开拓者打得很差，但在第四节比赛中成功反弹，将迈阿密热队带入一线队，然后以93-91输给勒布朗·詹姆斯和公司。

波特兰队的比赛计划是这样的：

-比对手多投三分，在弧线之外多得分。

-罚球比对手多，从队伍中获得额外的分数。

——尝试比对手更多的投篮机会，这样即使对手投篮命中率更高、内线得分更多、获得过渡球等等，这些额外的分数也将构成一场胜利。

在本场比赛的前三个季度，开拓者大约掌握了这三个关键点中的5个。开拓者队以11-39结束了比赛，总比分28%来自弧线外。与波特兰37%的标准相比，28%的人看起来质量低劣。但与他们在第四节课开始前的可怕表现相比，这看起来令人眼花缭乱。每四分之一拍大约10张三连拍的照片表明你正处于一种火爆状态。开拓者队继续顽强的连胜，一片接一片地射门，就像轮圈变成了长方形。就好像裁判员要求每个球员在当晚交出一副隐形眼镜一样。

罚球提供了0.5分，这主要归功于达米安·利拉德。波特兰队的明星后卫多次被犯规，获得14次慈善掷骰，命中12次。该队其他队员总共只投了13次罚球。但是，当迈阿密队的防守阻止了其他投篮命中率的下降时，条纹足以让开拓者保持漂浮状态。

但是第三个关键点——投篮次数超过对手——变成了彻底的、惨淡的失败……主要是因为波特兰队在比赛的前36分钟每5秒就把球吐出来。你可以说出营业额，开拓者队今晚找到了一个完美的方法。直接传球给对手？检查传球给那些不幸失守的队友，然后又被剥光了衣服？检查糟糕的间距，将球送入边线和底线陷阱？检查，检查。上半场开始类似迈阿密上篮训练。开拓者队最终在当晚以21分的成绩得到15分。这场比赛以2比2决出胜负。

正如你所料，波特兰队在第三局结束时以两位数的比分落后，这是因为迈阿密队无法与任何一个不叫勒布朗·詹姆斯的人得分。但是当波特兰队的三分球终于开始下降时，热火队似乎正在为第四局的胜利做好准备<莫·威廉姆斯和尼古拉斯·巴图姆各中一球，韦斯利·马修斯各中两球，开拓者队奋力反击。加上这段时间11次罚球的尝试，这足以让开拓者在还剩30秒的情况下以91秒的成绩扳平比分。。。刚好有足够的时间来控制一方。以前发生的一切都被抹去了。晚上将成为超级巨星对阵超级巨星，勒布朗·詹姆斯和达米安-利拉德，每一个进球都会决定结果。

还有11秒，但开拓者没有宣布暂停，他们不希望迈阿密的防守大佬进入比赛，争取最后的控球权。在利拉德和马修斯两人在最后一次射门时（嗯……韦斯？不是你）接过传球后，达米安手里拿着球。他驶过车道的左侧，飞过一名防守队员，并在平局中用低上篮得分。迈阿密队的克里斯·波什（Chris Bosh）——迄今为止，与他正常的、破坏开拓者的自我相比，他相当安静——跳入空中，干净利落地完成了这一尝试，在开拓者们可以再次射门之前，时间已经过了。热火队在第四节取得胜利，波什·曼一路昂首阔步，有力的努力付之东流。

游戏的本质e called for two responses:

1. Heck of an effort, guys! That fourth-quarter comeback was great.

2. You, uh, do know that the Heat were there for the picking and if you had played one and a half quarters of intense, smart basketball instead of just one quarter, you probably would have won the game, right? Or maybe if for five minutes you could have stopped throwing it right into their hands and letting them dunk on the run-out?

But then, that's the 2013-14 Trail Blazers. If it's not close, it's not worth winning.

Credit the Heat defense for holding the Blazers to 38% shooting overall and the aforementioned 28% from the arc. Were it not for 24-27 foul shots made the Blazers wouldn't have broken 80 in this game. The line was their only friend.

Also credit the Heat for knowing Portland's strengths and weaknesses, matching the former and taking advantage of the latter. Miami held the Blazers to 10 offensive rebounds and snagged 13 themselves. They took 10 more field goal attempts than the Blazers did, a big no-no in Blazer Land. They forced those 15 turnovers, scored 52 in the paint to Portland's 26...again these numbers point out that the Blazers did well to get this game to the final minute with a chance to win.

