Sixers at Blazers open thread 03/23/09
by Jordan Sams on Mar 23, 2009 4:52 PM PDT
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| Enemy: Blazer's Edge | ||
| Prediction: 98-96 Sixers | ||
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| Previous meetings: 100-79 W |
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| Andre Miller | PG | Steven Blake |
| William Green | SG | Brandon Roy |
| Andre Iguodala | SF | Travis Outlaw |
| Thaddeus Young | PF | LaMarcus Aldridge |
| Samuel Dalembert | C | Joel Przybilla |
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Nobody beats the buzzer in the Roars Garden
Unless your name is Turkey Glue, or Baron Davis.
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by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 23, 2009 5:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Question for Blazers fans.
I’m curious to hear your thoughts on Gregory…
When I ask my best friend Jason (Blazer’s fan) if he regrets them not taking Durant instead, he shuns me. My question is why?
My thoughts on Grg Odn...
Right now he is just a dumb rook who can’t stay out of foul trouble…and still gets double doubles like a mad man. Durant is one of the top five worst defenders in the entire NBA. We are the second best offensive team in the NBA (behind lakers (whom we also defeated)). We have guys who can score the ball. How many teams in the NBA can say they have two legit centers? Greg is just having trouble staying healthy, but his injuries are all in different parts of his body, it’s not any recurring injury. Big guys get hurt, and big rookies all go through foul trouble. His micro knee is not fully healthy yet (that takes 2 years). I am obviously biased but, Greg was, will be and will be the correct pick. Our center position is on lock down for the next 10 years (that is a big freaking deal in the NBA). Durant is a good scorer but we have Brandon Roy. Durant needs his own team and the most shots. The Portland Trail Blazers are Brandon Roy’s team. Durant is a franchise player who most teams should have drafted number 1. Greg Oden fits the Blazer’s better. I just laugh when people write him off as a bust, they will look stupid when Greg is an all-star in two years.
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by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 23, 2009 5:28 PM PDT up reply actions
Fair enough.
I’m rooting for Greg, I really am. I just don’t see it. I’m not labeling him a bust, I just don’t think he’ll be this franchise center that everyone thought he’d be.
I don't think he will be the next Dwight Howard
But, we don’t need a Dwight Howard to compete for titles.
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by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 23, 2009 5:40 PM PDT up reply actions
i agree.
With what blazers have right now, they are already going to be major contenders for 5+years to come. That is the same even if Durant was thriving in portland. Picking Greg, who if turns out not better than durant wouldnt be big issue for blazers since they already have a franchise player in Roy plus other very talented and efficient players
"shaq and zach randolph have the same trainer... "
best one liner i ever heard.
if he went we would have a shot
both big time draft boards have him goin by the 20 mark still
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions
also on nbadraft.net
jeff teague has fallen way back from a top ten pick to the pick before the sixers… interesting
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions
His percentages are incredible.
Not a fan of the assist to turnover ratio though. That’s what I’m looking for — a facilitator.
and with all these mock drafts
it really doesn’t matter until the pre-draft camps that’s when you really get a good idea where everyone will go
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 5:59 PM PDT up reply actions
In 07 NBADraft.net had John McRoberts going to the Sixers for a while.
Ironically, he ended up going to the Blazers at 37.
Just wrote for the700level...
should be up soon. Predicted a close 95-92 Portland win. Wouldn’t be surprised to see the Sixers pull it out, but I just don’t see it happening.
if anyone finds a link
please post it as a reply to this…. i’m looking for one as i type and i’ll post one if i find it
Sam should actually be able to get a good number of open looks tonight
because if he’s active, Oden and Przybilla will not be able to keep up.
That was the kind of play we need more of.
by chillicothe20 on Mar 23, 2009 7:15 PM PDT up reply actions
would it be wrong
if i said i love you for this?
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 7:17 PM PDT up reply actions
why is this game blacked out online?
by SexualTyrannosaurus on Mar 23, 2009 7:16 PM PDT reply actions
I haven't seen this mentioned yet, but both teams here are superlative rebounding teams.
The battle of the boards could be an interesting subplot tonight.
The Sixers DESTROYED the Warriors on the boards and still got blown out.
I’m not saying it’s not important, I just like to look at 3-pointers against better.
Greg Oden looks like a black Frankenstein
by SexualTyrannosaurus on Mar 23, 2009 7:25 PM PDT reply actions
he is one day older than me
and looks 20 yrs older
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 7:25 PM PDT up reply actions
The problem with shooting this well early is that the Law of Averages requires that we have a long run of shooting much worse
even if we’re going to finish with something like 60%
Same for the Blazers though.
Aren’t they shooting pretty well? We’ll also get to the line, and play better defense.
I’m not worried.
