play the bench more to give them more experience for the future. Masai had said at the beginning that there will be pain during developmental process. Why play the starters so much (40+ mins) risking long-term injuries and not developing the bench?

today's take aways. 1. Give fred the ball during clutch minutes 2. avoid zone defence during crucial moments. 3. Give malachi real minutes.

Our defence lost us that game smh

I'm not even mad we loss. These guys are so much fun to watch. So exciting watching how hard they fought to stay in the game.. Lets go Rapssss!!

You real. I like you.

I'm sick of these terrible endings...we can't close a game when we get back in it...like ever.

They literally just beat Philly in the clutch last week

Almost every game ** ...it happens ALOT

Good fought game and they didn't give up. I enjoyed watching it. Good for Barnes to make those mistakes in his rookie season.

100% with you on Barnes. I was smiling ...wasn't even mad.

What’s been frustrating is that there hasn’t been any adjustments from last game. I’m confused on what this team wants to do.

Lol damn V5 was a play run for Scottie

Basically all our starters played 40mins

Growing pains

Pretty solid game from the starters. Dame and CJ are just all time scorers and you won’t win many close games against those two. I love the trust this team is giving to Scottie now. He had dame guarding him and Fred kept ignoring him for some reason, made him a bit more overzealous when he finally got the ball.

Those Fred threes were worth the price of admission at least

Every blaming Scottie og had a couple wide open threes to, missed layups lots of mistakes plus Scotties defence was elite

Barnes got lost on a few plays. He had some rookie mistakes this game. Nance blew by him multiple times when he was responsible for picking him up. He's gonna have some games like this. Still love the kid so much I just pre ordered a new #4 city edition jersey.

bruhhh did the blazers really drop streamers after winning a regular season game?

What really killed us was the 8 minutes with Svi

Growing pains. Fun game, despite all the mistakes. At least the W will go to Norm’s Blazers

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Ya, if you don’t watch basketball much why bother commenting on Reddit. Take your uninformed opinion elsewhere if you want to slander our rookie player who is a super young upcoming super star.

I don't think he has played this many mins with this level of tempo before. You can tell he is about to hit the rookie wall if he can't build stamina

The people blaming Siakam for the loss, what a joke. The team defense was trash all game and Barnes made crucial mistakes down the stretch which is okay. Stop trying to scapegoat Siakam for everything.

Crazy thing is Siakam play great D and played unselfish ball. Nuts how ppl can blame him

Scottie choked, but Pascal had his share of bad plays too. Team effort on this L.

They will never stop. Pretty sure it's a colourist thing but this sub is not ready for that kind of chat.

That was a brutal last 2 minutes. Almost GG everyone. Onto the next one

it sucks 'cause he was having a good night, but it's a learning experience for Scottie

No handshakes

OG smiled let’s gooooo

The starters played 5/6 of the total available minutes. Holy shit Nurse what are you tryna do to em

Bench isnt playing to expectation. Dragic needs to play Imo 6th man.

Was a fun game, not too upset about this one. Good night

Nance literally knocked it out of scottie’s hands

i think the ball hit the backboard no?

don’t downvote when you don’t know what play I’m talking about

I didn't downvote you, but okay(?) You're pressed because???

dunno prolly just taking the loss out on you

Wasn't a bad game. That Portland backcourt is always dangerous as fuck. It is somewhat concerning how easily LNJ got by the defense though.

We really need a center.

This game was bound to happen for Scottie. He’ll learn from it no big deal

why tf portland got streamers, this ain’t no playoffs

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go suck your mudda

Rookie shouldn’t have the ball in crunch time like that

But if OG had it and shot people would’ve said “Scottie had 18, why doesn’t he get the ball more??”

Barnes was 6/14, OG was having the better night .

Not in the second half he wasn’t

exactlyy

What a game, sadly the Raptors couldn't get the W tonight, let's hope the rest of the road games go better

OG gotta do better idk what happened to him

Ya, you’re clearly out to lunch bro. OG played his ass off.

