Portland Trail Blazers - Utah Jazz Game Thread.

[nuraman00]

7 PM MST

Markkanen playing.

I think he was legitimately hurt with his back, in the games he missed.

 

[nuraman00]

Someone throws a pass over Kessler's head.

I didn't know that was possible.

Portland should not wear green uniforms, unless it's Christmas.

Is this the first time this year Utah has worn white at home?

 

[nuraman00]

Baby Crawl Race: Babies in bear outfits try to go from the 3 point line, to halfcourt.

Two babies, instead of crawling towards the finish line, crawl next to each other and look at each other.

The Jazz Bear tries to encourage them, by putting a stuffed bear on a fishing pole line, in front of where they're supposed to go.

 

[nuraman00]

I like that game.

 

[nuraman00]

Coin game: The fan has to identify which coin had the America First Credit Union logo.

She wins the first round.

Then she has the option of double or nothing.

She takes it.

She gets round two right.

I think she wins $200.

 

[nuraman00]

Skills challenge: A fan has to dribble around obstacles, then make a layup.

I think at one point, the game host asked "Are you Tyreke Evans?", after complimenting his dribbling.

Or maybe he said "Are you tired yet?"

At the end, the host said "Good job, you looked like John Stockton."

Ok, I listened to it three times. It definitely sounds like "Good dribbling skills. Are you Tyreke Evans? I'm not sure."

 

[nuraman00]

Speaking of a connection between John Stockton and Tyreke Evans:

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Pacers' Nate McMillan: Over-thinking causing Tyreke Evans to become 'robotic'

McMillan: 'It seems like he’s thinking too much out there and not reacting to what is happening … We need to him to let his instincts take over.'

www.indystar.com

“It seems like he’s thinking too much at times out there and not reacting to what is happening. … We need to him to let his instincts take over. I trust his instincts.”

So does team leader and all-star Victor Oladipo, who jokingly told Evans recently to stop trying to be John Stockton.

That one made Evans laugh. “That guy is a legend, so I guess I’ll take it as compliment,” Evans chuckled.

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[nuraman00]

45 all. Jazz have led almost all game.

 

[Draft Crazy]

Go Portland.

 

[nuraman00]

68 - 56 halftime.



Portland with 18 assists.

 

[nuraman00]

The Jazz had it within one, but the Trail Blazers are pulling away again.

Midway through 4th.

 

[nuraman00]

Portland in a blowout.

Jazz couldn't contain Shaedon Sharpe's scoring, steals, or snatching of missed shots.

 

[MHSL82]

I knew they would lose because they beat the Kings and Celtics. So maybe it isn’t like a box of chocolates, but rather that we know we’re going have a good chance to beat the good teams and lose to the bad teams. I don’t like that. I liked it when we could beat the good teams, and we didn’t know what was going to happen against the bad teams. (I mean, of course, I would like to know that we’re going to beat the bad teams, too, but I was just comparing the two.) At least Damian Lillard played. I hate losing to teams without their star player.

 

[nuraman00]

I knew they would lose because they beat the Kings and Celtics.

After beating the Celtics, what did you think was going to happen against the Kings?

Also, what other teams have beaten both Boston and Sacramento?

 

[MHSL82]

After beating the Celtics, what did you think was going to happen against the Kings?

Also, what other teams have beaten both Boston and Sacramento?

I thought we were going to win without Markannen but only because the unexpected happens. We’ll probably lose with him. Note that we are better with him, this is not like Paul, George, I’m just saying that whenever the Jazz seem down, they win, and whenever they seem to have a two game winning streak, they lose. But I was also ready to blame no Markannen if we lost. I don’t care to be consistent.

 

[nuraman00]

Thanks.

Can you find out which teams have beaten both Boston and Sacramento?

Also, which teams have either lost to both Houston and San Antonio, or San Antonio 2x?

Ok I'll do the beaten both Boston and Sacramento part:

(You can sort by all wins and all losses here:

2022-23 Boston Celtics Schedule | Basketball-Reference.com

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Miami, Golden State, Clippers, Indiana, Denver, New York, Phoenix, Milwaukee, Utah.