Quit yer whining -- nothing the matter with this game besides the final score. Played the best defensive team in the West, a playoff team, tough in their own building. Just so happens we are the youngest team in the league and our lineup has been playing together for about 3 weeks. Not enough experience. Nothing more complex or sinister.
Alright theme on the short night will be very exciting: Fun Pistachio Facts
Boxscore
Greene ( B- ) -- interesting game for Donte marred by another long mysterious spell on the pine. Could not get anything to fall, but played a strong roleplaying game in all the other aspects, and this was a game where having by far and away the best +/- (+13) on the team was not a fluke -- he was filling in all the little holes for us while he was out there. In the early going got the ball on the inside and wisely pulled it back out against traffic, then turned and went back in for the short jumper. Got a block and saved the ball in to Reke to start the break. On the offensive board tipped a ball to Hawes fo a dunk. Then broke up and stole the inbounds pass and dished to Hawes for another dunk. Fouled on the break, hit 1 of 2 to tie it at 14. In and out jumper. Then rimmed out on the three. Nice entry pass to Landry. Was rewarded for his all around contributions with no minutes at all in the 2nd quarter (as we randomly fluttered about with Cisco, Temple, Casspi (for 4 minutes) and McGuire), the loss of his starting spot after half (to Nocioni, who did not even play in the first half), and no minutes in the 3rd either. Finally back to start the 4th, and in short minutes provided more of the same. Strong d-baord. Blocked the shot on the Blazers break. Missed the three on the Reke drive and kick. Sat down again as shifted Cisco up. Back in for a key defensive possession at the 2:45 mark. There's jsut a cap when a guy shoots 1-8. But they really weren't bad shots, as in forced shots. Just misses. And his defensive hustle and providing an extra 6'11" body on the boards tonight had us clearly winning his minutes, so this grade can't sink too far.
Pistachios are native to Iran, and the surrounding regions. Afghanistan is another major producer. And yes, that picture is from Iran -- here in the West we often only get pictures of a bunch of bearded medieval zealots running around making moronic statements, but there is beauty there too. And more importantly: pistachios.
Landry ( B ) -- missed his first jumper, and was getting scored over by the much bigger Aldridge in the early going. Got the inside move to go. Finished with a high arcing little teardrop -- he's the anti-JT with great touch and niftiness in there. Overpowered Cunnningham to the hoop when the Blazers briefly tried to go small against him. Then pinned Cunningham and did it again. In the second the defense on Aldridge picked up, althogh LaMarcus was also just missing shots he had been hitting before. Was grabbing the d-boards as well to finish off the possessions. Missed the jumper. Nice drive finding space in there and the dunk. Started the second half with another strong post move bouncing Aldridge back and laying it in. Had a good O-reb. Jumper from Reke. Offensive board and fouled around the neck by Howard. Missed the first, hit the second. As the Blazers did the boa constrictor squeeze late, we began to have a hard time getting it to him -- the passing lanes were closing, and at his size, and facing two near 7 footers in there (Camby and Aldridge) it was impossible to feed it in over the top. In the 4th got the steal up top after Cisco bumped a ball lose, and got fouled. Hit both. Not heard from again until hit by Reke at the 1:50 mark along the baseline, but he shuffled his feet trying to avoid the looming Camby. Another solid game, but not a factor late.
Did you know that pistachios are one of only two nuts mentioned in the Bible? Even God loves a pistachio. Archaelogical evidence suggests people were eating them as far back as 9,000 years ago. Please do not take the pic as proselytization BTW (against board rules) -- anybody who knows the least thing about my feelings on the matter would get a good laugh out of that accusation.