BTW my friend Jason (the Blazer's fan)
Gets the DNP tonight because he has a girl coming over. I endorse that decision.
My sister on Speights:
“He’s good sometimes.”
Spot on.
my girlfriend likes Willie Green
only because i hate him so much
by SexualTyrannosaurus on Mar 23, 2009 7:34 PM PDT reply actions
off for a bit now.
will be back whenever i get back.
i almost have a heart attack
every single time
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 7:37 PM PDT up reply actions
Well I wanted and Iggy buzzer-beater.
That’s not exactly what I was talking about, but I’ll take it.
Blazers annoucers
“Reggie Evans has two shots from inside the paint…that’s over his limit”
by SexualTyrannosaurus on Mar 23, 2009 7:42 PM PDT reply actions
not playing much perimeter defense
but the blazers arent really hitting the outside shots
i think every single game
they show that he has the most ft attempts for a non-starter
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 7:50 PM PDT up reply actions
i used to think he was messing up when doing that stuff
but now i see it’s part of his game and i have grown to love it
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions
BTW, that shot by Rudy looked like a mini Dirk
http://www.phillyarena.com - Philly sports forum/blog
I'm glad we did not get Blake in a trade
Just soft.
http://www.phillyarena.com - Philly sports forum/blog
yeah seriously
this game is not even close to over
by SexualTyrannosaurus on Mar 23, 2009 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions
i greatly enjoyed that half
tough to comment while watching on the link though gotta keep switchin back and forth between pages i know you all missed me
i'll be much more active in the 2nd half
i hooked up my comp to my tv so now i can have two monitors
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 8:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Wow, that's impressive.
I remember when I put two TV’s in my living room so I could watch TV and play video games at the same time.
He was playing scoring guard- and doing well at it
http://www.phillyarena.com - Philly sports forum/blog
it suprised me
i always just assume he’s got 3 or 4 at the end of the half
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 8:17 PM PDT up reply actions
and hate when sammy takes those shots
“if dalembert keeps shooting they’ll miss a lot of shots” — blazers announcers
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions
was def a fouly on iggy
but batum fouled him before that
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 8:28 PM PDT up reply actions
okay, THAT was a crap call on Miller
by SexualTyrannosaurus on Mar 23, 2009 8:29 PM PDT reply actions
and changed it back
no more panic attack for tanner
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 8:31 PM PDT up reply actions
that might be askin a bit too much
knowing iggy and his ft shooting
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 8:36 PM PDT up reply actions
OK, back!
Can anyone summarize for me what I missed in the past quarter and a half? Extra challenge: use EXACTLY 15 words.
Hmmm... dominance was unexpected.
Interesting. Let’s make this happen…
that looked like it should be a jump ball
by SexualTyrannosaurus on Mar 23, 2009 8:39 PM PDT reply actions
except steve blake
he can do anything ever…don’t challenge it
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 8:44 PM PDT up reply actions
look at my reply to iggy's buzzer beater
at the first quarter…. it’s always the same with him
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 8:53 PM PDT up reply actions
big possession coming out of timeout
by SexualTyrannosaurus on Mar 23, 2009 9:02 PM PDT reply actions
refs really gettin sucked in
to the energy of the crowd
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions
the Blazers guys are pumped about Oden's 9 points and 4 reb
by SexualTyrannosaurus on Mar 23, 2009 9:04 PM PDT reply actions
Portland in the penalty
we NEED to hit our FT
by SexualTyrannosaurus on Mar 23, 2009 9:06 PM PDT reply actions
and what do we do?
bring reggie evans in
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 9:06 PM PDT up reply actions
This is such a frustrating team
if you’re gonna lose, at least get blown out so I could have gone to bed at halftime. Also, WFT is with the refs in this game. I normally try not to complain about officiating, but this is a little ridiculous.
these announcer are impressed that oden had a put back dunk
he is 7 feet i wonder if they knkow that
Wow. Rebounding total numbers almost exactly even,
but the blazers have about a billion offensive rebounds. 16 of them!
Was it always acceptable for announcers to be homers?
I mean, they all are, including ours, but as an opposing fan it gets quite annoying.
THAT WAS NOT CONTINUEFFINGATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HE WAS DONE!!!!!!! IT WAS ON THE EFFING FLOOR!
exactly he should have known better
and gotten somethin set up
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
JEEEEZ this is intense. Wow.
But you HAVE to score on that possession. Somehow.
ABSOLUTELY CANNOT
give up any offensive rebounds from here on out.
you predicted a buzzer beater too..maybe at the end of OT
by chillicothe20 on Mar 23, 2009 9:36 PM PDT up reply actions
Interesting part two.
