Opinions!! Portland vs Utah today!!

after todays game against the Blazers and the Jazz today in which the Blazers just beat the Jazz by 2 i think, Portland have now won 6 in a row and Utah have lost 6 in a row

a bit of a turnaround from the start of the season!!

does everyone just think that both teams are going through a little bit of a 'patch' and that things will go back to a bit of normality soon?? or do you think that the trend will continue!!!

i mean the Jazz have Boozer, D-Will and even AK47 has been playing alright again lately and they can't buy a win in the last two weeks, whereas on the other hand the Blazers, with the exception of Roy i suppose, don't really have any 'all star' worthy players like the jazz's few and they have been going really well!!

Opinions??

Didn't watch the game.. but i think Utah are not in great shape ATM LOL...

Credits to Blazers, they are now currently winning 6 in a row....

Recently, Utah met Kings, Spurs, Dallas, Suns and Blazers.. in those 6 games.. all teams are pretty hard to beat.. minus outside/inside threat okur has been out for a while.. plus, those 5 of 6 games are road ones... Utah is pretty poor in road games usually.

So, my guess is, for Utah's next 5.. they may win a few games on the road.. when they visit Sonics, Bobcats, Hawks, Magic and Heat.... after those 5 games, they will have home games... only 4 more road games until end of January.. so, Utah will get back to normal i think..

Besides, Ronnie Brewer's production is in massive decline... in Nov, 17 games he averaged 2.6 stl per game... whereas.. in Dec, 6 games 0.66 steal per game..

Saw a few games of Utah this season, they are pretty sharp... generally..hope they will bounce back.. but Northwest division, AI-Melo combo is leading.. so you will be happy when Utah and Blazers are having roller-coaster situations.. giving Denver more chances to win its division LOL

I know if Bargey was here he would've brought it up but how cool has Travis Outlaw been going? I think the way he's been playing has had a big impact on the Blazers, the last 6 games he's had lots of points and rebounds..

it's funny you mentiond that Trav cos when i was writing the thread i was actually thinking the same thing!!
Outlaw has definitely picked up his game lately and behind Roy has been a huge factor in their recent success!!

Funkadelic said:

I know if Bargey was here he would've brought it up but how cool has Travis Outlaw been going? I think the way he's been playing has had a big impact on the Blazers, the last 6 games he's had lots of points and rebounds..

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yep, Outlaw from what I can see would be a big difference maker...so I picked him up in a fantasy league!

The big thing with outlaw, is his consistency...if he can maintain these numbers until February, the Blazers will do a lot better then they did last year

Basketball is a team game, not a Stars game. The Blazers are doing well as a team, the Jazz a doing poorly as a couple of Stars...at this point in time.

Brandon Roy's production has increased immensely the last 6 games. IMO this is a large contributing factor. He has averaged 23.83 ppg 6 dimes 5.66 rpg and only 2 turnovers per game.

James Jones has been pretty influential in a few of those wins too. A lot of people might overlook that. He seems to be a bit of a fan favourite with some of the Blazers fans.

Travis Outlaw has pretty much come back from the dead. I honestly was thinking he was gonna be another high school player that was gonna just end up on the scrap heap. Instead he has been massive in the 6 win streak that the Trailblazers currently sit on.

There have been a few cameo performances, notably Martell Websters career high points in amongst those wins. Good to see a team that has been down the bottom for a few years starting to rise though.

On the other side you have the Jazz. Okur is now out injured which will be a massive loss. He is undergoing a MRI to find out the extent of his injured shoulder. 3 of the 6 losses have been to top teams so you gotta take that into account.

Im sure the Jazz will bounce back.

utah's offense has dropped significantly the past few weeks...they were the best offensive team in the league, i think they were averaging about the 110ppg mark, better than phoenix even.

just noticed in the last day or two when i saw that the Jazz are now the leaders in the Northweast that they have been creeping up on everyone!!

have won 12 of their last 14 in the past 4-5 weeks!!