Portland Sports

                                                              Photo found on: espn.com                  By: Nate Smetana    As a Blazers fan the last couple of months have been tough.  The losses were piling up and production with Lillard has been low and finally brought Lillard to an injury.  At the moment, I have currently been focusing more on football and plan to start writing about football until Lillard comes back from his injury.       Tonight though I plan to focus on the Monday Night Wild Card game with the Cardinals V.S the Rams.  Personally, I think it all really matters on Kyler Murray's production and the Cardinals defense, while the Rams need to work on their communication to keep Kyler Murray contained.     

        PORTLAND SHOT Final game vs Orlando and Norman Powells                                    debut                                                     photo from: NBC Sports                       By: Nate Smetana  Yesterday the Blazers had an exciting game against the Orlando Magic.  Lillard wasn’t playing, Nurkic returned from his injury ,and Norman Powell was “magical.”  After the first quarter the Blazers had a decent start winning 35-32.  By Halftime the Blazers were winning 65-55.  My spotlight of the half was Norman Powell who at this point in the game was playing amazing.  After the 3rd quarter the Blazers' lead had shrunk and turned into a close 3 point game.  The Blazers eventually won the game 112-105.  Hopefully Norman Powell will have another above average game against his former team, the Toronto Raptors.  PLEASE FOLLOW MY BLOG.

        PORTLAND SHOT                         Game vs Pelicans Photo from: CBS Sports By:  Nate Smetana Yesterday the Blazers had a jaw dropping game against the Pelicans.  This was McCollom's first game after his long injury.  For McCollom to be a necessary player, the Blazers had to win by two or more points, but they didn't. I am comparing this game to another game earlier in the season against the Pelicans. After the first quarter, the Blazers were losing 34-28.  McCollom only had 8 points and Lillard had a nice 11 points only after the first quarter.  After the first half the Blazers were losing 64-50.  So far McCollom wasn’t playing too well.  My spotlight of the first half was Damian Lillard with 19 points and 5 assists.  After the 3rd quarter the Blazers were losing 95-82.  In the final 6 minutes Lillard led a spectacular comeback to steal the win from the pelicans.  Lillard had a stunning game with 50 points and ten assists.  Hopefully the

                      PORTLAND SHOT               Game 2 vs Minnesota         By: Nate Smetana                                    Photo from: Sportscasting      Today Portland had a game vs the Timberwolves.  In the first few minutes of the game Kanter was already starting to take over.  After the first quarter the Blazers were winning 33-24.  Kanter already had 12 points.  After the first half the Blazers were winning 66-57.  It was a battle of free throws.  There were an amazing amount of free throws in the first half.  The spotlight of the first half is Enes Kanter with 15 points, 6 rebounds, and an assist.  The Blazers needed to hold their lead to win.  After the third quarter the Blazers blew their lead and were losing 94-93.  Hopefully they could make a comeback and win the game.  After four minutes in the fourth quarter Carmelo Anthony passed Hakeem The Dream for the 11th spot on the all time scoring list. The Blazers eventually took the win 125-121.  It was great to see Carm

                                 THE PORTLAND SHOT                       Portland Trail Blazers and Aldridge          By: Nate Smetana                              Photo from: WOAI      A lot of people think Lamarcus could make a return to Portland.  Personally,  I think he shouldn’t come to Portland unless we can trade someone for him that isn't very good. Maybe we could trade Zach Collins or Enes Kanter and a 2nd rounder for him.  I am not saying Lamarcus Aldrige is a terrible player, I am just saying he is not as valuable as the first time he was with Portland.  He is starting to become an older player and he is not as fast as he used to be.  If  we do get him he would hopefully play well with Lillard because he already knows their system.  It is hard to tell if he is even as good as Kanter.  He is definitely better than Collins who gets injured every year so that would be good for Portland.  Kanter is definitely a needed player for Lillard because he always reboun

                       PORTLAND SHOT Rematch vs Suns                                       Photo from: ClutchPoints                          By: Nate Smetana Today the Blazers got another chance to play against the Suns after their 32 point loss to them earlier in the season.  After the first quarter the Blazers were winning by three which is a great improvement compared to the last game against the Suns.  After the first half the game was tied 60-60.  Everyone was playing good for Portland.  The spotlight of the half was the Blazers wearing their new grey jerseys.  They looked amazing on every player.  After the 3rd quarter the Blazers were winning 94-90.  Hopefully the Blazers could hold their lead.  Long story short they didn’t.  They lost 127-121.  Gary Trent Jr got a buzzer beater, but no one cared because it was already unreachable for Portland. This was the first loss after the All Star break.  Hopefully they can beat Minnesota next game.  PLEASE FOLLOW MY BLOG!