My friend (Blazer’s fan), who’s missing the game because of a girl, said he’d text me when Outlaw hits a game-winner in OT.
o yes he can
just not basketballs
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 9:48 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
A little off topic, but that commercial with Chris Paul driving on the Spurs
is true poetry in motion.
Nope the one wher ehe gets fouled
and throws up a reverse layup. You can see the ball spin in the air.
by phillyhoosfan on Mar 23, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
I like the ESPN commercial with Shaq playing scrabble, and he has all those extra Q’s.
by chillicothe20 on Mar 23, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Need to catch that one...
I’m a competitive scrabble player and I bet I would love that one.
How about that FT shooting tonight?
GIGANTIC. Big shots made at big moments.
we have exceeded
400 comments tonight
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 9:53 PM PDT up reply actions
They've also been at it for a lot longer than we have.
We’ve made huge strides this season. We have potential!
Well, honestly
You’re the only game in town (pun intended). This is the only Sixers blog I could find that’s really good and has game threads.
What was out comments/minutes rate?
What was our CER?
by Saul on Mar 23, 2009 9:54 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
sorry not a big bill simmons guy
what’s that theory?
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 9:59 PM PDT up reply actions
i find it funny
how he has bledsoe and mike vick as possible candidates and that’s exaclty what happened
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 10:10 PM PDT up reply actions
It's a great theory.
Look at us with Iverson.
by Jordan Sams on Mar 23, 2009 10:12 PM PDT up reply actions
Basically, when a team's best player leaves people think they'll suck.
But end up going above and beyond what they’ve ever done with him.
by Jordan Sams on Mar 23, 2009 10:01 PM PDT up reply actions
Big-time player goes out, and the team gets better.
Was about to give that link. That’s an old column, but he references it constantly. Has a lot of good examples.
Like when Sydney Crosby goes down
And the Pens play better. Forces other players to step up their game. Poor Donyell Marshall gets called out in the article, though…see that?
agreed
only because it’s at the end of the road trip
by SexualTyrannosaurus on Mar 23, 2009 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
and the fact that
we blew a big lead and didn’t collapse because of it
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 9:55 PM PDT up reply actions
If you would've told me we would've beaten both LA AND Portland.
I would’ve laughed.
by Jordan Sams on Mar 23, 2009 10:02 PM PDT up reply actions
Me too. I thought we had a definite shot at the other 3,
But had penciled those two in as DEFINITE losses.
amazing
i’m so glad I stayed up for that…now to bed to get up at 5:30
by SexualTyrannosaurus on Mar 23, 2009 9:57 PM PDT reply actions
yep it's a fact
a win like this deserves one of these
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 9:57 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
i understand the pho loss
but no reason we should have lost the gsw game… wow just imagine a 4-1 west coast road trip
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 10:07 PM PDT up reply actions
How did SAmmy only get credited with 2 blocks tonight?
There’s no way that’s accurate. he had way more than that.
By the way, ends up even on the boards.
40-40. But HALF of the Blazers one were offensive. Half! That’s TWENTY offensive rebounds. Sixers had 12 of them.
Only 12 sixers assists
Blake took TWELVE threes. Wow. Only hit 3 of them.
Blazers went for under 30% on 34 three attempts. That's the game right there.
If they shoot their season average this is a blowout.
Also, 35-39 FTs for the Sixers. 89.7%. That's also the game.
If they shoot their average there, this is, again, a blowout.
Thad is my star of the game
10-15 shooting (66.7%)
1-1 from three range
4-4 from the FT line
27 pts, 7 rebs, 1 TO
once again to quote fuquamanuel
“I <3 Thad”
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 10:19 PM PDT up reply actions
BTW Jordan
I just noticed you put William Green instead of Willie…. I agree and believe he has to earn a shortened name…. from now on he is William
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 10:22 PM PDT reply actions
I was impressed by your team
but the Iggy call at the end of regulation was a bailout. The rule isn’t that your feet can’t move, it’s that you have to be solid in occupying space. Aldridge was in an area, Iggy drove into him. No call. That call isn’t made in the second quarter, and especially not at the end of the game.
But in the end, you guys did deserve to win. Miller is really good… he is the key to success. Is he coming back next year?
draft dejuan blair
I'm going to get fired
If the Sixers keep winning games like this on the left coast. No way I’m getting to sleep in the next 4 hours.
Send GT Green packing.
I still have a ton of Math homework due at midnight.
And an exam to study for. My mentality is “F it”. I can sleep some other time. It’s overrated anyway.
By the way, what a game huh Brian?!
by Jordan Sams on Mar 23, 2009 10:32 PM PDT up reply actions
Unreal, man.
This is why we torture ourselves with the OKC games. For a night like this.
