A very special night here at the Rose Garden, as we have the fantastic Nick Jaina—singer/songwriter, storyteller, frequent LocalCut tour diarist and, from what we hear, excellent cook—on board to blog the contest. Jaina originally hails from the Sacramento area, so it’s fitting that we have him blog the game against the Kings. Nick will get started shortly; thanks for tuning in!
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Almost Live: Kings at Blazers
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Guess who’s coming to Diener!
That’s it. That’s the only thing I have planned for this evening’s contest. It’s been a longbreak since I was last in the RG, and I feel a little discombobulated. The Oregon Ducks’ mascot is down on the basketball court, stretching and participating in shoot-around. He’s out on the perimeter with a ball in his hand when Martell Webster looks over and asks for the ball. The duck, confused, looks at Martell, looks at the basket, looks back at Martell and thinks to toss him the ball. Martell already got a ball from a ball boy. The duck scans the court for other Blazers. He’s stumped. Martell shoots, looks at the duck again, his patience wearing thin. The duck throws Martell the ball and then quietly exits to the breezeway. No one, at any point, smiled or laughed at the fact that there was a giant Disney duck participating in the pre-game activities. (more…)
Mad That You Can’t See Trail Blazers Games on TV? Read This.
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010
I have no idea if a new local chapter of something called the Sports Fans Coalition can move the needle on getting access for Portland Trail Blazers fans throughout the Northwest to watching their team on games broadcast by Comcast. But good on coalition organizers for trying. Here’s a release from the group that we got this morning, as well as links where you can go to support the effort:
Almost Live: Jazz Vs. Blazers
Sunday, February 21st, 2010
It takes some time to acclimate a new player to a team. That’s what every Blazer fan—and even coach Nate McMillan—is admitting after Friday night’s blowout home loss to Boston. How bad was the game? Well, the Blazers tied a record low with just seven assists for the entire game. Boston’s Rajon Rondo had that many in the first quarter. It was ugly almost from the first tip, and Marcus Camby’s first game as a Blazer wasn’t what everyone has hoped for, as the Celtics controlled the paint and completely shut down the Blazers offense. Tonight might be an even tougher matchup: the Blazers are 0-3 against the Jazz this year, including a 118=105 trouncing last month where the Jazz shot 80 percent for the game (only a slight exaggeration; it couldn’t miss). All three games have been decided by more than double figures. Yikes. The good news? Brandon Roy had a whole day to rest his sore hamstring, which left him looking more like Patrick Roy limping around the perimeter Friday against the Celtics stingy defense. Sorry, I got Olympic fever. (more…)
Almost Live: Celtics at Blazers
Friday, February 19th, 2010
Hello, and welcome to a very special Marcus Camby edition of Almost Live. I am pretty amped about tonight. I mean, this is about the most exciting game since Greg Oden got to Portland, in a lot of ways. CROWD. GOES. WILD.
If you’re wondering, I selected this picture of Marcus Camby over the more obvious ones because it depicts something he’ll be doing an awful lot while in Portland: Hanging out with white people. Get used to it, Marcus, because we’re everywhere.
LET’S GO! (more…)
Where Jesse Jackson Went After The Rally
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
The Oregonian’s Jeff Mapes notes this morning that the Rev. Jesse Jackson showed up at last night’s Trail Blazers’ game after speaking at the rally in Northeast Portland on the Aaron Campbell shooting.
Unfortunately, I was neither at the Blazers game nor got to watch it on TV. Anybody know what the crowd’s reaction was to seeing Jackson?
The Scouting Report on Marcus Camby
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
If the Portland Trail Blazers’ reported deal of Travis Outlaw and Steve Blake for Marcus Camby happens, here’s what WW’s Blazers blogger Casey Jarman had to say about Camby last month in his piece looking at big men the Blazers might try to acquire:
Casey Jarman For Blazers General Manager
Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Remember when Casey Jarman, WW music editor and Blazers blogger extraordinaire, wrote last month about some of the big men who Portland could acquire. The always-modest Casey included Chicago’s Tyrus Thomas, writing that the only “downside” was “I’m the only person in the world who thinks this is a good idea.”
Turns out Casey wasn’t. Here’s what else the prescient Casey had to say about Thomas and video of the highflying Thomas:
Almost Live: Thunder at Blazers (Stephen Malkmus Guest-Blogs!)
