Game Day: Blazers (41-29) @ Suns (48-21), Thurs 5/13/21

[Superbone]

Suns clinched a top 3 seed. We also clinched homecourt advantage in the Finals.

Oh, that's interesting. I see what you did there. I was taken aback for a second.

[Superbone]

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I don’t see a foul

First I thought he just pushed his body but he hit his elbow too.

[Superbone]

Gotta appreciate the massive hug for Booker by Dario.

Ha ha. I missed that. I'm sure he's soooo relieved.

The picture was on the front page of NBA.com:




Book looks like, "Dude! Too much!"

And from the other side:

[ShelC]

[ShelC]

Nail biter at the end, really could've gone either way but good to see us battle and pull out a needed win. I was worried about Nurk and Kanter beating us up inside, but we did a good job limiting them especially on the boards. Mikal with 11 rebounds was huge, as was his shotmaking. He can score well on designed plays, which we seem to run earlier in games for him. Wonder if that will pick up a bit more in the playoffs.

Payne was huge with 21/6/5 off the bench. Hopefully he's peaking at the right time for us. Dario and Frank did their best and I thought played some good defense and did a good enough job on the boards. But like we saw last season, they just can't matchup physically against other starters. Dario and Frank missed a bunch of chip shots around the rim that add up throughout the game. I'd also like to see more high post offense thru Dario, like we saw in the bubble. He's not as effective in the PnR and asking to finish in the paint. Rather see him looking to pass or take bigs off the dribble.

[Cap]

That 4th quarter was stress
Yikes

Our team D to start the 4th was so bad. Dame got to iso against Craig with no help and we didn't rotate to force him to pass not once in the first 2mins

Ya let Dame get a quick 7-9pts and good luck expecting him to cool off especially in the 4th

If we play the Blazers in the playoffs, we're going to need a new defensive scheme against Lillard. That's for sure. He did everything he wanted. And I mean everything.

Except win.

[bajanguy008]

Yea Shel, that's a good point on Dario and the high post
His savvy and passing is how the whole "Connector" title came up and haven't seen much of that recently.

That's a cool reference from CP3. That 2 guard lineup with him and Jack definitely was a thing back in the day.

I know some wondered about Cam's minutes and Monty taking him out or not riding him when he's hot. There was actually an adjustment made though, Cam came in for CP3 mid third quarter as usual and then Monty usually brings back CP3 at the start of the 4th.

Cam out CP3 in
Book out Jevon in

Monty brought back CP for Book, Cam stayed in and Jevon didn't play in the 2nd half. After staying in Cam goes for 11pts and an assist fore Book comes in. I get why persons would have not want him subbed but to play the last 18mins of the game and leaving Book on the bench would have been quite some decision

It all worked out in the end and but Hey he was on the court to close on that last possession with 4secs left

[The Bobster]

Payne in May (6 games) - 21.3 Min, 60.0 % FG% 61.9 3P%, 100% FT%, 2.3 Reb, 3.7 Ast, 13.5 Pts
Payne's last 4 games - 22.5 Min, 64.1 FG%, 73.3 3P%, 100% FT%, 2.8 Reb, 3.5 Ast, 16.8 Pts
Payne's last 3 games - 23.1 Min, 69.0 FG%, 66.7 3P%, 100% FT%, 3.3 Reb, 3.7 Ast, 17.3 Pts

[Split T]

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I don’t see a foul

Ya, I didn’t see it live or on the first replay...but Powell got him. It was slight, but really stupid for Powell to reach in there.

[The Bobster]

Payne as a Suns - 66 GP, 48.2 FG%, 44.9 3P%, 88.5 FT%, 2.6 Reb, 3.5 Ast, 8.5 Pts

The Suns are 57-21 since signing Payne.

[MightyMoog]

I’m surprised no one is mentioning the coaching snafu by Stotts. By challenging that last call they used their final timeout. Had they not done that. They’d have had a chance to set up a half court play with 2.whatever on the clock.

[wpmiller42]

I’m surprised no one is mentioning the coaching snafu by Stotts. By challenging that last call they used their final timeout. Had they not done that. They’d have had a chance to set up a half court play with 2.whatever on the clock.

I think I would have done the same thing in his position. In real time, I didn't think he got fouled and was mad that they took the putback opportunity away from Bridges. But if you win that challenge, it's a jump ball and realistically probably a win for the Blazers. So I didn't think it was a bad move on his part.

[bajanguy008]

Cam my guy
What kinda hat is that smh lol

[Split T]

I’m surprised no one is mentioning the coaching snafu by Stotts. By challenging that last call they used their final timeout. Had they not done that. They’d have had a chance to set up a half court play with 2.whatever on the clock.

I think I would have done the same thing in his position. In real time, I didn't think he got fouled and was mad that they took the putback opportunity away from Bridges. But if you win that challenge, it's a jump ball and realistically probably a win for the Blazers. So I didn't think it was a bad move on his part.

Ya that’s how I feel as well. Hard to not challenge there...if it’s overturned, and until that one angle showed up, it looked like it would be, it’s a win for Portland. They challenged very quick though...I wonder if Stotts asked Powell if he fouled him or not.

