COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL NOVEMBER 15, 2017
Ball is Life: continued from B1
close games. In games decided
by four points or less the team is
2-4. If we throw in the Utah loss, a
game the Blazers lost in overtime
after a missed game winner at the
end of regulation, they end up 2-5
in these close games.
All teams have stretches like this
because weird things happen at the
end of games. But what is poten-
tially concerning for the Blazers
is that in these games things have
slowed down a little too much. As
the ball moves a little less and iso-
lation play becomes more common,
the Blazers have struggled. It’s too
early to be full-on worried but the
Blazers need to be more mindful of
their late game play early on if they
are serious about fi nishing in the
top four of the West.
But despite any late-game strug-
gles, the Blazers have positive
signs of life that show this team
is better than their record refl ects.
One area where the Blazers have
been absolutely stellar is in re-
bounding. As a team they are fi rst
in rebound differential with +7.5.
The next closest team is the Celtics
at 5.5. The Blazers currently have
a three-headed rebounding monster
of Davis, Aminu and Nurkic who
are at 8.3, 8.1 and 7.8 boards per
game. And if Swanigan works his
way into the lineup, whether this
season or in the future, he seems
insistent on keeping these numbers
up.
As the NBA has become more
and more three point centric, the
Blazers are showing that they can
keep up with the best of them. The
Blazers are currently fi fth in three-
point percentage and are holding
opponents to the fourth lowest
team three point percentage in the
league.
Ultimately, the Blazers should be
ahead of where they are now. This
is not a group that gained a lot of
new faces in the offseason but is
the same group that fi nished last
year with some rookies thrown in.
But they can still get there. Dame
and CJ are going to get more than
50 points a night and they will see
if it is enough to get a win.
The Blazers have the pieces to be
a winning team. If they put those
pieces together they can be a top
four team in the West, win a fi rst-
round playoff series and then in-
evitably lose to the Warriors in the
next round. It's going to be a fun
ride.
Welch, Jim Hoover, Russell
Bryce
Third Place: -4
Jake Cox, Adrian Chatig-
ny, Don Hanly, Darrell Lee
ard Vargas
Scores
Middlefi eld Men’s Club
Monday 11/6/2017
Game: 2, 3 Points
First Place: 110
Gary Ingram, Rick
LeBrun, Jim Lehl, Jerry
Pennington
Second Place:100
Jim Cunningham, Frank
Gates, Darrell Lee, Larry
Strickland
Third Place: 95
Tom Marx, Jake Cox,
Leon Hayes, Larry Zuvich
Fourth Place: 95
Phil Hamilton, Steve
Moir, Keith Rowling, Rich-
3B
Fifth Place: 95
Steve Lindholm,
Dave Tooker, Mel
Gowing, Larry Eyman
Fourth Place: -3
Bill Avery, Pat Rickard,
Lynn Ferrin
Low Gross: Jake Cox 77,
Gary Ingram 78
Low Net: Jim Lehl
65, Darrell Lee 67, Gary
Ingram 67
Closest to the Pin: #5
Larry Zuvich, #7 Larry
Eyman, #14 Larry Zuvich
Fifth Place: -2
Richard Vargas, Steve
Moir, Jim Lehl
Sixth Place: -1
Larry Emery, Rick
LeBrun, Larry Eyman, Phil
Hamilton
Middlefi eld Men’s Club
Thursday 11/9/2017
Game: Scramble with
Tie Breakers
First Place: -6
Bob McCarty, Phil Jones,
Gary Ordway, Frank Gates
Seventh Place: -1
Ricky Ambrose, Jim
Cunningham, Leon Hayes,
Dave Tooker
Second Place:-4
Gary Ingram, Gary
Closest to the Pin: #5
Bob McCarty, #7 Gary
Ordway, #14 Jake Cox
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