The starters were thoroughly outplayed by the Blazers in the first half, but managed to gain a foothold in the third quarter. Although they were visibly outplaying the Blazers, they could only finished the quarter cutting the lead by one point because they kept turning the ball over leading to Blazer fastbreaks.

Speaking of Marco… wow. He was quietly sitting on five points at halftime, but erupted from deep in a way I don't think we've seen since Kevin Martin. The numbers speak for themselves; 32 points and 4 assists, going 12/18 overall from the field and 4/10 from deep. And none of those were easy; I don't recall him hitting a single layup, and he went 4/8 from the free throw line ¯_(ツ)_/¯

I mean, look at this:

What is this even?!? He hit shots in every way thinkable. Off-the-dribble getting a pick, curling off a pin-down screen, dribble hand-offs, spot-ups… It was spectacular. He scored 13 of the teams 29 fourth quarter points and 10 of the team's 12 overtime points. Lets save some of that for the regular season, eh Marco? Grazie.

Overall, a fun-filled evening with a lot of work to be done. Collison and Belinelli *probably* won't be so hot in the future, so we need more from the starting lineup. Last year's wing trio of Gay, McLemore, and Casspi all need to bounce back strong to revive the offense, and will have plenty of opportunity to do so. Ultimately, its one preseason game down and a long road ahead, but it looks like its going to be a fun one. Onto Phoenix.