[SunsRIt]

I’m surprised no one is mentioning the coaching snafu by Stotts. By challenging that last call they used their final timeout. Had they not done that. They’d have had a chance to set up a half court play with 2.whatever on the clock.

I think I would have done the same thing in his position. In real time, I didn't think he got fouled and was mad that they took the putback opportunity away from Bridges. But if you win that challenge, it's a jump ball and realistically probably a win for the Blazers. So I didn't think it was a bad move on his part.

Ya that’s how I feel as well. Hard to not challenge there...if it’s overturned, and until that one angle showed up, it looked like it would be, it’s a win for Portland. They challenged very quick though...I wonder if Stotts asked Powell if he fouled him or not.

The foul should have been called before the ball was even inbounded. Booker was being held the whole time.

Oh yeah, Dario sucks. Badly.


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[MightyMoog]

I’m surprised no one is mentioning the coaching snafu by Stotts. By challenging that last call they used their final timeout. Had they not done that. They’d have had a chance to set up a half court play with 2.whatever on the clock.

I think I would have done the same thing in his position. In real time, I didn't think he got fouled and was mad that they took the putback opportunity away from Bridges. But if you win that challenge, it's a jump ball and realistically probably a win for the Blazers. So I didn't think it was a bad move on his part.

Ya that’s how I feel as well. Hard to not challenge there...if it’s overturned, and until that one angle showed up, it looked like it would be, it’s a win for Portland. They challenged very quick though...I wonder if Stotts asked Powell if he fouled him or not.

The way the rules are though, it’s highly unlikely to be overturned. Regardless, if Powell felt he fouled or not. The only way it would be overturned, is if he had not touched him at all, and he should’ve known that he had, even if he felt that it wasn’t a foul. It’s a typical playing not to lose, then trying to win type of scenario. The only justification I could think of, is that they thought there was only .9 on the clock. Which was what it originally read before the replay. I think having last possession in today’s NBA is a huge advantage.

[Split T]

I’m surprised no one is mentioning the coaching snafu by Stotts. By challenging that last call they used their final timeout. Had they not done that. They’d have had a chance to set up a half court play with 2.whatever on the clock.

I think I would have done the same thing in his position. In real time, I didn't think he got fouled and was mad that they took the putback opportunity away from Bridges. But if you win that challenge, it's a jump ball and realistically probably a win for the Blazers. So I didn't think it was a bad move on his part.

Ya that’s how I feel as well. Hard to not challenge there...if it’s overturned, and until that one angle showed up, it looked like it would be, it’s a win for Portland. They challenged very quick though...I wonder if Stotts asked Powell if he fouled him or not.

The way the rules are though, it’s highly unlikely to be overturned. Regardless, if Powell felt he fouled or not. The only way it would be overturned, is if he had not touched him at all, and he should’ve known that he had, even if he felt that it wasn’t a foul. It’s a typical playing not to lose, then trying to win type of scenario. The only justification I could think of, is that they thought there was only .9 on the clock. Which was what it originally read before the replay. I think having last possession in today’s NBA is a huge advantage.

Right, I think seeing the replay makes it seem like a bad decision. And end result makes it a bad decision...but it was also just a very quick decision and I don’t think Stotts had the time. When it was challenged, I was sure it would be overturned...then I saw the angle that showed the foul. So hard to fault Stotts, my initial reaction would have been to challenge as well.

[O_Gardino]

Payne as a Suns - 66 GP, 48.2 FG%, 44.9 3P%, 88.5 FT%, 2.6 Reb, 3.5 Ast, 8.5 Pts

The Suns are 57-21 since signing Payne.

They've been a lot more fun to watch, too.

[JeremyG]

I’m surprised no one is mentioning the coaching snafu by Stotts. By challenging that last call they used their final timeout. Had they not done that. They’d have had a chance to set up a half court play with 2.whatever on the clock.

I think I would have done the same thing in his position. In real time, I didn't think he got fouled and was mad that they took the putback opportunity away from Bridges. But if you win that challenge, it's a jump ball and realistically probably a win for the Blazers. So I didn't think it was a bad move on his part.

Ya that’s how I feel as well. Hard to not challenge there...if it’s overturned, and until that one angle showed up, it looked like it would be, it’s a win for Portland. They challenged very quick though...I wonder if Stotts asked Powell if he fouled him or not.

The way the rules are though, it’s highly unlikely to be overturned. Regardless, if Powell felt he fouled or not. The only way it would be overturned, is if he had not touched him at all, and he should’ve known that he had, even if he felt that it wasn’t a foul. It’s a typical playing not to lose, then trying to win type of scenario. The only justification I could think of, is that they thought there was only .9 on the clock. Which was what it originally read before the replay. I think having last possession in today’s NBA is a huge advantage.

Without the challenge it would have stayed at 0.9 too, right? I don't think they would have reviewed the clock. But still that's enough time if you have a timeout left. I thought it was a bad mistake and that there was no way they could overturn it--that's a judgment call made by the official in real time.

[Split T]

I think they may have checked the clock...they do that in the last two minutes I believe.