Blazers 107, Sixers 103: Post-Game Thread

Andre SIGHuodala.

I’m not mad at no timeout, you don’t want to let the defense get set. But that was a terrible shot with plenty of time left. There are about 100 other things you’d rather do in that situation.

All in all though, to be right there, despite the turnovers and pretty shockingly bad defense, definitely could have asked for a worse start to the season.

We lost the first quarter by 11, I thought we played fairly well the rest of the game, especially considering the refs were calling every flop and Portland was taking advantage.

Officiating! These guys should loose their jobs! The game was diminished due to the pathetic calls made. Guys that played through contact got no calls, guys who flopped got every call. It sent the absolute wrong message! G Wallace is a joke he flops on every other play. Holiday played the game the right way and ended up fouling out, while not getting to the line at all. Lou hit ridiculous shots as usual. He is a bargain for the cash he is getting paid. Never understood the animosity toward the guy last year! At least Iggy went to the hoop during this game, but took a bad shot at the end. I put that on Doug just as much for not using the timeout. We needed to make sure we scored on that possession. On a side note, Hawes should have already been on the line after getting the board since he got the shit hacked out of his arms. Thad did take too many jumpers, but he did get the ball with the clock going down. I blame this on the gaurds just as much as on Thad.

Monta Ellis has 25 on 10-17 shooting, with 7 assists.

Juuuuuust saying.

Hard to win when your PG has 2 assists and 6 turns. Not sure what happened. He didn’t look this rattled during the entire Heat playoff series in the first round. Odd.

Sixers win every game against the Wiz this year, possibly double digits. Wall is a joke. Book it.

About time that we saw a blazer win

I don’t know how anyone can knock Dre. He played a hell of a game, and while that wasn’t a great last shot, I don’t know that there’s anyway you get a great look there, unless Collins calls timeout and they try and work something out of a set piece (and even then, the Blazers are pulling everyone to the perimeter…there’s a reason, Aldridge was the guy on Dre at the end).

Holiday had a terrible game and that was really the difference, to me, although the Sixers as a whole were just sloppy all night. There were two or three instances where they cut the lead to 2 or 3 where they just got manhandled the next two possession, the Blazers hit a pair of threes, and it was 7 or 8 before you could blink an eye.

Meeks had a terrible shooting night too in terms of shot selection. Brand’s night was more forgivable, because he didn’t touch the ball a lot. Lou did what he always does (terrible defensively, but can blow up offensively).

I liked what I saw out of Turner, he just wasn’t used enough when he was on the court. The most disappointing thing for me was how bad Thaddeus Young looked away from the basket. He has to start hitting those shots if he’s going to bring his game up to another level.

All in all, I expect Holiday to bounce back so I’m not down on the team in the slightest. Glad they showed some toughness making a run at it late too.

This game didn’t come down to that last shot by Iguodala. We never should have been there.

-Jrue was terrible. No reason to mince words. He sucked. He’s gotta be better, period.
-Meeks wasn’t good either, and got pulled for most of the game, justifiably.
-Hawes cannot play 39 minutes. When he does, he starts doing things like shooting 3s (where’s all the hate for that missed shot? Games don’t come down to one shot).
-Collins needs to use a 4th big. He can’t get away with an 8 man rotation. I don’t care if he has no faith in Vucevic or Speights, he needs to swallow it, use one for 5-10 minutes a game, and pray.
-The refs were bad, but they were bad both ways IMO.
-Malik Rose needs to turn down the homer-meter just a liiiiiittle bit. He was getting on my nerves towards the end of the game.

Some of those 4th quarter 3s were completely sick! If that’s normal for the 76ers then I am most definitely envious.

and it was good to see them battling to the end. BUT a reduction in the number of errors made earlier in the game would have made those futile late-game heroics unnecessary in the first place. Turnovers? Missed layups? Rebounding? REBOUNDING? God, how hard it is to box out easily? I didn’t think Hawes looked nearly as good as his numbers (save the assists. He’s a good passer, no question), nor did Iguodala. Williams was BOSSing all night, effectively (more or less). But Aldridge was one of those guys where you just watch and realize that he is simply too good. He is probably the best textbook athletic low-post guy in the league today (Duncan better but not as athletic). His moves are so consistent and unstoppable. Just can’t play D on him. Meanwhile, every shot the Sixers made felt lucky.
Long story short, with less Sixers errors or more Blazers errors this one becomes a Philly win. They have skills and effort, but without more care they can’t win much.

Boss is Lou Williams Poorwebguy. For whatever reason i can’t seem to reply to that comment.