lifesallover
Pretty much a regular
Disclaimer, I should be faded right now. In a horrible rut, losing my last 5.
YTD 6-4 -.5Units (Posted), Lost Toronto last night (Unposted).
New Orleans Hornets @ Portland Trailblazers +4 (or greater, will wait til' tipoff)
New Orleans Hornets @ Portland Trailblazers ML (Again, will wait)
"We haven't been punching first and we have to punch first, right out of the gate." Martell Webster "In the first 20 seconds of the game, the other team will know how we are coming out to play and that we are going to keep it up the whole game. That's very important and crucial."
First things first, Blazers have looked terrible the last 2 games against the Rockets and these very Hornets. In my last thread as that game was winding down, I circled this game, and gauranteed this would be a play for me. I pretty much was dead on everything except the outcome, Blazer defense was bad, but Hornets were knocking down everything, espacially in that 1st quarter and completely distroyed the Blazers will. I don't see them shooting 67% to start the game, that was simply absurd. Hornets put Chandler on Aldridge in that game last week, and worked very well, and left West to gaurd Pryzbilla, which also worked well because Pryzbilla is not an offensive..anything, so the size mismatch did nothing for the Blazers. I also stated Paul would abuse long time friend, Jack. He did, with ease. The Blazers will be starting Blake at PG and Frye at C. Will it work? Who knows. Blake is a better PG right now, and a LOT better defender, will he shut down Paul? No, will he do better then Jack, yes. Frye gets the Nod at center, is this a good thing? Depends who are, Frye with the exception of the 2nd half against the Rockets, has looked lost, and all but shook me from his bandwagon. I'm not sold on him, but he loked better against Houston. But this will create an advantage against Chandler/West, Frye should be able to take advantage offensively against the undersized West, something Pryzbilla could not. And he is athletic enough to come out on West. I'm not gonna break down all the positions, cause nothing else has changed. The Hornets still have a bad bench, and I will be shocked if they come up with a game like last week, Jackson and Butler are feast or famine, last week Jackson had maybe the best game he's had in a couple years(isn't he due for an injury, any moment now??). Their bench doesn't scare me, and I expect the Blazers to come out and smack them in the mouth at the tip, they've been talking it this week, now they need to walk it. They are saying all the right things to the media right now, but now they have to prove it. Outside of all that, it's a bad spot for the Hornets schedule wise, and Portland is well rested. It's the home opener(last in the league), sell out crowd, renevated court. The players and staff know that even though it's early, this game is crucial for their season. The Ducks are on a national stage, and when they are done, the Blazers need to show that they are going to be competitive, or the fans that didn't write this season off after Oden went down, will quickly fall inline. I can't emphasize how truly big this game is for the Blazers, it's sink or swim already after 3 games and the 4th on deck.
The Blazers don't deserve to be played right now, in all honesty, so tread lightly, but I said last week this was a play, and the only thing I have is my word, and I still like this play. Goodluck to all.
Other plays I'll be looking at are Grizz/Sonics Over, Heat/Spurs Under.
Lets hope some breaks fall our way tonight. Goodluck fellas.
YTD 6-4 -.5Units (Posted), Lost Toronto last night (Unposted).
New Orleans Hornets @ Portland Trailblazers +4 (or greater, will wait til' tipoff)
New Orleans Hornets @ Portland Trailblazers ML (Again, will wait)
"We haven't been punching first and we have to punch first, right out of the gate." Martell Webster "In the first 20 seconds of the game, the other team will know how we are coming out to play and that we are going to keep it up the whole game. That's very important and crucial."
First things first, Blazers have looked terrible the last 2 games against the Rockets and these very Hornets. In my last thread as that game was winding down, I circled this game, and gauranteed this would be a play for me. I pretty much was dead on everything except the outcome, Blazer defense was bad, but Hornets were knocking down everything, espacially in that 1st quarter and completely distroyed the Blazers will. I don't see them shooting 67% to start the game, that was simply absurd. Hornets put Chandler on Aldridge in that game last week, and worked very well, and left West to gaurd Pryzbilla, which also worked well because Pryzbilla is not an offensive..anything, so the size mismatch did nothing for the Blazers. I also stated Paul would abuse long time friend, Jack. He did, with ease. The Blazers will be starting Blake at PG and Frye at C. Will it work? Who knows. Blake is a better PG right now, and a LOT better defender, will he shut down Paul? No, will he do better then Jack, yes. Frye gets the Nod at center, is this a good thing? Depends who are, Frye with the exception of the 2nd half against the Rockets, has looked lost, and all but shook me from his bandwagon. I'm not sold on him, but he loked better against Houston. But this will create an advantage against Chandler/West, Frye should be able to take advantage offensively against the undersized West, something Pryzbilla could not. And he is athletic enough to come out on West. I'm not gonna break down all the positions, cause nothing else has changed. The Hornets still have a bad bench, and I will be shocked if they come up with a game like last week, Jackson and Butler are feast or famine, last week Jackson had maybe the best game he's had in a couple years(isn't he due for an injury, any moment now??). Their bench doesn't scare me, and I expect the Blazers to come out and smack them in the mouth at the tip, they've been talking it this week, now they need to walk it. They are saying all the right things to the media right now, but now they have to prove it. Outside of all that, it's a bad spot for the Hornets schedule wise, and Portland is well rested. It's the home opener(last in the league), sell out crowd, renevated court. The players and staff know that even though it's early, this game is crucial for their season. The Ducks are on a national stage, and when they are done, the Blazers need to show that they are going to be competitive, or the fans that didn't write this season off after Oden went down, will quickly fall inline. I can't emphasize how truly big this game is for the Blazers, it's sink or swim already after 3 games and the 4th on deck.
The Blazers don't deserve to be played right now, in all honesty, so tread lightly, but I said last week this was a play, and the only thing I have is my word, and I still like this play. Goodluck to all.
Other plays I'll be looking at are Grizz/Sonics Over, Heat/Spurs Under.
Lets hope some breaks fall our way tonight. Goodluck fellas.
