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IT’S FINALLY FRIDAYYYYY! We jump right into with the Houston Rockets and the Blazers game last night and, of course, the tough loss for the Blazers with the Rockers but it was still a great fight against the team in the closing minutes when the team was down by 17 with 4 minutes and the bench came in and started to do their thing. It was a GREAT comeback for the Blazers, but at the end of the day, the Blazers did lose the game which is something we did not want but a very hopeful defeat last night.
Jabari Young talks with us about the Spurs/ Blazers matchup this Saturday, the whole Kawi Leonard situation and where it is at the moment , Dan not taking Jabari out for coffee when he was here last, and the playoff situation with the Spurs and where they are going from here!
IT’S ALMOST FRIDAYYYY! We preview the matchup tonight with the Blazers and Rockets and are expectations going into this game are… not very good. With Dame being out, we are most likely to lose this game with the firepower that is James Harden and Chris Paul. Wining this game will be most likely a struggle to be completely honest. Dan and Nigel DID actually spend some time together yesterday and went and watched Black Panther! Then we discussed about Black Panther and how good it was for literally the rest of the segment.
Craig Ackerman joins the show this morning to talk some Blazers/Rockets matchup that is tonight without Damian Lillard, the Rockets and their lack of “hustle” they have showed over the past few games, who the Rockets want to see in the playoff race when it comes down to it, and James Harden’s MVP race this year.
CJ McCollum has a new podcast, and with that, he opens up about the possibility of LeBron actually going to the 76ers??? CJ says that this actually is something that could happen with how the East is right now. With the 76ers up and coming and doing so well this season, and with Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons doing his thing this year, LeBron might just go and hop on the process train.
Happy Wednesday everyone! Here is today's show if you guys missed it!
The Blazers are playing the Dallas Mavericks tonight in a game where the Mavs are basically at the point of tanking with little to no help on their roster with most of their players are injured. The Blazers looking to win tonight and thus giving them the 3rd seed in the western conference and also home court advantage. Home court would be a nice touch for the Blazers, and making this playoff run with the Blazers more fulling then what it is already for us as fans. Villanova smokes Michigan to win the national championship; this is the 2nd championship in the last 3 years for Villanova. Congrats to Villanova and their great championship win!
Mark Followill, TV play by play announcer for the Mavs, joins the show to talk about who in the hell is going to play for the Mavs tonight against the Blazers, If Dirk’s time with the team is a little overdone now and maybe it is time to move on from Dirk, if they are in tank more or still trying to figure things out, and of course the matchup tonight against the Blazers!
IT’S MONDAY! Nigel is BACK! After a long week away from us, we are all back together and the brand is STRONG once again! The Blazers played the Grizzlies last night and ALMOST didn’t come up with it, but ran away with a victory last night and securing that playoff spot for themselves here before the regular season comes to an end. That 3 spot is still in question, but it is looking like we are going to secure that spot for ourselves here in the next few games. Our main man Ed Davis is reportedly out for the next week or so to deal with some knee soreness. Ed has been a big part of our game as of late, so we are hoping he comes back when the playoffs start because the bench is in dire need of some help. The women’s national championship conclude in DRAMTIC fashion yesterday with Norte Dame coming in and finishing off Mississippi state to win their first national championship in over 17 years. Congrats to Norte Dame women’s team!
Terry Stotts joins the show to talk about the winner over the Grizzlies and the struggle from that, the bench and their lack of playing well without Dame being on the floor, if not the 3rd seed matter to him at all or not, and much more with Coach Stotts
The Blazers are playing the Clippers tonight at HOME finally and the Blazers will be back with their main guy DAMIAN being back from having his baby boy’s birth yesterday, Dame should have a fire under him right now after the loss against the bum Grizzlies two days ago without him. A new report comes out that if Blazers win tonight OR if Denver and or Minnesota lose tonight than the Blazers WILL become the 3rd seed in the playoffs. Blazers need to get it done so we can secure that 3rd seed baby!
