All those layups Grant missed on our roadtrip were saved for tonight. He was unstoppable inside.
ca4mc
I love Jabari Walker
Bieberkinz
2-0 when Tom Haberstroh does commentary in person. Analytics aren’t lying yall. 👀
Piano9717
Here are some of my thoughts from today:
Positives:
* Grant: Great Grant game. He was mostly playing off the ball and not stagnating the ball with postups, and he did a great job of cutting, screening, and moving without the ball to get a bunch of layups. I’ve long said that Grant is absolutely elite when he gets to play off the catch, and the longer he holds the ball the less effective he becomes. Well, he put on an absolute clinic tonight. I was really surprised at the 2 great lobs to Ayton too. Also, to his credit, he capitalized on his mismatches when we needed him to ISO late in the third quarter with no point guard. * Scoot did a good job getting to the rim and actually finishing. Over the last month he’s been shooting under 40% from inside the restricted area which is absolutely horrendous, so it’s good to see him be able to get downhill to the rim and finish. I also thought he played a pretty good game defensively besides the flagrant foul undercutting Siakam. * Ayton – boy did we miss his presence defensively and on the glass. He’s definitely a flawed player but his presence on the defensive end and rebounding was really nice. Good to see him back. I thought he was so key to our success defensively by holding up against Haliburton and the other Pacers guards on the perimeter when we switched so heavily – fantastic job by him on the defensive end. * Thought Brogdon did a really nice job being aggressive yet running the offense. He’s so versatile offensively, and even though he might not be one of the elite point guards in the league, he can do so many things at an above average level and it’s really helped us tonight. I also thought he played some really solid post defense against Turner and Siakam too when we were switching so heavily. * Jabari brought his customary hustle. Love it. He came up huge down the stretch with some really nice looking finishes too – he had no fear and kept on taking it in the paint after getting rejected by Turner several times. He’s really improved his finishing so much since he was drafted. * Was really impressed by Kris Murray’s awareness on defense. He made a couple really crisp looking rotations, and also had a nice peel switch when Turner had Scoot sealed under the basket. That’s really high level especially for a rookie. He also had a pretty looking relocation into a corner three that was pretty high level awareness by him.
Negatives:
* This is purely an eye-test thing because I’m too lazy right now to look up the stats, but it feels to me like we play SO much better when we are missing a guard. Like, when we are forced to play three out of the four guards (Ant/Scoot/Sharpe/Brogdon) at the same time we just look so much worse defensively of the floor it’s insane. * I feel kind of bad for harping on this so much especially in his first game back, but it’s so annoying that Ayton keeps going to a fadeaway jump shot when he has a mismatch sealed under the basket. That should be a layup not a half-spin fadeaway jumper. * If I was a Pacers fan I’d be furious with the gameplan to actually guard non- shooters like Walker and Camara (edit: and to some extent Thybulle even though he’s been shooting it well) on the perimeter, and not pack the paint. That probably lost the Pacers the game.
ScootSharpe0017
Always feels good to get a W but I can’t lie feels better when the young guys are showing out instead of the vets.
Scoot played a great 8 minutes, sucks he got injured. The flashes are there he just needs to be more consistent now. You can easily see what he might become though. His flashes are immense.
RearAdmiralRamrod
I am happy
No-Cryptographer7218
sick as hell.
Burnem34
Apparently we have the Nets and Pacers number. They always say Memphis or NO should go to the East if they restructure conferences, but have they considered Portland?
crab90000
MAKE YOUR FREE THROWS!!
Pipelayer_290
Only 12 3pt attempts but demolished in the paint 66-26.
kalebglover
Scott Foster made me panic there at the end
healthy_as_a_hearse
Once again Reath with the best +-
OrsonPostr
Jabari is a winning player
Sa-Tiva
Lots of great stuff to note in this game, but i just wanted to give Chauncey some credit for inserting Jabari into the starting lineup. Its worked out really well. He brings a level of grit that we need. Coming up with clutch boards, putbacks/inside scoring, all the hustle shit. Hes just tough, and i think it works really nice next to Ayton who is more finesse.
xXboxPlaysx
Brogdons trade value is going up 📈📈
BoneApple_T
*”Ding ding ding Pacers! Oh, what was that? Oh yeah, the elevator cause ur not on my level.”*
– Blazers
thmpthmp
Do you still get fined for every tech you pick up? If so someone should pay Jabari’s
alandwarinasia_
undefeated in the JG at 3 era
blappiep
must hold on to this feeling
probosciscat
We asking for 4 firsts for Grant now right?
GaviFromThePod
DA had a cold shooting 2nd half but man it was good to see him put his whole body into the game.
super-dad-bod
Jerami “Pascal over me” Grant
Haze_Shadez
Jabari is going to be one of those guys who other team’s fans don’t know cuz he doesn’t blow up the box score and then wonder why he’s dominating them down low. Reminds me of pekovic on the wolves all those years ago, gave us absolute fits
Corr521
I’ve said this multiple times in here but I’m convinced Jabari would average a double-double if he was a starter, such a strong rebounder
DinQuixote
When we traded Dame, it was time to turn the page. Not just from veterans to youth, but it was time to change things up stylistically, too. I grew weary of undersized lineups that played no defense.
The recent change inserting Jabari into the starting lineup and having Grant play more small forward gives us size at every position for the first time since Aldridge was on the team.