Hawes ( C+ ) -- well, Spencer is kind of like a box of chocolates -- you never know what you're going to get. Tonight he was solid on the glass, but fairly offensively incompetent. Started with a bad pass turnover trying to lead Beno to the hoop, missed the jumper but got it back and Dished to Donte, another bad pass turnover in the open court as we were sloppy early as we fell behind. Out of the early timeout as we fell behind, had a nice quick spin move in the post against Camby, got fouled, hit 1 of 2. Back to back dunks from Donte as we came back, the first on tipped to him, the second passed to him -- again the assisted dunk has become almost all his offense. Missed the 17 footer. Block from behind, but the Blazers got it back and laid it in. In the 2nd was doing a better job on the boards, but his only offensive appearance was a missed straight on three. Started the second half with a good feed from the 3pt line to Reke on the backdoor cut, and once again tonight his passing was a factor as he was second on the team in assists. Scored with the little half hook. In and out in the 4th, and when in screwed up. Airballed the side pop. On a big play down the stretch got the ball stolen from him by Camby up top. This wasn't a bad roleplaying game -- 7pts 9rebs 4ast 2blks, but I am not sure how I felt about it overall and the grade is a bit of a giveup.
Pistachio trees can grow up to be 30 feet tall, and a single tree produce up to 50,000 nuts a piece every two years (pistachio trees are biennial, meaning they produce much larger crops of nuts in alternate years). To harvest all the little buggers they get giant commerical shaking machines, and shake the hell out of the trees until all the nuts fall loose. Life as a pistachio is hard.
Udrih ( B- ) -- hot in the early going of this one until he got into foul trouble, but stepped back to become a Backseat Beno (TM) after half, and was in and out of the lineup late, I think because of defense. First score was a great drive through 4 Blazers for the layup. Got his jumper blocked from behind, but fell to Landry, who finished. Jumper over Miller. Then drained a three. In the 2nd knocked down yet another jumper, but then picked up a third foul against Miller. After half got a good steal on one end, took it down, and pulled up for the jumper. Jumper off the screen. Bit selfish with the jumper on the break,. Stumbled and turned it over up top leading to a turnover and open court layup for the Blazers. In the 4th airballed a three on the swing around the perimeter and was generally quiet. Got over powered by Roy and Miller on defense a few times, and Westphal seemd more comfortable with Cisco back there late. Just a solid little support game.
According to legend, pistachios were heavily featured in King Nebuchadnezzar's famed Hanging Gardens in ancient Babylon.
Alright theme on the short night will be very exciting: Fun Pistachio Facts
Boxscore
Greene ( B- ) -- interesting game for Donte marred by another long mysterious spell on the pine. Could not get anything to fall, but played a strong roleplaying game in all the other aspects, and this was a game where having by far and away the best +/- (+13) on the team was not a fluke -- he was filling in all the little holes for us while he was out there. In the early going got the ball on the inside and wisely pulled it back out against traffic, then turned and went back in for the short jumper. Got a block and saved the ball in to Reke to start the break. On the offensive board tipped a ball to Hawes fo a dunk. Then broke up and stole the inbounds pass and dished to Hawes for another dunk. Fouled on the break, hit 1 of 2 to tie it at 14. In and out jumper. Then rimmed out on the three. Nice entry pass to Landry. Was rewarded for his all around contributions with no minutes at all in the 2nd quarter (as we randomly fluttered about with Cisco, Temple, Casspi (for 4 minutes) and McGuire), the loss of his starting spot after half (to Nocioni, who did not even play in the first half), and no minutes in the 3rd either. Finally back to start the 4th, and in short minutes provided more of the same. Strong d-baord. Blocked the shot on the Blazers break. Missed the three on the Reke drive and kick. Sat down again as shifted Cisco up. Back in for a key defensive possession at the 2:45 mark. There's jsut a cap when a guy shoots 1-8. But they really weren't bad shots, as in forced shots. Just misses. And his defensive hustle and providing an extra 6'11" body on the boards tonight had us clearly winning his minutes, so this grade can't sink too far.
Pistachios are native to Iran, and the surrounding regions. Afghanistan is another major producer. And yes, that picture is from Iran -- here in the West we often only get pictures of a bunch of bearded medieval zealots running around making moronic statements, but there is beauty there too. And more importantly: pistachios.
