum of 6 shots since teams are only required to have 8 players available for each game. That would not be a lot different than having injured players re-enter the game just to commit intentional fouls so they can then be removed and sent to the locker room to “prove” they are injured (which is effectively what happened tonight – a farce itself since they weren’t injured committing the intentional foul).
In over 40 years of watching the NBA I don’t remember seeing this situation occur before, but even if the referees correctly applied the rules (perhaps they didn’t), those rules would clearly be unacceptable if legitimately injured players are forced to enter the game.
"Brandon eats first around here" - KP
by BlazerFanSince1970 on Apr 15, 2010 12:02 AM PDT reply actions
Fun game to be at, Pendergraph was awesome,
and Rudy was dishing out alley-oops like he was on a true run a gun team. I don’t mind losing, especially since it didn’t affect our seeding. It was fun to see the second and third string guys. The Rose Garden was booing Don Nelson pretty hard when he was arguing with the refs. I don’t think anybody knew it was because he had no healthy players. I feel really bad for joining the boos now that I’ve read the reason on here. I’m sorry injured GSW players, truly.
Cake or Death?
im glad to see nate is more openminded than i had expected
one thing we now know is that pendegraph is ready for the playoffs.
Nelly/GS manipulated the rule
You have to suit 8 players. GS did, but they suited three guys THEY KNEW couldn’t play due to injury. They should have gone out and signed players to fill the roster but they are TOO CHEEP to do that. The rule is for teams who start with healthy players and go below the minimum during the course of the game, not for teams to save a few bucks at the end of the season. The rules does say you can bring in a player already fouled out to meet the minumum if you have injuries. Nelly has played a number of games recently where he just prays they don’t foul out. Apparently last night was the first time he had to deal with it. It’s just a little manipulation of the rules, that results in embarressmet for the NBA and the GS Warriros. The fact that Nelly gets mad at the press conference only makes him look worse. The fact is, Nelly put himself and his players in a position where he may have to play someone who isn’t capable due to injury. The NBA and the referees did not put them in that position. Nellie and GS knew what they were doing. Nelly compromised his players safety to save the team a buck, and has been doing it for several games. I believe they should have to forfeit this game. After last night, I really have lost all respect for Don Nelson. That is a sad situation in GS.
I don't see a problem with what they did..
Why spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to play a couple players a few minutes?
by collectiveshane on Apr 15, 2010 8:57 AM PDT up reply actions
wow
I guess when its the last game of the season goofy things happen. Don’t blame Don Nelson, blame the officials for letting him take advantage of the rules like that. But it was a meaningless game and whatever we lost, we are mostly healthy going into the playoffs and thats what matters. Its stupid what happened last night, and maybe Nelson was trying to save a buck, but i think he just knows that he won’t be there next year, so what does he care? Focus on Sunday night and the upcoming series with the Suns, which os going to be very tough
by CincyBlazerFan7180 on Apr 15, 2010 8:24 AM PDT reply actions
Not sure
Why everyone wanted to play the Suns.
They are on fire right now. Just because we did well during the regular season doesn’t mean we’re going to roll them.
We need huge games from our bench.
Because we were 0 and 4 against the Jazz, and never looked good against them.
The Suns are probably easier in a series unlike the Jazz, who are undoubtedly a better defensive team.
by collectiveshane on Apr 15, 2010 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions
Flag! for ad-hom attack of our bench!
Portland reserves and scrubs
"You kill a mosquito with an axe. Nothing personal, but this is what I've got to do. You're in my way right now so I've got to get rid of you and I'll see you next year." -Monty Williams
GS and Nellie knew exactly what they were doing...
and got away with it. If these guys are too injured to play, then they shouldn’t suit up. Pay the money to get yourself a D-leaguer to fill the uniform and get him on the floor. I don’t care about GS’s financial situation. We get stuck with D-Miles contract, we make a ‘toxic’ offer to Millsap. It part of the rules of the game. Live with them…
"You kill a mosquito with an axe. Nothing personal, but this is what I've got to do. You're in my way right now so I've got to get rid of you and I'll see you next year." -Monty Williams
The Warriors already have 15 players on their roster
So they wouldn’t be able to sign another player unless they petition for a third Disabled Player Exception but it probably wouldn’t get approved since Morrow’s and Turiaf’s injuries weren’t season ending injuries.
by 100 hit points on Apr 15, 2010 6:44 PM PDT up reply actions
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