Individual Notes

Damian Lillard scored a team-high 19 points, 21% of Portland's total. But all of that was from the line. He shot 3-15 from the field, 1-8 from distance. The bright spot: 6 assists to 1 turnover. The TO problem didn't belong to Dame tonight.

Nicolas Batum, on the other hand, committed 5 turnovers against 3 assists. Nobody guards LeBron James, so we'll give him a pass on that. Nic had 10 rebounds and 11 points, shooting 3-7 from distance...one of the only Blazers connecting from that range. He also hit the big three--an improbable corner fade--to give the Blazers their shot at winning the game.

Wesley Matthews couldn't buy a three to save his life, firing 3-11 beyond the arc. That hurts.

When we talk about Robin Lopez having a less-than-effective game we're usually mentioning mobile or jump-shooting centers. No such luck tonight. Lopez went up against the completely immobile Greg Oden and the largely non-threatening Chris Andersen. He didn't play worse than they but he didn't play better either. You hardly noticed him...not something we often say of Lopez. He ended up with a quiet 10 points and 8 rebounds in 33 minutes. Oden had 4 and 3 in 15 minutes, Birdman 13 and 11 in 23 minutes. The Blazers went into a zone in the fourth to help keep Robin stationary and contain Miami's paint attack which had been brutalizing Lopez and company all night. The zone worked...until it didn't. Hopefully this kind of game doesn't become a pattern for the usually-feisty Lopez. If the Blazers don't get a nightly dose of Super Robin they're done for.

Dorell Wright didn't get killed by Chris Bosh in the power forward matchup. That's something. Of course Miami ignored Bosh most of the night, but we'll take it. Wright did commit 3 turnovers in 19 minutes of play.

Mo Williams made the most of 32 bench minutes, shooting 5-12 for 17 points...only 2 short of Lillard. He committed 0 turnovers, helping stem the flood.

Thomas Robinson had a good night, scoring 8 with 6 rebounds in 15 minutes. 2 turnovers and 2 personal fouls provided the only black marks on his record. But errors of commission are better than errors of omission in a game where your team struggles with scoring, tempo, and continuity anyway. Robinson helped bust the Blazers out of their rut and into actually competing.

Meyers Leonard? Not so much. And playing Leonard and Robinson together--as the Blazers are now forced to do--is like watching the train barreling down towards the heroine tied to the tracks. You have to hope something changes soon and you're wondering if it'll happen in time.

Then you remember that change means more minutes for Wright at power forward and you throw up your hands in dismay.

Will Barton scored 4 with an assist and a block in 10 minutes.

This loss marked Portland's 7th in their last 10 games. They're now 1 loss ahead of Golden State with 11 games remaining.

The Blazers cruise into Orlando tomorrow night. That game has the potential to be exciting and fun...provided they want it to be.

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Your Jersey Contest scores and the form for tomorrow are HERE. Tonight's Answers: Batum plays 40 minutes, Lillard scores 19 points, Blazers win 2 quarters, and Miami fields the leading scorer. smleary87 scored 92 out of a possible 100 for this game. MavetheGreat still leads the month with a 62.6 average over 11 games, 689 points total.

--Dave (blazersub@gmail.com)

Portland Trail Blazers拍摄了这么糟糕，以至于他们无法成功地在海洋中丢弃一块鹅卵石，但从第四季度的赤字中回来了17分迈阿密的热量，只有在最后几秒钟内留下短（再次）。

燃烧器由Damian Lillard领导，但他的大多数积分来自罚球。超过一半的西装外套射击尝试是三分球，他们占了超过25％的人。这是那种夜晚。

Greg Oden今晚开始为热火，自他的职业生涯改变自2009年12月膝关节伤害以来，在同一个宫廷游玩。

框得分

前半部分：燃烧器有7个失误（所有通过迈阿密抢断）对1的热量，所以他们似乎遇到了麻烦。当他们错过了他们的大部分三分球时，倍增。只有迈阿密继续攻击他们的斗争，波特兰击中足够的镜头，以某种方式在第一季度结束时保持领先。第二，西装外套替补出局，迈阿密拿走了6分，但他们继续连续错过三分球，在上半场拍摄5-19。迈阿密使用额外的机会在一半的最后一分钟中取得领先地位。但在光明的一面，有各种漂亮的绑架，包括来自Lillard的这个：

迈阿密46，波特兰42

两个团队演奏D-league球与Allstar类的奇怪瞥见。 Anyone’s game [in the] second half.
by hellofromengland