4th Quarter impression:

McGowens kept the grove he found in the 3rd quarter and into the 4th.

Rupert and Murrary has been aggressive. Rupert on the catch and shoot was almost automatic.

Blazers was able to close the gap with 11 points in the 4:30 mark, which was surprising. Portland closed the gap to 8 points around the 1:30 minute mark by launching threes.

Clingan was able to collect fouls by attacking the rim, crucial free throws from Clingan closed the gap to 6.

3rd Quarter impressions:

Murray was more visible this quarter.

It was nice to see Clingan dive for the ball, and able to disturb shots at the beginning of the quarter. He phoned it in on defense at around the 5 minute mark,

They pulled all the Blazers big names around the 3 minute mark, and let the bench play.

2nd Quarter impressions:

The Blazers are able to pass the ball and create shots, Unfortunately they haven’t been able to capitalize.

Blazers didn’t score until the 6:07 minutes left in the 2nd quarter.

Clingan is not in NBA shape, he is visibly winded . He will need to work on his conditioning.

McGowens limited his mistakes in the 2nd quarter and was able to contribute better in this quarter.

1st Quarter impressions:

Clingan was disturbing all the shots near the rim. Early turnover with passing to a ghost. Cant finish very well on the rim. Offensively, he has been forcing his shots.

Murray was able to show some flashes of why he belongs in the NBA, He just needs to be more aggressive.

Ryan Rupert was able to show off some ball handling. He has a promising start so far.

Minaya was forcing shots.

Other Blazers were non descript. The whole team can’t set a proper screen, allowing the Spurs to blow by easily. Turnovers for the Blazers were plentiful, allowing the Spurs to keep pulling ahead.

Avdija will bring the necessary shooting to stretch the floor. Too many times our offense broke down and the opposing defense were able to suffocate and stagnate us, and allowed them to key in on our playmakers. As surprising as Toumani was last season, we need a credible release valve. Defenders were sagging off of our non offensive guys.

This is such a win for the Blazers. And only for the low price of Brogdon and the 14th pick of this draft.