Matthews, Claver Help Blazers Overcome Celtics

波特兰开拓者队今晚结束了他们的七连败，在一场比赛中以92-86击败了波士顿凯尔特人队，该游戏以波特兰的3大3号的间歇性贡献，并从几个意外的来源中获得了巨大的提升。

The game started in typical Portland fashion. The Blazers seemed disinterested in defending, particularly in the lane. Boston got to the rim often while Portland bombed--and missed--from outside. The air went out of the Rose Garden crowd as the Celtics built an 11-4 lead. But Nicolas Batum set off some fireworks with his jumper and before you knew it the barn was burning. LaMarcus Aldridge and Wesley Matthews fanned the flames, Matthews surprisingly scoring off the dribble. Paul Pierce, Boston's catalyst all night, had to sit with early foul trouble. Portland popped off with a 23-11 run to finish the period up 6, 27-21.

我通常插入几的替补球员s enough to evaporate any lead the Blazers hold heading into the second period but tonight Portland's reserved acquitted themselves well. Victor Claver played defense, Meyers Leonard rebounded, Will Barton stayed out of crazy mode, and Eric Maynor didn't blow the game in his debut in a Portland uniform. (That may sound like faint praise but compare that outcome those generated by Portland's previous point guard reserves and you'll be pleased.) As usual Coach Stotts sprinkled in second unit players instead of subbing them wholesale and for once the lead held. A vicious run by Paul Pierce was required to close the gap at all and that came late in the quarter. Fortunately for Portland, Matthews stepped up again, making 2 three-pointers in 25 seconds, and Nicolas Batum added an offensive-rebound put back with 2 seconds remaining to push the lead back to 7 at the half. Run doused.

Pierce got serious again in the third quarter and his teammates quickly followed suit as Boston pushed to the lead midway through the period. Neither Matthews nor Batum could contain Pierce a bit and his scoring threat opened holes in the defense that couldn't be patched. On the other end the Blazers fell into their habit of over-passing the rock. I'm trying to recall the last time I yelled, "Please别pass!" at my screen, but I was tempted tonight. Trading open shots for covered, the Blazers couldn't keep up. Batum played late-quarter hero this time but Boston's Jeff Green matched him. Then a nice steal and layup conversion by Claver plus and Aldridge jumper off a Maynor assist put the Blazers up 4 entering the final period.

Four points isn't much cushion but the Celtics looked fatigued in the fourth. Pierce slowed noticeably. Kevin Garnett tried to pick up the slack, scoring on Portland's bigs just as easily as Pierce had scored on Portland's wings earlier. But the Celtics never really got more than one player going at a time in the fourth. Scoring from a single source wasn't enough to replicate their third-quarter comeback success. The Blazers, meanwhile, got scoring from Aldridge, Batum, J.J. Hickson, and 2 more three-pointers from Matthews, the last of which put the game out of reach with 53 seconds remaining.

如果不是因为失败的连胜纪录，那么这场比赛可能会变得无关紧要。但是，7场幻灯片加上板凳席上的完全无能，使这场比赛看起来像是一颗郁郁葱葱的绿洲，对抗苛刻的沙漠沙滩。当最后的号角听起来很高时。

这场比赛是另一个演示，尽管有无数的缺陷，但开拓者队的表现良好时，它们可能是少数。他们在董事会上照顾业务，投篮命中率不错，并分享了球。这足以克服19个快速突破点和16个失误，加上皮尔斯（Pierce）的23个（加上8个篮板和7次助攻），而加内特（Garnett）20。人们感到挥之不去的感觉，这是凯尔特人队的新鲜比赛，这可能是不同的，但这是波特兰以相当不错的篮球的胜利，仅此而已。

