在开拓者通过深不可测拍摄夜景遭遇，12点的第三期间，并38点晚从库里的道路上对勇士一个103-88失败。
在开拓者会想在的金州勇士队在周日晚上的尽快。背着33-12纪录用大量花哨的，如果不是不可能的，赢他们的信用，他们已经超过赢得这项权利。所以我们会做他们保持重述尽可能高效的礼貌。相信我，你不想纠缠于这一个无论是。
在勇士队开了这游戏双管齐下的攻击。只要有可能他们推波特兰的防守球领先，抓住一个上篮或者跳投关闭二次快攻。当波特兰回来勇士为他们的射手设置画面。如果不能与屏幕打交道，你不能应付勇士和开拓者不能做任何。 Steph Curry didn't just torch Portland in the first half, he immolated them to the tune of 23 points in two periods.
Meanwhile the Blazers began a night-long habit of missing shots. Fatigue may have been a factor. LaMarcus Aldridge's inability to beat the usual steady rhythm with his own offense was certainly another. (Aldridge would finish 2-14 for the game.) The Warriors did a decent job of keeping Portland's starters off of the offensive glass as well. As shots kept missing the Blazers started tightening up. The three-point shot got fragile, leaving the Warriors plenty of incentive to defend in the lane which in turn led to more missed jumpers from the Blazers, creating a cycle of insecurity. The more uncertain the Blazers got the less they moved the ball, trying to break the drought by dominating individual matchups. That's usually a part of Portland's offense but when it becomes the whole shebang the Blazers get into trouble. Aldridge left side and right, Damian Lillard from distance, Wesley Matthews trying to post up or firing threes...none of it worked.
The only bright spot for the Blazers came in the second period when their bench once again ripped the fabric of space and probability, dominating their opponents for the second straight game. Portland's best surge of the night came behind Joel Freeland, Thomas Robinson, C.J. McCollum, and Mo Williams. That group plus Matthews and Lillard turned an 8-point first quarter deficit into a 6-point lead by the 5:00 mark of the second period. Then both teams re-inserted their starters. Golden State's starters included Curry and that was that. The Warriors buried a bunch of shots and closed Portland's hard-earned lead to a single point. The Blazers led 55-54 at the break.
Saying the bench was Portland's lone bright spot of the evening was a slight exaggeration. The Blazers prospered in one other area during the first half...the single factor keeping them afloat when their defense wasn't working, shots weren't falling, and their rebounding margin wasn't telling. The Blazers ripped the Warriors at the foul line in the first two periods, attempting 15 free throws to just 5 for Golden State. The refs may have been leaning in Portland's direction slightly on 50-50 decisions but we've seen worse. The calls, though frequent, were mostly justified.
But then the worst possible confluence of events hit the Blazers in the third quarter. The officials made three quick calls against Golden State, all of which were semi-questionable and the last of which got the home crowd riled into a mob-like cascade of "we got screwed" booing. The officials responded by rectifying the perceived (and maybe somewhat actual) injustice by swinging calls back towards Golden State. A couple minutes later Aldridge and Andrew Bogut got whistled for double technicals after some arm flailing, downward hacking, and ball throwing. No doubt remembering the Bogut-Freeland fracas when these two teams last met in Oakland the refs began to call the game tightly both ways. This egalitarian approach effectively eliminated the only life ring keeping Portland's starters afloat. The guys in red and black began to slip beneath the water.
The Warriors didn't fare all that well in the third period. Curry hit field goals but his teammates couldn't buy a bucket and had to make a living from the line. The Blazers couldn't even manage to get up a shot on many possessions, committing 7 turnovers in the quarter. The shots the Blazers did sent towards the rim seldom found net. The Warriors took care of business on the boards, preventing second chances. Golden State scored 22 in the period but the Blazers managed only a nightmarish 12. The Warriors led 76-67 at the break...67 being a customary halftime score but nearly unheard of as a third-quarter total for the Blazers this year.
The turnover situation didn't get much better in the fourth period for Portland. Being behind, they pulled Robin Lopez and went with scorers instead. No Lopez equated to no dependable defense. The Warriors took it easy on the Blazers early in the quarter, depending far too much on outside shooting. But they learned their lesson late and started mixing it up with drives and foul shots complementing their three-pointers. The Blazers did have chances. They missed layups which could have been and-ones. They missed triples too. But for the most part they were still trying to win the game with individual shots instead of their usual offense and it just didn't work. Curry draining 2 jumpers in the final 2 minutes sealed the game and the Warriors walked away with the victory.
Give Golden State credit. They may be the first team this season to succeed in keeping the Blazers from hitting threes (6-21, 29%), offensive rebounding (12 but to little effect), and scoring in the paint (26 points total) all at the same time. The Blazers ended up with 33 foul shots to Golden State's 21, but that was it. Portland shot 34% from the field, dished only 16 assists (they average 25), committed 14 turnovers (most in the second half), and of course scored only 88 for the game. Again, fatigue no doubt played a factor but we've seen the Blazers prosper in back-to-backs before. You also have to ask who the Blazers will be when they lose their cool...when things just aren't going right. They've shown that you have to push them pretty far to get them to the breaking point, that a mere dozen-point deficit won't do it. But from time to time this year they've also shown that when they do get to that breaking point they can't seem to remember how they earned their success in the first place. Chances are they'll get to address that shortcoming again as the seeding race tightens in the West.
Individual Notes
I don't usually do full sets of individual notes in a blowout loss (which this ended up being despite the gap being only 15) because individual play seldom matters when the team falls apart. We'll keep this short.
LaMarcus Aldridge had his worst offensive night of the season with that 2-14 clip for 10 points. He did have 11 rebounds.
