Blazers @ Kings Game Thread

[Bibby_10]

Artest: 22 Pts, 4 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 6 Steals, 0 Turnover.

Artest
steals = 6

Blazers
steals = 5

Sorry, just love that stat.

 

[bloom]

What a boring game. It just seemed that nobody (except a couple players) really had the energy out there. Maybe it had to do with too many days off...Ron was great out there. He played within the team, he set the tone and did what he's good at. Nice job Ron.

 

[Rockmeister]

brad needs to stop shooting so many three's

Brad is good at shooting the 3. He was open the 3 times that he did and I didn't mind him shooting it.

 

[PacMan]

Brad is good at shooting the 3. He was open the 3 times that he did and I didn't mind him shooting it.

His percentage at the 3 point is 31 percent for his career. That's not good.

 

[VF21]

Brad is good at shooting the 3. He was open the 3 times that he did and I didn't mind him shooting it.

I agree.

As far as the 31% goes, if he's hitting one out of three attempts it forces the opposing center to try and keep him covered even out past the arc which opens up the lane. When that happens he can kick it inside and get the assist.

 

[upinsmoke]

Brad is really struggling 3-11 with the rest of his 14 points coming off ft's. The only consistant of his game is rebounds he had 7 in 31 mins last night. It looks like Miller lost his confidence and is frusterated and Spencer looks ready to take his job by next year.

 

[CruzDude]

Artest: 22 Pts, 4 Rebounds, 3 Assists, 6 Steals, 0 Turnover.
Martin: 6 Pts, 2 Rebounds, 1 Assist, 1 Steal, 4 Turnovers.

+ Beno: 14 pts, 8 reb, 7 ast, 1 steal, 6 TO's

 

[VF21]

Those turnovers were not all Beno's fault. In fact, at least three of them should have gone to someone else as they either dropped the pass or watched it sail oob. I can recall two situations with Moore and one with Martin. It's unfortunate for Beno that their mishandling is reflected negatively on his stats. Yes, he did make a couple of mistakes but not what you would think if you just looked at the stat line.

 

[VF21]

Brad is really struggling 3-11 with the rest of his 14 points coming off ft's. The only consistant of his game is rebounds he had 7 in 31 mins last night. It looks like Miller lost his confidence and is frusterated and Spencer looks ready to take his job by next year.

While I agree that it looks like he's frustrated I think it's due at least in part to the tailbone injury and lingering effects from his sliced finger, if you buy into what Amick was quoting from Theus a couple of days ago.

 

[Jechtsphere]

Those turnovers were not all Beno's fault. In fact, at least three of them should have gone to someone else as they either dropped the pass or watched it sail oob. I can recall two situations with Moore and one with Martin. It's unfortunate for Beno that their mishandling is reflected negatively on his stats. Yes, he did make a couple of mistakes but not what you would think if you just looked at the stat line.

He probably could of had 10 plus assists too if guys knocked down wide open shots as well.

He played very well last night, I love watching him.

 

[upinsmoke]

While I agree that it looks like he's frustrated I think it's due at least in part to the tailbone injury and lingering effects from his sliced finger, if you buy into what Amick was quoting from Theus a couple of days ago.

I do not buy into that excuse for his poor play, mainly because at this time of the season just about everyone is banged up. I dont see Brad playing with the same passion as the rest of team. Maybe he is all to aware that his starting job is at risk and that he just cant seem to turn the corner and get out of his slump.

 

[VF21]

It's not an excuse. It's an explanation of something some people may not have known. Buy into or not, I think it's pretty lame to start talking about Brad's lack of passion without taking everything else into account.

Miller has been really dedicated and worked hard this year. I personally hate to see that minimalized by conjecture without all the facts.

 

[bloom]

Can we please cut Mikki's time a bit and give it to someone else?

 

[Entity]

Ron Artest may have deserved an any questions thread with that all around perfomance last night. He was possed and he let the game come to him on offense.