GT: Celtics vs 76ers - Wizards vs Blazers - Grizzlies vs Nuggets -T wolves vs Nets

[Relinquish]

Not mad either. When you get down 25 points you don't deserve the benefit of the calls if you happen to fight back late. It really bothers me that goaltends can't be reviewed. They need to review every single possible goaltend. They have the resources to do it. They have a room full of people that watch these things now.

Blazers didn't deserve this game. Wizards earned this win. They were the better team tonight.

Man those are still huge, whether you guys "deserved" the win or not. You could've potentially still won the game had those two calls been made correctly. Either way, the reffing was bad all game. I agree that goaltends need to be reviewed. I'll take the W, but I'm not exactly thrilled.

[Relinquish]

Below average defender? Not anymore. Didn't he swat John Wall earlier in the third quarter? That was after Wall looked like he had him beat. No, Lillard is a good defender now. He gets after it.

One swat doesn't make someone a good defender. He may have improved but he's still not a good defender by any means.

[MUGEN]

That's the problem with him. Outside of shooting, he just doesn't impact the game enough. He's a decent passer, a below average defender although he is a decent rebounder for his position. When he's off, he's off. On the season he's shooting over 7 threes per game on 34%, which just will not cut it. He's a great player though so I'm sure he'll improve/figure things out. I still have to disagree with you though, Damian is without a doubt top 6 no matter how you spin it.

You are telling the world how you haven't watched the blazers this season and how clueless you are when you say dumb shit like Lillard not impacting the game outside of shooting...

and he is definitely not a below average defender this season...that was true last year but just like finishing at the rim he has improved a great deal and is definitely a solid (not great) defender and a very good passer. If his fellow teammates actually hit all the open shots he created for them or at least half of them then his assist numbers this game would have looked insane. This Portland team also has multiple players who take turns handling the ball, even when Lillard is in the game. It's just the brand of BB they play

Only thing you are right is that his 3pointer has taken a nose dive this season..part of it is the injury he had on his hand earlier. But thanks to that his mid range game has improved a lot

[Hittin_Shots]

Boston keeping an early 20 point lead. Is this real life.

[RoseCity07]

One swat doesn't make someone a good defender. He may have improved but he's still not a good defender by any means.

Eh, who is good on John Wall? Remember, you're seeing him play against John Wall. Almost all the judging he gets on his defense comes when he plays against guys like Westbrook and Chris Paul. By that standard Chris Paul, Westbrook, Wall are all bad defenders on the nights he has big games against them.

Wesley Matthews has given up multiple 40 point games to Harden. Everyone thinks he's a good defender. Lillard gets lots of deflections, fights through screens to draw fouls, and contests shots pretty well now.

Lillard is getting better on defense. There is a real effort now. His main problem is his shooting consistency. He needs to shoot over 45% from the field.

[WallIn]

Bullets coming back to respectability.

Firing Wittman is still #1 on the priority list though.

Forgot about Grunfeld, him too.

[Hittin_Shots]

Cavs letting Boston down.. everyone else doing there job so far.

[Relinquish]

Eh, who is good on John Wall? Remember, you're seeing him play against John Wall. Almost all the judging he gets on his defense comes when he plays against guys like Westbrook and Chris Paul. By that standard Chris Paul, Westbrook, Wall are all bad defenders on the nights he has big games against them.

Wesley Matthews has given up multiple 40 point games to Harden. Everyone thinks he's a good defender. Lillard gets lots of deflections, fights through screens to draw fouls, and contests shots pretty well now.

Lillard is getting better on defense. There is a real effort now. His main problem is his shooting consistency. He needs to shoot over 45% from the field.

That's true, fair points.

[Derka]

Geno Time came to the Garden tonight.

[Hittin_Shots]

Boston sitting seventh for a few minutes.

[Hittin_Shots]

So Boston own tiebreaker over Pacers, Miami own tiebreaker over Boston and Pacers own tiebreaker over Miami. What do they go by to decide, Miami winning took Pacers from 9th to 7th.