Are any of you interested how Nate is going to manage minutes this week?

by lawalteral14 on Jan 23, 2012 3:42 PM PST

We have Sacramento tonight and Memphis tomorrow night both at the Rose Garden, I am thinking the Kings should be easy to defeat unless Tyreke Evans and DeMarcus Cousins are on their game. But tomorrow night concerns me, Memphis... winners of 6 straight. If Nate doesn't manage minutes well, you might as well chalk Tuesday as a loss. But does anyone remember when we played the Grizzlies here in Portland back in 2009 when we had a 15-11 lead with 5:20 left in the 1st, then they ran off a 31-2 run to go up 42-17 with 6:41 left in the 2nd? I remember it too well, actually. But seriously, what about Wednesday when we travel to the Bay area and take on the Warriors where we rarely win. Will we see an all bench run or is Nate going to run the starting 5 into the ground? Don't even get me started on Friday's game versus Phoenix. Trust me, I still have nightmares about the 2010 playoffs and that horrid game earlier this month. I am hoping to go 4-0 this week, but 2-2 sounds more reasonable to me. With the wins coming against Sacramento and Phoenix and the losses against Memphis and Golden State. Sound off below.

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Blazers record this week?

4-0

12 votes

3-1

26 votes

2-2

24 votes

1-3

3 votes

0-4

3 votes

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I feel they should sit the starters on the 3rd back to back to back game...

we never win at the Oracle anyways. …But Nate won’t do that….

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by jenstcy on Jan 23, 2012 4:14 PM PST reply actions

i don't really wonder. nate will play starters 40+ a game, every game.

no guessing involved.

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by cornplant on Jan 23, 2012 4:28 PM PST reply actions 1 recs

It'll be an interesting question

The Blazers would be well-served by a minute-saving blowout tonight. That’s not been their style. I think there’s a chance the Blazers go 1-2 in this stretch that, based on strength of opposition, should be 2-1 and could be 3-0. If so, it’ll probably be fatigue.

—Dave

by Dave on Jan 23, 2012 4:50 PM PST reply actions