个人笔记

韦斯利·马修斯（Wesley Matthews）的得分是今晚突然出现的，但这些突变倾向于关闭，使他成为毁灭性的武器。他从球场上以5-8的比分投篮命中率为24分。说出您对Matthews的想法，但是很明显，这个家伙关心获胜……比其他任何西装外套都更重要。当他击球大枪时，他完全越过月球，但他似乎并不称赞自己。取而代之的是，他点了点头，“是的，这就是我们应该做的。我们将得到这个。”现在，这种态度对这个团队来说是令人耳目一新的。很高兴每天晚上看到水果，但是当Matthews确实有机会使关键差异时，这很特别。

拉马库斯·奥尔德里奇（Lamarcus Aldridge）今晚看起来很慢...也许很累。他的比赛不佳，但他的主要贡献是及时的跳线……有用但几乎没有阿尔德里奇克式。他以16分，4个篮板，3次助攻，MEH级别的防守获得7-15分。

J.J. Hickson didn't dominate as much as one would expect against a center-less lineup. Like Aldridge he had a decent game but hardly representative of his best. His scoring came intermittently (4-8, 11 points) and he got jammed every time he got the ball inside. His 11 rebounds helped the cause. I guess we're used to that by now.

Nicolas Batum draws praise from me for coming out looking for his shot again and keeping it up throughout the game. He missed a few, shooting 6-14 for 18 points. But he drew fouls, hit a couple of threes, and I'd rather have Batum 6-14 than 4-7. It makes a big difference to Portland's floor balance when he's a threat. 6 rebounds.

Damian里沃德有一个艰难的夜晚nift之外y layup or two. It wasn't entirely his fault. Give MASSIVE credit to Boston point guard Avery Bradley. He was a defensive Picasso out there, painting Lillard up one side and down the other. It's been a long time since I've seen a performance that impressive. Lillard shot 5-16, 0-5 from distance, for 12 points. The critique of Lillard--and it's totally youth-related--is that he lets defensive pressure get to him even when he's not being pressured anymore. When he does get a free look, as with most of those three-pointers, he's still looking rushed. To his credit, Lillard managed 6 assists and 6 rebounds so he was still in the game. We weren't seeing that earlier in the season on his off-nights.

女士们，先生们，在他有史以来的第一个职业之夜，替补席上的明星……维克多·克拉弗（Victor Claver）。他吞噬了20分钟的上场时间（今晚没有巴比特，帕夫洛维奇或杰弗里斯，乔尔·弗里兰德（Joel Freeland）玩了4分钟），抓住了11个篮板，戳了2次抢断，2-4次2-4分4分……一个虚拟的级联。按照他的标准生产力。但是，在注意到任何一个之前，请倒带磁带，看看第二节初的一些很好的防守。克拉弗（Claver）全力以赴，不知道的日子已经一去不复返了。他的表现/恢复，今晚早些时候他的法院意识看起来好多了。这使他在地板上足够长的时间，以便他收集这些董事会。勇敢！！！站立的鼓掌。

迈耶斯·伦纳德（Meyers Leonard）今晚保持活跃，继续他的体面比赛。他在16分钟内抓住了6个篮板。

Will Barton hit a nice shot, going 1-2 in 7 minutes. Joel Freeland got 4 minutes but couldn't do anything with them except foul twice.

每个人都会想知道埃里克·梅诺（Eric Maynor）在他对玫瑰城的15分钟介绍中的表现。这是关于您的期望。球的处理很好。他的脚步要比罗尼·普莱斯（Ronnie Price）快得多，而他的动作比诺兰·史密斯（Nolan Smith）要经济得多。他得到了3次助攻，当他在地板上时，进攻并没有停下来……考虑到一个主要优势。另一方面，镜头很糟糕（1-5），除非您想偶尔使用“ Drat！”这个词，他的防守没什么可写的。但是，令人鼓舞的是，他只有一次练习就与进攻性比赛计划保持一致。波特兰球迷应该喜欢他结束本赛季。

开拓者队将有几天（还有更多的梅诺练习时间）来品尝这场胜利，然后再在周三参加丹佛。1个比8下降要好。恭喜那些深入挖掘的意外的家伙确保这一奖项进入了胜利专栏。

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