Gotta give Dave Deckard and the Blazers Edge crew props: they’re already over 350 posts on the CJ news (while many other SBN hoops sites struggle to get over ten posts per diary).
Gotta be a rough time for Blazer fans in general. But I think a blowup is looong overdue.
Loved the way Poole and Kuminga played today! The offense was five out standing around until those two injected the movement and unlocked everyone else. Great to see the Warriors younger guys knowing they can beat other good young guys. Kuminga getting the rising stars snub might be the best thing that’s happened to the Warriors for the next decade.
Good way to take care of business this one. Towards the end, when for about two or three plays the Thunder were thinking they had a chance, Klay made that dagger shot to put it away and threw down a gesture with two fingers pointing down, as if to say, "Don't forget, I own this arena" and it was awesome. Klay is awesome.
The rest of the guys did good things too. Really feels like everyone on the team knows how they fit in and how they contribute to winning. Great to see Otto Porter back from injury, and it was great to see Iguodala play a bit before he had to back out again. =/
There *were* a couple embarrassing sequences, but my read is that the team felt like it was enough in the bag that they got lax. Hard to play at your best when everyone expects you to win and you're just doing OK.
I said Klay would be better than "old Klay" when he came back. I believe I was correct. Klay sees the court better, has better handles and is still capable of unreal shooting. He still has a ways to go to be "back," but he already looks like he's gotten better.
If Kerr is going to give crunch time minutes to Moody to help him boost his confidence, he might NOT want to let bring the ball up the floor under pressure. I started cringing once he got the ball in the backcourt and then he dribbled to the sideline just across half court where he lost the ball just before he was going to get doubled and lose the ball anyway. We've got Klay, Steph, and Poole in the lineup to make sure they get the ball across the line in crunch time.
Another great game by Poole. Very patient, working on the defensive end, 8 boards, 8 dimes. He's found his game as a sixth man and Dubs are responding well during his minutes
I guess we’ve heard the last of people trying to claim Lillard and McCollum is a better guard tandem than Steph and Klay.
Gotta give Dave Deckard and the Blazers Edge crew props: they’re already over 350 posts on the CJ news (while many other SBN hoops sites struggle to get over ten posts per diary).
Gotta be a rough time for Blazer fans in general. But I think a blowup is looong overdue.
@ShamsCharania
Portland is finalizing acquiring Josh Hart, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Tomas Satoransky and draft compensation in the CJ McCollum trade, sources said.
@wojespn
Portland and New Orleans have agreed upon a trade --- CJ McCollum, Larry Nance and Tony Snell are on the way to the Pelicans, sources tell ESPN.
Re: JoKu
Watch this space.
https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/highest-nba-rookie-plus-minus
Kelly Oubre last ten games from 3:
10-15 (.667) in one game @IND.
14-78 (.179) in the other nine games.
Streakiness, thy name is Tsunami Papi…
Loved the way Poole and Kuminga played today! The offense was five out standing around until those two injected the movement and unlocked everyone else. Great to see the Warriors younger guys knowing they can beat other good young guys. Kuminga getting the rising stars snub might be the best thing that’s happened to the Warriors for the next decade.
Good way to take care of business this one. Towards the end, when for about two or three plays the Thunder were thinking they had a chance, Klay made that dagger shot to put it away and threw down a gesture with two fingers pointing down, as if to say, "Don't forget, I own this arena" and it was awesome. Klay is awesome.
The rest of the guys did good things too. Really feels like everyone on the team knows how they fit in and how they contribute to winning. Great to see Otto Porter back from injury, and it was great to see Iguodala play a bit before he had to back out again. =/
There *were* a couple embarrassing sequences, but my read is that the team felt like it was enough in the bag that they got lax. Hard to play at your best when everyone expects you to win and you're just doing OK.
I said Klay would be better than "old Klay" when he came back. I believe I was correct. Klay sees the court better, has better handles and is still capable of unreal shooting. He still has a ways to go to be "back," but he already looks like he's gotten better.
Jazz beat the Knicks. Knicks held the game close until the end.
Jazz-Knicks is a close game. Hmm....
BTW - JTA kicked ass in his six seconds tonight
If Kerr is going to give crunch time minutes to Moody to help him boost his confidence, he might NOT want to let bring the ball up the floor under pressure. I started cringing once he got the ball in the backcourt and then he dribbled to the sideline just across half court where he lost the ball just before he was going to get doubled and lose the ball anyway. We've got Klay, Steph, and Poole in the lineup to make sure they get the ball across the line in crunch time.
Another great game by Poole. Very patient, working on the defensive end, 8 boards, 8 dimes. He's found his game as a sixth man and Dubs are responding well during his minutes
Notable stats:
Warriors:
Curry: (+4)
18 points 6/12 FGs 4/10 three pointers 2/2 FTs
9 rebounds 10 assists 4 turnovers 1 steal
Kuminga: (+12)
16 points 6/11 FGs 0/3 three pointers 4/7 FTs
4 rebounds (2 off.) 4 assists 2 turnovers
Poole: (+17)
11 points 5/8 FGs 1/4 three pointers
8 rebounds (2 off.) 8 assists 3 turnovers 2 steals
Thompson: (+6)
15 points 6/15 FGs 3/8 three pointers 6/6 FTs
2 rebounds 2 assists 2 steals 1 block
Wiggins: (+6)
15 points 6/15 FGs 3/9 three pointers
5 rebounds 3 turnovers 1 steal 1 block
Payton II: (+4)
5 points 2/3 FGs 1/2 three pointers
2 rebounds (1 off.) 2 steals
Thunder:
Bazley: (-5)
20 points 8/16 FGs 2/4 three pointers 2/4 FTs
8 rebounds (2 off.) 1 turnover 1 steal
Dort: (-6)
26 points 9/21 FGs 3/12 three pointers 5/7 FTs
4 rebounds (3 off) 1 assist 5 turnovers 3 steals
Giddey: (-2)
16 points 6/16 FGs 0/3 three pointers 4/4 FTs
11 rebounds (3 off.) 7 assists 4 turnovers 1 steal
Williams: (-12)
12 points 5/11 FGs 2/6 three pointers
7 rebounds (2 off.) 5 assists 2 turnovers 1 steal 1 block
Mann: (+0)
11 points 4/13 FGs 3/7 three pointers
3 rebounds 4 assists 3 turnovers 2 steals
Final stats:
Warriors:
50.0% shooting (41/82 FGs)
15/34 three pointers
13/17 FTs
41 rebounds (7 off.)
30 assists
15 turnovers
11 steals
3 blocks
Thunder:
41.1% shooting (37/90 FGs)
11/36 three pointers
13/17 FTs
49 rebounds (18 off.)
21 assists
17 turnovers
8 steals
2 blocks
Points in paint:
Warriors: 46
Thunder: 52
Fastbreak points:
Warriors: 2
Thunder: 8
Points off turnovers:
Warriors: 26
Thunder: 13
Bench points:
Warriors: 46
Thunder: 21
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my biggest takeaway: we have the Splash Brothers; they don't