Game 50: Blazers 98, Bobcats 79
Written by O Storm!   
Tuesday, 02 February 2010 07:48

98 points. Six players in double figures. A leading scorer with only 17 points. This was a team win in every sense of the word.

That being said, 21 Bobcats turnovers and 18 Blazers turnovers equals one sloppy game. I can't even count how many errant passes found their way into the stands or the hands of an opposing player. Larry Brown and his hard nosed defense clearly wanted to pressure Portland's guards, and they managed to find success by forcing Bayless into four turnovers and making Blake as jittery as a schoolgirl every time Augustin got near him. Thank heavens for Miller and his 10 assists.

On the occasions when the ball wasn't being turned over, both defenses were giving way to a stream of layups and alley oops. I'm not complaining, as I enjoy highlights as much as the next guy, I'm just pointing out that this was not typical Nate MacMillan era, Trailblazers basketball.

Lastly, Martell made a solid effort at retaining his starting position. He played solid defense, shot the ball decently and grabbed some boards. However, he still couldn't measure up to the energized Nicolas Batum. Batum has only been back for a handful of games, but he has clearly staked his claim to the SF position.

A win is a win is a win.

Go Trailblazers!

Box Score

-Rudy possibly leading the league in air ball threes
-Sloppy Bayless play after a strong start.
-Aggressive Chalupa chants from section 326 when we had 95 points.
-News that Roy will be out at least one more game.
-Roy Jones Jr replacing George Foreman on the 4th quarter jumbo tron vid.		 - Batuuuuum with another 9 boards and multiple sick dunks.
- Dre with a couple more perfect lobs for dunks. And not trying to force his shot after his 52.
- An active Dante with a career high 10 points and 2 big blocks.
- Athletic Rudy put pack dunk and ally-oop reverse layup.
- Patty Mills sighting


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Comments (4)Add Comment
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written by KneeJerkNBA, February 02, 2010
Great post! Love the bust vs bucket element. They should keep track of airballs, no doubt.
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written by Net Ranger, February 02, 2010
Good read. Thanks! smilies/smiley.gif
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written by CDub, February 02, 2010
I thought you all should know that I bought a Oregon Lottery Blazer Scratch It today because of all of the ads they've been running on every Blazer site I visit. I won my $2 back. Take that lottery!

I was disappointed actually. Besides the logo, there was nothing Blazer related about the scratch it. I thought there would at least be some Blazer related icons to match as the game. Just random number on a blank jersey. Poor effort.
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