Dyson Daniels offense and Nance were really bad last night

It’s interesting how much we want to analyze and pinpoint who screwed up the most. I don’t disagree about Dyson’s shot last night, but I wouldn’t go so far on Nance.
Crap, we lost a game. That happens in the NBA. Rarely can you narrow it down to a single individual( or even two).

Yeah because if we're being honest, this bench is terrible when Hawkins isn't apart of it and Dyson has to start.

Dyson Hawkins and Trey are going to be in the 8 man rotation in the playoffs and the only players off the bench. Guys like Naji Jose and Larry can play well in small samples, and maybe Jose just needs his legs back, but Jesus, they all look worse this year.

The Pels were missing 3 of their top 4-5 players and they have enough size to be a bad matchup for JV and keep him from stepping up. So now you're down 4 of your top 5 offensive players plus Matt Ryan. I'm more disappointed that they didn't get more stops in the 4th when Utah scored 37 points than they couldn't score a bucket with Ingram and Hawkins as the only threats on the floor. Play better defense and you hold the lead.

Utah was missing several guys as well. We lost to a team that started freaking Omer Yurtseven, Kris Dunn and Simon Fontecchio. No excuse to lose last night and it’s ok be to pissed about it.

Do we know why JV didnt play down the stretch?

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What's his problem just dunking the damn ball? If he's going to ever be more than just a Thybulle type guy, he really needs to improve his 3 point percentage and learn to dunk when he's all alone.

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Might wanna reconsider on the "Thybulle type" guy. Since the trade from 76ers to Blazers last year, I've been saying Thybulle is about to become a "much wanted" piece, for just about any team that is currently a serious playoff contender. Mavs proved this by offering him a 3 yr/$33M deal as a RFA, with a player option for 3rd year. They wanted this guy...BAD. Blazers immediately matched the offer...which most think was waaay too much at the time.

He's a strong up & comer...the type guy you wanna get before others figure out just how valuable he's gonna be before long. FWIW: I don' think the Blazers will keep Thybulle for long...they are rebuilding & he's the type player only a serious "win now" contender would want. They look at Thybulle as excellent trade bait...and should move him for serious young talent before long.

Mavs were very disappointed when Blazers matched. As a Pels fan, I'm elated that Thybulle didn't go to the Mavs.

Dyson should of not been in the game at the end and we were down.
Jose should have actually remained in the game... He was shooting well.

Guys like Dyson and Naji aren’t high usage guys. They’re more times than not gonna struggle hard if they’re taking so many shots. We need our starters back asap plus Trey

Nance shouldn’t be playing until he’s 100% healthy. If he’s 100% healthy then he needs to be traded

Between sitting Herb for too long and doing a poor job of getting Hawkins open for shots in the second half, Utah left Dyson open all night wanting him to take the shot. Unfortunately, that was not the best option to continue to shoot it even if it was a wide open look. Dyson should never be asked to take that many shots when he's struggling.