Watching a team win with defense, rebounding, attacking the paint, and drawing fouls was a breathe of fresh air.
blackmarksonpaper
Took my 18 month old son to his first game, BLAZERS WIN!!
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All those layups Grant missed on our roadtrip were saved for tonight. He was unstoppable inside.
I love Jabari Walker
2-0 when Tom Haberstroh does commentary in person. Analytics aren’t lying yall. 👀
Here are some of my thoughts from today:
Positives:
* Grant: Great Grant game. He was mostly playing off the ball and not stagnating the ball with postups, and he did a great job of cutting, screening, and moving without the ball to get a bunch of layups. I’ve long said that Grant is absolutely elite when he gets to play off the catch, and the longer he holds the ball the less effective he becomes. Well, he put on an absolute clinic tonight. I was really surprised at the 2 great lobs to Ayton too. Also, to his credit, he capitalized on his mismatches when we needed him to ISO late in the third quarter with no point guard.
* Scoot did a good job getting to the rim and actually finishing. Over the last month he’s been shooting under 40% from inside the restricted area which is absolutely horrendous, so it’s good to see him be able to get downhill to the rim and finish. I also thought he played a pretty good game defensively besides the flagrant foul undercutting Siakam.
* Ayton – boy did we miss his presence defensively and on the glass. He’s definitely a flawed player but his presence on the defensive end and rebounding was really nice. Good to see him back. I thought he was so key to our success defensively by holding up against Haliburton and the other Pacers guards on the perimeter when we switched so heavily – fantastic job by him on the defensive end.
* Thought Brogdon did a really nice job being aggressive yet running the offense. He’s so versatile offensively, and even though he might not be one of the elite point guards in the league, he can do so many things at an above average level and it’s really helped us tonight. I also thought he played some really solid post defense against Turner and Siakam too when we were switching so heavily.
* Jabari brought his customary hustle. Love it. He came up huge down the stretch with some really nice looking finishes too – he had no fear and kept on taking it in the paint after getting rejected by Turner several times. He’s really improved his finishing so much since he was drafted.
* Was really impressed by Kris Murray’s awareness on defense. He made a couple really crisp looking rotations, and also had a nice peel switch when Turner had Scoot sealed under the basket. That’s really high level especially for a rookie. He also had a pretty looking relocation into a corner three that was pretty high level awareness by him.
Negatives:
* This is purely an eye-test thing because I’m too lazy right now to look up the stats, but it feels to me like we play SO much better when we are missing a guard. Like, when we are forced to play three out of the four guards (Ant/Scoot/Sharpe/Brogdon) at the same time we just look so much worse defensively of the floor it’s insane.
* I feel kind of bad for harping on this so much especially in his first game back, but it’s so annoying that Ayton keeps going to a fadeaway jump shot when he has a mismatch sealed under the basket. That should be a layup not a half-spin fadeaway jumper.
* If I was a Pacers fan I’d be furious with the gameplan to actually guard non- shooters like Walker and Camara (edit: and to some extent Thybulle even though he’s been shooting it well) on the perimeter, and not pack the paint. That probably lost the Pacers the game.
Always feels good to get a W but I can’t lie feels better when the young guys are showing out instead of the vets.
Scoot played a great 8 minutes, sucks he got injured. The flashes are there he just needs to be more consistent now. You can easily see what he might become though. His flashes are immense.
I am happy
sick as hell.
Apparently we have the Nets and Pacers number. They always say Memphis or NO should go to the East if they restructure conferences, but have they considered Portland?
MAKE YOUR FREE THROWS!!
Only 12 3pt attempts but demolished in the paint 66-26.
Scott Foster made me panic there at the end
Once again Reath with the best +-
Jabari is a winning player
Lots of great stuff to note in this game, but i just wanted to give Chauncey some credit for inserting Jabari into the starting lineup. Its worked out really well. He brings a level of grit that we need. Coming up with clutch boards, putbacks/inside scoring, all the hustle shit. Hes just tough, and i think it works really nice next to Ayton who is more finesse.
Brogdons trade value is going up 📈📈
*”Ding ding ding Pacers! Oh, what was that? Oh yeah, the elevator cause ur not on my level.”*
– Blazers
Do you still get fined for every tech you pick up? If so someone should pay Jabari’s
undefeated in the JG at 3 era
must hold on to this feeling
We asking for 4 firsts for Grant now right?
DA had a cold shooting 2nd half but man it was good to see him put his whole body into the game.
Jerami “Pascal over me” Grant
Jabari is going to be one of those guys who other team’s fans don’t know cuz he doesn’t blow up the box score and then wonder why he’s dominating them down low. Reminds me of pekovic on the wolves all those years ago, gave us absolute fits
I’ve said this multiple times in here but I’m convinced Jabari would average a double-double if he was a starter, such a strong rebounder
When we traded Dame, it was time to turn the page. Not just from veterans to youth, but it was time to change things up stylistically, too. I grew weary of undersized lineups that played no defense.
The recent change inserting Jabari into the starting lineup and having Grant play more small forward gives us size at every position for the first time since Aldridge was on the team.
Watching a team win with defense, rebounding, attacking the paint, and drawing fouls was a breathe of fresh air.
Took my 18 month old son to his first game, BLAZERS WIN!!