IT’S ALMOST FRIDAYYYY! We have Jay Allen filling in today! We talk Blazers and the disappointing loss to the Grizzlies last night, which should have been an easy win for the Blazers, but sadly, was not. CJ came to play, however, adding 42 points for himself and Wade Baldwin stepping up into the plate and adding a career high for himself with 15. Both were not enough to get the win last night, as the Blazers fall without the help of Dame, who is awaiting the birth of his son! The Blazers have a day of rest before taking on the Clippers this Friday. Opening day of baseball is today! Some are really happy about this and some, like myself, are thinking this is whatever. But hey, baseball fans rejoice!
CJ McCollums joins the show for his weekly segment to talk about the loss against the Grizz last night, Dame and the birth of his first son, what happened in the fourth quarter and how they let the game slip away from them, CJ hopes to finish the season with the Blazers having 50 wins, and more!
IT’S FINALLY HUMP DAY PEOPLE! Blazers beat the Pelicans in an AMAZING Damian Lillard fashion where Dame goes OFF and scores about 24 pts in the 4th to get this win over the Pelicans and send home Dame happy to see his new baby with a win behind him and most LIKELY will get Memphis Grizzlies with a dub tonight. The Blazers are playing the Grizz tonight without Dame, for obvious reasons, and CJ will most likely have to come into this game firing on all cylinders to make sure the Grizz don’t come out of nowhere and get this win.
Pete Pranica, TV play by play announcer, joins the show this morning to talk about Grizzles matchup, Marc Gasol and his status with the team, if the team is trying to tank or not this season, the Chandler Parson’s situation and the experience with the team,
IT’S TUESDAY PEOPLE! We talk about Blazers and the Pelican matchup that Is tonight! We know Davis is in a different level when it comes to how he is playing right now, but the Blazers can still handle Davis with Dame and CJ leading the way and hopefully the bench comes out for this game where in the last game, they only had 8 points which is not enough for a bench for this team against the Pelicans who follow Davis fully. We will see how this matchup goes tonight, but we need the Blazers to take this win and make sure they are 3rd in the western conference finals. The Lady Ducks lose last night in the Elite 8, and their chances of a championship is gone at this point. They had a good run, but the run wasn’t enough to make it to the Ship this year
Joel Meyers, Pelicans TV play by play man joins the show to talk about the matchup today against the Blazers, Cousins and his decision this year and where he goes, Davis having an incredible season that no one saw coming, what is the status of Rajon Rondo, and more about the Pelicans and the Blazers matchup.
Terry Stotts joins the show to talk about the loss of the Celtics this last Friday where we all thought this was going to be a win, where we discuss the win over the Thunder, where most people were going to chop that up as a loss. We also talk about Dame and the birth of his almost first child where it is slowly but surely coming here in the next few days, but it needs to come out so it won’t stress Dame out anymore!
IT’S MONDAY! THE BLAZERS WON ONE… and well, lost one in the process as well. The Blazers took an L against the beat down Celtics, where we thought this was an EASY win but fell short towards the end. Where the Blazers got the very difficult win over the OKC Thunder where we thought we would chalk this up as a loss, but got the WIN instead and we will run with that and take it. Damian’s baby is still not out yet, and it has been almost a week now and this whole thing might be stressing Dame out, but could also mean he might miss a game in order to see his child being born. The Final Four is actually set now, Loyola, Villanova, Michigan, and Kanas are set the matchups this Saturday to face each other in where most of us will not know the outcome because all teams have a shot of making it to the finals.
IT’S FINALLY FRIDAYYYYY! The Blazers are playing the Celtics right tonight who are very much beat up right now with Kyrie, Marcus Smart, and other who are not going to be able to fight at all this game, which is good for the Blazers and we might actually win this one tonight without the Celtics superstars playing and THUS bringing us back into a win streak hopefully before the playoff run that is a few weeks away.