Landry ( B ) -- missed his first jumper, and was getting scored over by the much bigger Aldridge in the early going. Got the inside move to go. Finished with a high arcing little teardrop -- he's the anti-JT with great touch and niftiness in there. Overpowered Cunnningham to the hoop when the Blazers briefly tried to go small against him. Then pinned Cunningham and did it again. In the second the defense on Aldridge picked up, althogh LaMarcus was also just missing shots he had been hitting before. Was grabbing the d-boards as well to finish off the possessions. Missed the jumper. Nice drive finding space in there and the dunk. Started the second half with another strong post move bouncing Aldridge back and laying it in. Had a good O-reb. Jumper from Reke. Offensive board and fouled around the neck by Howard. Missed the first, hit the second. As the Blazers did the boa constrictor squeeze late, we began to have a hard time getting it to him -- the passing lanes were closing, and at his size, and facing two near 7 footers in there (Camby and Aldridge) it was impossible to feed it in over the top. In the 4th got the steal up top after Cisco bumped a ball lose, and got fouled. Hit both. Not heard from again until hit by Reke at the 1:50 mark along the baseline, but he shuffled his feet trying to avoid the looming Camby. Another solid game, but not a factor late.
Did you know that pistachios are one of only two nuts mentioned in the Bible? Even God loves a pistachio. Archaelogical evidence suggests people were eating them as far back as 9,000 years ago. Please do not take the pic as proselytization BTW (against board rules) -- anybody who knows the least thing about my feelings on the matter would get a good laugh out of that accusation.
Hawes ( C+ ) -- well, Spencer is kind of like a box of chocolates -- you never know what you're going to get. Tonight he was solid on the glass, but fairly offensively incompetent. Started with a bad pass turnover trying to lead Beno to the hoop, missed the jumper but got it back and Dished to Donte, another bad pass turnover in the open court as we were sloppy early as we fell behind. Out of the early timeout as we fell behind, had a nice quick spin move in the post against Camby, got fouled, hit 1 of 2. Back to back dunks from Donte as we came back, the first on tipped to him, the second passed to him -- again the assisted dunk has become almost all his offense. Missed the 17 footer. Block from behind, but the Blazers got it back and laid it in. In the 2nd was doing a better job on the boards, but his only offensive appearance was a missed straight on three. Started the second half with a good feed from the 3pt line to Reke on the backdoor cut, and once again tonight his passing was a factor as he was second on the team in assists. Scored with the little half hook. In and out in the 4th, and when in screwed up. Airballed the side pop. On a big play down the stretch got the ball stolen from him by Camby up top. This wasn't a bad roleplaying game -- 7pts 9rebs 4ast 2blks, but I am not sure how I felt about it overall and the grade is a bit of a giveup.
Pistachio trees can grow up to be 30 feet tall, and a single tree produce up to 50,000 nuts a piece every two years (pistachio trees are biennial, meaning they produce much larger crops of nuts in alternate years). To harvest all the little buggers they get giant commerical shaking machines, and shake the hell out of the trees until all the nuts fall loose. Life as a pistachio is hard.
Udrih ( B- ) -- hot in the early going of this one until he got into foul trouble, but stepped back to become a Backseat Beno (TM) after half, and was in and out of the lineup late, I think because of defense. First score was a great drive through 4 Blazers for the layup. Got his jumper blocked from behind, but fell to Landry, who finished. Jumper over Miller. Then drained a three. In the 2nd knocked down yet another jumper, but then picked up a third foul against Miller. After half got a good steal on one end, took it down, and pulled up for the jumper. Jumper off the screen. Bit selfish with the jumper on the break,. Stumbled and turned it over up top leading to a turnover and open court layup for the Blazers. In the 4th airballed a three on the swing around the perimeter and was generally quiet. Got over powered by Roy and Miller on defense a few times, and Westphal seemd more comfortable with Cisco back there late. Just a solid little support game.
According to legend, pistachios were heavily featured in King Nebuchadnezzar's famed Hanging Gardens in ancient Babylon.
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Even PW agreed...