Send GT Green packing.
by depressedfan on Mar 23, 2009 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm on spring break. Thankfully, being in the East, our playoff games wont keep me up when classes resums next Monday.
by chillicothe20 on Mar 23, 2009 10:33 PM PDT up reply actions
when playoffs begin later in the quarter i mean
by chillicothe20 on Mar 23, 2009 10:34 PM PDT up reply actions
I wish. I am at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
by chillicothe20 on Mar 23, 2009 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions
I just like Temple b/c I've always liked Philly. Sixers, Flyers, Owls.
by chillicothe20 on Mar 23, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
you love yourself some lynn greer i bet
he’s playing with josh childress apparently
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
theyre on quarters also, as opposed to semesters?
Yay quarters!
Wow. Dartmouth. Must be awfully smart.
by chillicothe20 on Mar 23, 2009 10:42 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, but our athletics are crap.
football was 0-11 this year. 0-11! In the /IVY LEAGUE/!
Ohio is changing to semesters in the next few years. I'll graduate before that though in 2010.
by chillicothe20 on Mar 23, 2009 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions
I should be graduating this year, but I wasted time taking useless classes, so I will take 5 years to get my BA in Psychology.
by chillicothe20 on Mar 23, 2009 10:43 PM PDT up reply actions
I only went to college to avoid working. Might as well go a fifth year.
by chillicothe20 on Mar 23, 2009 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
I also took useless classes.
Helps to know your major sooner rather than later.
by Jordan Sams on Mar 23, 2009 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
I'm so pissed
was planning to go to both home games in the first round, had everything set and a deadline on a project I’m working on got moved to 4/23. I’m going to be working that whole weekend.
Send GT Green packing.
by depressedfan on Mar 23, 2009 10:39 PM PDT up reply actions
That sucks dude.
If the Sixers are still in the playoffs when I get out of school, I’ll be at one of the games. I’ll have to let you know, so we can possibly meet up.
by Jordan Sams on Mar 23, 2009 10:41 PM PDT up reply actions
if they're still alive
let me know i’m down to go
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 10:44 PM PDT up reply actions
Will do.
You’ll have to treat me to a cheesesteak. I’ve never had one.
by Jordan Sams on Mar 23, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Does cheeze wiz
actually count as cheese in regards to the whole kosher thing?
Send GT Green packing.
by depressedfan on Mar 23, 2009 11:33 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, there's still enough dairy product in it for it to count as dairy
and thus not allowed to be mixed with meat. The other issue with cheesesteaks is that places like Geno’s and Pat’s don’t stock kosher meat.
i enjoy cheesesteaks
understatement of the century
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
My spring quarter won't end until June something (like the 10th or so).
by chillicothe20 on Mar 23, 2009 10:45 PM PDT up reply actions
That's horrible man.
I get a solid 4 months of summer.
by Jordan Sams on Mar 23, 2009 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions
Our quarters run late Aug - Mid Nov., Mid-Jan - Mid-March, and Early April - Mid June
by chillicothe20 on Mar 23, 2009 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
Yup. I start a new quarter, and new classes, in a week.
We take three classes per quarter (and youre not allowed to take less than two or more than four), but the professors don’t eff around. Even summer classes are pretty intense.
Yes. I have taken a summer class or two. They help boost GPA because in the summer nobody makes you write papers or read too much.
by chillicothe20 on Mar 23, 2009 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
roughly 3-5 classes a quarter. different ones.
by chillicothe20 on Mar 23, 2009 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
I finally will finish my mandatory foreign language requirement this quarter.
Two years (six quarters) of French was two too many.
by chillicothe20 on Mar 23, 2009 10:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Got exempted from mine before I got in
by doing well on the Spanish AP test and then I did it again for good measure by passing a hebrew placement test.
never had to take one
all maryland requires is three years in high school
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 10:56 PM PDT up reply actions
yeah, mine either.
Again, yay quarters. However: the finals will be during that time. So if the Sixers win the East, I’m there!
lol @ sixers winning the east…… i wish though…. someday maybe….. once again i miss 2001
by Tanner Steidel on Mar 23, 2009 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
I am going to the Sixers season finale in Cleveland on the 15th.
Living in Ohio, I only get to see us in Cleveland. Hopefully, Cleveland will have long clinched the #1, and we will be playing for #5 or something. They may not try to hard.
If we've both clinched.
Count on William G dropping 35.
by Jordan Sams on Mar 23, 2009 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions
We play the Cavs like a week before in Philly.
Hopefully, it will be a competitive game. Games against teams like the Cavs are good playoff tune-ups.
OK, I'm going to bed. It's late here, and I'm trying to get back on a somewhat reasonable schedule.
G’night!
Goodnight bro.
I’m in for a long night myself. Wish me luck.
by Jordan Sams on Mar 23, 2009 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
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