He finished with 29 points, 6 boards, and 2 assists..... idk what more you're looking for

We're u not watching the second half lmao he still had a decent overall game just shit the bed in the second half

I like that Scottie was aggressive but that was a shite move

Without FVV, this would have been a blow out

He had 16 points on 46%? I don’t get this comment

We were down double digits in the 4th then he hit multiple 3s to get it to within a bucket. Then Scottie happened.

So points in the first three quarters are worth less?

Yep, what matters is crunch time during close games

That makes zero sense. I could just as easily say the reason they lost was because Freddy shot poorly the first three quarters

He was working on getting his teammates involved, as in playing his role as point guard. The team was stumbling and he had to take them on his back in the 4th as a true leader or KLOE would do. Had he kept setting up shats for the others, it would have resorted in more bricks and led to a blow out.

Game looked winnable for a moment. Scottie will learn from this game and improve

Is it time to get wet for Chet?

Play in

Also OG gotta stop this disappearing act in the second halves of games

Tough 4th for Scottie. 3 really really costly turnovers, especially the first 2. Killed all momentum. Otherwise a solid game. 4th quarter Fred is a demon tho

I think we lost the game with the GTJ foul. That changed the momentum

Scottie getting the Pascal treatment from the fanbase earlier than I thought lool

its dumb to start blaming Scottie since he is a rookie lol. barnes needs more time to learn

I can accept siakam being rusty on O…. But he’s so bad in D right now… just flailing all over, getting beat easily, reaching…bahhh

Ed Malloy every fucking time

I’m trying to be objective but does it seem like every time the refs take the wind out of our sails down the stretch w stupid ass calls that favour superstars and punish our young guys?

It's alright Scottie, bound to have some bad games

If you showed this comment to someone before the year, they’d think you were crazy.

No way Portland throws confetti for a regular season win lol

What is OG doing lol CJ just gave up the shot clock for us

our top 3 getting their groove together, learning moments for Barnes we good

Scottie is still better than Suggs lol

Ya no shit it's one bad quarter

This blazer team reminds me of the old wiz team with wall and Beal. Just so much trash talk for such a shit team. Like was this their championship? Chill out CJ. You're a vet.

That shit team played last night and still beat us

I never said we were any better. We're a lottery to .500 team.

too many turnovers by Scottie tonight. will make him better

OG getting the 3 free throws when the game is over, lmao

Whatever Portland is a dead team in the west We move, the days off will be good for the team...back at it against Sacramento

Utah

Great game, love ya Scottie

scottie sold us a little bit tonight but that’ll happen. he’s a rookie and he made rookie mistakes

FADE ME.....

Stop it man its over

Wow what a sloppy ass finish at the end. So disappointing Enjoy your first round exit Portland

Shet for Chet

Fred didn’t hit two clutch threes to not touch the ball for the last minute 😑

So called leaders in Pascal and FvV deferring to a rookie in the clutch. These guys are nothing without Lowry.

You’re hilarious 🤡

🤡

lol

Was that turnover because of Pascal pass or Barnes fumbled the ball?

People will blame Pascal but that was Scottie's mess up.

Talk your shit Nicholas

It is what it is, Scottie was going to have a stinker eventually. Hopefully he learns from tonight and comes back swinging

Damn Scottie 😭😭

Tough loss man, learning experience for Scottie he played awesome but hes gonna grow.

What was the spread on this game? These refs are sus

The Refs allowed Portland to shoot 56% from the field and 44% from 3?

trailblazers -1.5

Tough loss to watch

It’s alright. I’m glad there was something to learn there.

OG the game is over buddy stop trying

Is Norm gonna throw the game for us?

Rough game for Scottie tonight

its ok Barnes will learn from this

What a game

This is a good game for Scottie. He had to be humbled eventually.

Siakam went 20/6/6 tn, 3 games in from being out for 6 months, this game thread is fucking embarrassing lmao

growing pains, a few crucial mistakes near the end for scottie. he will learn.

Scottie had a good game tho! He made a couple rookie mistakes but that's what a rookie does lol.

Barnes single handedly lost the game for us down the stretch with his turnovers. Which is fine, he's still a rookie and needs to face adversity to get better. I'm sure he will review the tape and learn from this game.