Nicolas Batum got outplayed to the nth degree by Andre Iguodala. Chris Haynes reports that Batum will have an MRI on Monday for a foot injury sustained against Boston on January 11th but it's precautionary, as Batum has been playing with the condition for weeks
Portland's bigs actually had good games. Robin Lopez had the typical "I'm the only big man on the floor and you're going to pay" moments. We had a Joel Freeland sighting too! Freeland was draining the jumper, rebounding like a fiend, and defended pretty well. 8 points on a perfect 4-4 plus 7 rebounds and 0 fouls in 11 minutes is plenty impressive. Thomas Robinson one-upped Freeland in the rebounding department with 11 boards in 15 minutes but his offensive play wasn't as tight tonight as it has been in the last couple games.
Memphis comes into town on Tuesday night and THAT will be an interesting game. They've won 7 of their last 8 and just disposed of the Rockets back-to-back, plus they'll be rested. They've also held their opponents to 90 points or fewer in 5 of their last 6 and haven't let a team break 100 in the last 2 weeks. Something's gotta give there. Let's see if the Blazers can recoup enough to make sure that the giving comes from Memphis.
Timmay's Instant Recap and GameDay Thread Review. (The latter may be a bit less readable than usual.)
Your Jersey Contest scores and the form for Memphis are HERE.
Tonight's contest answers were Curry hitting the most threes and the Warriors dominating all the three-point categories. Tbone took this game easily by betting big against the Blazers, scoring 91 of 100 possible. We have a new leader in the overall standings with Ledhed889 displacing MavetheGreat but there's still one game to go this month and the lead is narrow...
--Dave (blazersub@gmail.com) @DaveDeckard @Blazersedge
一支昏昏欲睡的波特兰开拓者队整晚都在轻松投篮，金州勇士队今晚在奥克兰相对轻松地获胜。这两场比赛都是一场灾难性的表现，尤其是波特兰的两位准全明星。
开拓者队的领头羊是乔尔·弗里兰（8分7个篮板）、CJ·麦科勒姆（6分）和托马斯·罗宾逊（5分11个篮板）。他们今晚带来了比先发球员更多的能量，所以他们在今晚的榜首被提到。罗宾·洛佩兹以10分9个篮板领先首发。先发球员看起来像服用了安眠药，并被要求在飞行纸上玩。
上半场：这是你通常在两个3-D球杆和无D球杆之间来回的半场。大量的枪声，在篮筐附近的大量射门，没有人能够获得真正的优势。金州勇士队早早领先，落后于克莱·汤普森和斯蒂芬·库里，而奥尔德里奇和利拉德则举步维艰。然而，板凳球员在第二节又恢复了颓势，他们在上半场共得到19分和13个篮板。波特兰队领先，但他们的防守让勇士们保持了接近。库里在中场休息时的蜂鸣器前打出了一个几乎空位的ISO三分球。波特兰55，金州54
利拉德有点紧张。尽管NBA球员在采访中从不承认这一点，但这场比赛对他来说比其他比赛更重要。不仅仅是另一个W。然而，我相信他会像往常一样在第四节把它炸掉。
通过佩达霍姆
第三节：更多相同的，包括里拉德和奥尔德里奇的斗争。拉马库斯错过了一次两英尺高的勾手射门，这让金州勇士队将4分的落后变成了3分的领先。事情不可避免地变得一团糟，安德鲁·博古特将阿尔德里奇推到后面，拉马库斯随后向他扔篮球。双重技术。从那时起，裁判们试图重新控制比赛，但不幸的是，这只导致了对开拓者队的一系列触球犯规，开拓者队的先发球员仍然一个接一个地错失射门。很快，波特兰队暂停了比赛，落后9分。他们试图跑动，但被多次失误出卖，放弃了重复的轻松投篮。开拓者队在这一节看起来像一支抽奖队伍，以一个痛苦的12分收场。他们很高兴比赛结束了，因为他们没有对裁判吼叫。
金州76号、波特兰67号第四节：金州第一节安德烈·伊戈达拉打出了三个幸运球。作为回应，波特兰队以托马斯·罗宾逊的帖子作为回应，结果不出所料。作为回应，克莱·汤普森将球从他的头上弹回界外，但裁判将球还给了金州勇士队（尽管附近没有开拓者头球）。汤普森很快就把裁判的失误一网打尽，勇士队领先14分。阿尔德里奇在另一端又一次以1-12落后。两分钟的开场不是很好。在那之后，金州勇士队的所有投篮都开始下降，即使是从篮筐上弹起的投篮。很快，勇士队取得了巨大的领先，比赛实际上结束了。开拓者队不可避免地将领先优势削减到个位数，但这太少，太晚了。他们现在回到波特兰，开始一周的家庭烹饪。
下一步是什么：
开拓者队在家休息了一周，只打了两场比赛，分别是周二对阵孟菲斯队和周六对阵多伦多队。
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Welcome to the Gameday Open Thread at Blazer 's Edge!这是一个和你的粉丝朋友们一起享受今晚庆祝活动的地方。就像你在当地的酒吧看一场比赛一样，但最好不要用语言。预计会有一些分歧，以及相当程度的情绪变化。但我们会一起度过难关的。
Hang out and enjoy the game! -- Tim
欢迎来到Blazer 's Edge的Gameday Open Thread !这是一个和你的粉丝朋友们一起享受今晚庆祝活动的地方。就像你在当地的酒吧看一场比赛一样，但最好不要用语言。预计会有一些分歧，以及相当程度的情绪变化。但我们会一起度过难关的。
Hang out and enjoy the game! -- Tim