Mike Gorman, Celtics TV play by play announcer, joins the show to talk about how beat up the Celtics are and what this team looks like with all of these stars being out right now, if Kyrie will be out for the rest of the season with this Knee injury, and if he is, will the Celtics be in full tank mood with everyone out, and more with the Celtics and how the Blazers are on pace to do big things in the playoffs.
IT’S ALMOST FRIDAYYYY! We talk about the Bet Payoff we are doing today in which Dan blasts a T-Shirt Cannon in the balls of a fan so he can get these tickets to watch the Celtics play the Blazers tomorrow. He said he would do anything for these tickets, and well we will accommodate him! The Blazers are getting ready to play the Celtics tonight without their secret weapon that is Kyrie Irving. We should just chalk this up as a dub overall, without Kyrie, the Celtics are somewhat nothing without their main star. The Blazers could be going onto another win streak before the playoffs start.
We had CJ McCollum on the show this morning for the CJ McCollum show! We talk with CJ about the win streak and it ending and if it affects him at all, the whole ref situation between players and refs, LeBron just seemingly not aging at all and only getting better, the Celtics matchup without their superstar Kyrie, and more with CJ and the playoff standings and saying he knows this team will end up with 50 wins.
IT’S FINALLY HUMP DAY PEOPLE! So the Blazers uh… lose FINALLY their first game after a month of winning and so it has stopped… the 13 game win streak is over, and the Houston Rockets and James Harden with the help of Chris Paul take down the Blazers in dramatic fashion with a last second fashion. The Blazers lose 114-110 with Harden dropping freaking 40 pts and putting up shots that no one has ever seen before, but he is basically the MVP this year and he showed it last night for sure. The game was loss, but the effort was good and we played very well until the end where Harden went full on God mode. The Celtics are this Friday, so we can get back to a win streak with this hopeful win this Friday!
Jon Wilner, San Jose Mercury News, joins the show with us to talk about the Pac 12! John talks about what the Pac 12 is going thru with football and basketball, and the struggles that both sports are having right now. Talks about the solution of what the Pac 12 can do in order to bring recruits in which might be about better buildings and bringing more NFL coaches into the mix as well, and more to try and fix this situation in the Pac 12
IT’S TUESDAY PEOPLE! We preview the Blazers vs. the Rockets today and how tough this game is going to be and this might also be the BEST game of the year for the Blazers tonight. James Harden and Chris Paul are moving with these Rockets are causing some chaos in the Western Conference, as they are the leading favorites for the #1 seed right now in the West and have the best record in the NBA all together. If the Blazers win this game, we will go 13 in a ROW win streak and mostly everyone here wants that and NEEDS that! We will see the outcome of tonight’s game when the Rockets take on the Blazers tonight.
Matt Thomas, radio voice for the Houston Rockets, joins the show this morning! He comes on the show to talk about the Rockets and James Harden doing his thing this season and how he is NO DOUBT the MVP for this year, he talks about the run the Blazers are on right now, which is a run he did not see coming from this team but is also happy to see the Blazers play the way they are playing right now, how tonight’s game will be a very high scoring game and will most likely be in the 120’s, and more!
Coach Terry Stotts joins the show for his weekly segment as usual! Coach Stotts is on a hotstreak right now with the Blazers! He joins the show to talk about this win streak and what his team is doing at the moment, talks about the comments Stan Van said during the win against the Pistons, what the Blazers are planning with the Rockets for tomorrow’s game, Mo Harkless and his play as of recent, and takes a shot at Dan and his shiny head
IT’S MONDAY! The Blazers are on FIRE right now and they can no the stopped right now! The Blazers are now on a 13 game win streak at the moment, after beating the Pistons and the Clippers this weekend, Damian Lillard and the Blazers are on a roll that no one really saw coming and we are loving every second of it! Mo harkless, Nurkic, and Damian are all killing it in this win streak right now, with all of them playing to the fullest, the team is playing like they have a mission and are not worried about who they play next, but to play like it is another game. The Blazers are playing the red hot Houston Rockets this Tuesday to continue this hot streak. This next game will be very important, as it will show if the Blazers are ready to take on any team or not.