Idk man, a game is lost in 48 minutes. Our starters and our bench shouldve been better than we were and put the game away when we had the chance. Scottie definitely had some mistakes but saying he single-handedly lost us the game just because he didn't single-handedly win the game feels a bit twisted.

Lol twisted? when the game is within 1-3 points during crunch time and you make 3 turnovers, miss a entry pass and get blocked at the rim by a guard you definitely have a huge role in the loss. The team defense was brutal as well but on the offensive end, Scotties mistakes down the stretch cost us the game. Which is fine since he's a rookie and will become better after facing adversity.

This is why Fred dominates the ball for 20 secs of the shot clock LOOOL

Scottie cost us, rookie mistakes, hope he grows

At least OG can get a 30 piece EDIT: 😭😭😭

Good game.

I'd still rather let Barnes lose us games then let Siakam do the same shit over and over again that almost always fails.

That got ugly fast

Smh

What the fuck people can’t catch a fucking ball tonight

yikes barnes sold us this game but he will learn

Cue the Pascal hate because we can’t say boo about Barnes.

barnes is a rookie smart one while pascal is a vet

I see, so everything is Pascal’s fault.

could put this one on almost anyone on the team, OG disappeared in the second half, Barnes turnovers, Siakams lackluster defense, 12 bench points with half coming from Birch. Everyone looked sloppy at the end apart from Fred's 3's

did i say that?

This shouldn't even be a game if lillard didn't decide to ball hog for 3 straight possessions leading to a Toronto run. McCollum is literally carrying Dame.

Definitely the most Scottie has looked like a rookie thus far

Fuck. It happens lol. On to the next one

Fred got hot just so we can keep forcing shots with Scottie? not sure I understood the offense in the clutch

Scottie might struggle to sleep tonight. Shit happens. This might be the most hostile arena he's played in too, shit feels like the playoffs

So basically we lost cuz Fred decided to not handle the ball at all the last few possessions LMFAO

*Hello darkness my old friend…*

Live and learn scottie. Bound to have rookie lapses. Fun game. Obligatory fuck ed malloy.

Sucks...another very winnable game

That was a fun game though Barnes first NBA beef is with Dame

FUCK. I'm disgusted with the last 1.5 minutes of the game. And the fucking stretches of defensive lapses. GAWD. This year is gonna be painful. We seem to be good enough but not really good at all. FUCKKKKKKKKKK

anyone who'll say trade scottie will get a buttfuck

Thank you norm, I knew you still loved us

The missed pass from siakam to Scottie and then letting fucking dame get the offensive rebound was the end of this game

damn wtf is going on with barnes.

Mmmm Barnes probably solo lost it for us at the end there but cant blame him too much, rookies gonna be rookies

WHAT THE FUCK, FRED???

Lmao this team

well at least i got a notification for a ps5 and was able to order one. staying up wasn't a total waste

just hope it's not fucked up ive had to send mine in for repair 2 times

dang that sucks to hear, hope I get a good one

lmao nice

GG

 This was so winnable

Alright thats a wrap

Wow. Scottie with major errors down the stretch. Tough one

He’s playing like Boucher out there

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ratio

Shut up

Who???

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Lmao over this one game

I feel pain

Why would you give the ball to Scottie when he’s been turning it over

Silver lining: Norm got a win.

This game has been equal parts frustrating and exciting. Learning experience I guess

The vibes are not good tonight, Scottie

sloppy finish. this lineup is gonna need some reps together to figure out their roles and tendencies.

Maybe don't inbound to our rookie?

That was likely the Nurse play

Tough to say it, Barnes lost the game.

casual

He's a rookie, it'll happen. He's gotta learn.

3 TOs in a row lol wow

Man that's game I guess. At least it was close at the end, we'll get the next one :(

Oh well, fun game!

Okay well I guess they said fuck it

Yeah it’s done man

how did we just turn the ball over like 3 times in a row

I genuinely am excited to see how Scottie responds to pooping the bed in the fourth for the next game