by HoopsFan on Wed Nov 19, 2008 10:53 am
There are games within the games ... this is one of them. After the turnovers ... LMA's boneheaded approach to backing down a shorter player who has a brain ... uneven officiating ... the unbalanced lineup (Prz, Blake and Batum ... not an offensive juggernaut as 3 of the starters) ...
the Chicago game has implications. Learn from the ugly Golden St. game--what Portland did wrong and how Golden St. played to their own strengths--and move on OR sink to .500 continuing a tough stretch. This is an important game against a team with no real presence in the middle. Their strengths at 2/3/4 are offset by Portland's.
This is an important win, and it's Portland by 12.