Watch Portland Trail Blazers @ Dallas Mavericks: Preview, Food & Drink Specials
February 11, 2012 — PDXPIPELINE
Tonight’s game starts at 5:30 PM on Comcast Sports Network. If you do not have cable or want a good Portland establishment to enjoy with friends, here are several suggestions from our sponsors.
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Watch Trail Blazers Games in Portland:
Tanker Bar (Se Hawthorne & 48th) | (503) 445-4635 | More info: tankerbar.com
Tanker Bar will be playing all games on their 6 large LCD TVs. $1 Pabst during all Blazers & Football games, and $1 off Nachos during all games. 15 beers on tap, Buckhunter, free popcorn.
Blitz (Ladd, Pearl, Tigard, NW 21) | More info: blitzbarpdx.webs.com
Blitz's FOUR locations will be happening as always with tons of televisions, drinks specials, and games (ping pong, shuffleboard, buckhunters, horseshoes in Tigard, and more).
East Burn (East Burnside & 18th) | (503) 236-2876 | More info: www.theeastburn.com
East Burn will have the game on a large projection screen on their heated patio and also downstairs. Recess discount menu from 3-6PM. They have daily drink specials (pdf of specials here).
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Preview: Portland Trail Blazers @ Dallas Mavericks
Portland Trailblazers (16-12) @ Dallas Mavericks (16-11)
Saturday, February 11th, 5:30pm CSNW
Game Notes: The Blazers get a chance at revenge as they play the Dallas Mavericks tonight. The Mavericks are the team that ended the Blazers season last year in the playoffs and it is certain both teams will remember this. The Mavericks are still the world champions but this season hasn’t been great to them. Their star player has fallen off quite a bit and they resemble the Blazers in that they both have a lot of talent but can’t seem to get all cylinders going every game.
The Blazers had a tough time beating the Hornets last night so this game will be no cake walk. Their road record is still not very good. The bright side is the Mavericks have not played that well at home. They will both be on the second game of a back-to-back so the winner of this game might come down to who plays with more energy.
The Mavericks:
Starting Lineup: Jason Kidd, Dirk Nowitzki, Vince Carter, Brendan Haywood, Shawn Marion
Bench: Jason Terry, Delonte West, Lamar Odom, Yi Jianlian, Brian Cardinal
X’s and O’s:
These two teams might have the best sixth man advantage in all of basketball. Jason Terry and Jamal Crawford are almost the spitting image of each other. Their match-up will be fun and interesting to watch. At this stage of their careers, LaMarcus is a harder matchup than Dirk. LaMarcus is a much better two-way player. This will be a game that highlights the flaws of the Blazers' offense and their lack of a scoring center. If the Blazers possessed one, they would be an impossible match-up for the Mavericks. Because of this, expect to see the Blazers play small ball a lot and leave Camby on the bench. Everyone will have to crash the boards if this happens as the Blazers have been getting killed in rebounds all week long.
Advantage Blazers:
Raymond Felton has been improving a lot lately. This will be a game in which his lack of defense will not be exploited. All he has to do is guard the three-point line against Kidd and he should have an excellent game. He is quicker and more agile than his counter-part. He will probably play heavy minutes in this game so it will be his for the taking if he wants it bad enough.
Last Words:
After this game, the Blazers have a tough stretch of three games in three nights. Another road win would go a long way for their morale. A win against the world champions would be a boost to the whole team before this stretch of games.
Games this week:
Washington - 14th
@ Golden State – 15th
Los Angeles Clippers – 16th
Blazers coverage by Cain Stoneking, a life-long Oregonian who breathes Blazers basketball. During the offseason he enjoys backpacking and playing music in his local band Foxtrot. Follow him on twitter at Letsgoblazers, or write to him at lightcain@gmail.com.
