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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 5:46pm #24712
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    IndianaBasketball
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    Is anybody else watching this game? I know the Lakers vs Knicks are also on right now.

    The big three have had good games, but the Blazers are playing the Heat  tough. Other than the big three, nobody else on the Heat can get anything. The Blazers are leading 62 to 58 with less than four minutes in the third.

    I don’t think the Blazers get enough credit as being a great defensive team. Even with their franchise player out, this team is still very good. I don’t think people should just automatically assume this team won’t be in the playoffs. It may be crazy to say, but I think the Blazers are somewhat better in the half-court without Roy. It’s not as stagnant.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:03pm #473365
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    Deserves to be an all-star. I’m not saying he will be, but he certaintly should be. He has taken the next step and is rebounding/playing inside way more than he was last year.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:06pm #473368
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    Yea… I was wrong about Aldridge. With Roy out, the Blazers need him to take that next step and he’s doing it.

    I like what Batum has done vs LeBron tonight.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:09pm #473370
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    Batum is playing well. When he hits his jumpers, he has plenty of confidence. He is just very inconsistent.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:23pm #473382
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    Bvilleballer21
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     LeBron…He wants this…

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:26pm #473385
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    IndianaBasketball
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    And so does Wade lol. That crossover on Mills was sickening.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:28pm #473387
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    Bvilleballer21
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     Bosh can’t play D to save his life, Jeez…That’s gonna be an issue in the playoffs. LA is playing well but he’s not the kind of back to the basket player that Bosh is making him look like…

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:29pm #473388
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    TyrekeJones
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    Aldridge has really willed his team to get wins with Roy being out. Batum is a great player, just inconsistent, he is a great perimeter defender and great shooter. It was the same case last year with this team, even dispite injuries, the Blazers still find ways to win, gotta give Nate McMillan a lot of credit with working with what hes got.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:29pm #473389
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    IndianaBasketball
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    Aldridge can get whatever he wants against Bosh.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:29pm #473390
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    omphalos
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    This is a great finish, cheers for the tip, I wasn’t watching until now. Love my countryman Patty Mills getting minutes down the stretch.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:30pm #473391
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    IndianaBasketball
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    Now THAT’S where the Blazers miss Roy…

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:33pm #473395
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    Bvilleballer21
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     I wonder if LeBron can keep this up in OT…Haven’t seen him close out a game like that in a while..

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:34pm #473396
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    IndianaBasketball
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    Batum FINALLY takes a charge vs LeBron.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:38pm #473398
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    omphalos
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    I almost feel like the charge called on Lebron was a make-up call after the missed block on the other end. Lebron gets away with charges way too much.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:40pm #473400
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    Yea… Some of those fouls called against Batum late in the fourth were VERY suspect.

    However, LeBron is CLOSING the Blazers out something serious.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:40pm #473402
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     I know it’s late, but here is a live stream if anyone needs it. 

    http://www.mips.tv/channel.php?u=6005

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:40pm #473403
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     I know it’s late, but here is a live stream if anyone needs it. 

    http://www.mips.tv/channel.php?u=6005

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:42pm #473405
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    omphalos
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    That three was a dagger… ouch.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:49pm #473407
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    IndianaBasketball
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    Wow… This is the best I’ve ever seen LeBron in the clutch.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:49pm #473408
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    Wow, clutch three by Lebron, and that travel against Aldridge was a killer.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:51pm #473410
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    Bvilleballer21
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     Dang. Respect for LBJ…

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:53pm #473411
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    IndianaBasketball
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    Yea… His late game play was insane. He looked like a killer, all while looking like it was simple at the same time.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:58pm #473414
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    The dude is a villian. You guys see him taunt the crowd after he hit the three? I love it.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 6:59pm #473415
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    IndianaBasketball
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    I guess he’s embraced his role as a villian lol.

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 7:16pm #473417
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    Pro-21
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    LBJ is the best

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 7:18pm #473418
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    TyrekeJones
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    I feel at this point in time he has accepted his role as a villian, was kinda funny/cool the way he taunted the crowd as they were booing him

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 8:19pm #473440
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    omphalos
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    Agreed that Lebron has embraced the role. Wrote this article a few weeks ago about it funnily enough.

    http://itsahardwoodlife.blogspot.com/2010/12/chillin-like-villain.html

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 8:27pm #473443
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    TyrekeJones
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    ^ Good read

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  • Posted on: Sun, 01/09/2011 - 8:35pm #473445
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    Im Your Father
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     @Omphalos 

    I was looking through all your articles and that’s a good looking blog, I’ll probably check that out some more in the future.

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  • Posted on: Mon, 01/10/2011 - 3:01am #473489
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    Cheers for the feedback guys, I started it up to keep me involved during a long-term injury but it’s been a lot of fun to write even now that I’m healthy. I hurt my neck balling yesterday so there’ll probably be another post up in the next couple of days haha.

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