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
We are very, very excited to have one of our favorite musicians, Stephen Malkmus (Pavement, The Jicks) blogging this evening’s Blazer contest. We’ll spare him the embarrassment of nerding out about it too much. -Ed.
press area is pretty lonely. espn deportes is in the house. couple of sonic fans in sonix gear. hornets sweatsuits look like the knicks. collison and krstic –the same man. line tonight is thunder minus 1 1/2….sounds about right . the good news for the blazers is they were so bad last game the are due for a bounce back .
aldridge should have a good game tonight.
kudos for dre miller hes trying to make something happen… aldridge just keeps kicking the ball out. cmon lemarcus do something
durant is automatic from the line
oklahoma city is a lot of words to cram on the front of a jersey. they look like the globe trotters opponents jerseys
durant
wing span
sloppy start
decibels darkness and mikes hard lemonade.
k.durant looks like jamie foxx. he plays like a first round over-all pick. at least we get to see him a few times each year.
dre miller. i can root for him– that ncaa run at utah was pretty cool. majerus and don nelson are cut from the same freaky cloth
tip off …………………………………………………….after commercials. miami vice loop. the bass drums has too much treble in it. it reminds me of those bats the kids whack behind the board to throw off free throw shooters.
who is going to score. it is a real problem for the blazers
aldridge is soft, i cant handle him sorry blazer fans
thabo is looking good with the short hair…
batum to the rescue. kool cat
sweet james harden is in there looking john salmons- like with the beard.
the blazer scrubs are bringing some energy. 15-9
batum burned durant big time, its the cunning ham- batum show . im liking that.
100 consecutive sell outs…..that is pretty impressive
rudy gets the chicks. but what the blazers need is rebounds just a big body. juwan howard aint cuttin it. i know you couldnt predict the injuries, but this is looking like a lost season right about now. nick collison is loving it out there, which is not a good sign
i was here for a blaze prank that went wrong. it was a marriage proposal skit…. i cant remember but the prospective bride was not into it.
jeff green is taller than i thought he was….
aldridge looks good on the fast break……you forget that because the blazers never run
batumpowerbatumpower????
westbrook is looking awesome , hes been on fire of late and the UCLA pedigree is on display
whoa casey spotted mo cheeks over there–asst coach. what a nice guy .
real proposal–on espn!!! she said yes. for now
somehow the blazers are two points down nearing halftime mostly due to batum and cunning ham. nate is has done a good job finding a rotation and it seems like the thunder are just saving it for the second half….
halftime…..all tied up.
went to have a beer with bob and west. they are up in the nosebleeds. diggin it. martell went down real hard
that was scary but he is up and off the court. it was like he flew out of the half pipe at the Xgames then woke up and it was flat concrete instead of snow and there was no snowboard.
yeah just like that
portland fans are a scruffy lot. there is a hooligan element for sure . but you wont lose your teeth if you are a thunder fan…just some of the young men could be timbers fans or something .
the rim has a forcefield over it tonight.
pritch has a real close up of durant. he already knows he blew it….. still its gotta hurt
aldridge starting to get hot….blazers take the lead , first time, home momentum is working now.
casey told me he saw a young gal with a juwan howard sign–YEAH
the decibels are being flung around like numchucks….its louder than monsters of folk in here
all the sudden quiet.
durant is a lazy defender-could have been burnt off the picks more than once
dre personifies old school. no threes, etc
durant throwing up some garbage shots
martell is back…….thank god
durant was trying to pad stats on rebound over ibaka and it went out of bounds, miller makes him pay
end of 3rd quarter off the steal fernandez pulls up , and ends up taking off balanced three, he should have taken it to the hole but wimped out. i say trade the punk…trevor ariza is still in his mind evidently
bad blogging aside, brendan haywoodwould be nice
jeff green is really looking good tonight. 63-65–bayless sighting..blazers have been taking it inside more in the second half, which is a good thing.
vcu product eric maynor is making steve west proud of his alma mater tonight. at halftime Bob nastanovic said “westbrook is deferring to maynor”….i did not notice tha…………..t but the golden rams are aces in my book
maynor sweet dish for harden trey…..maybe Bob was right. 36-66 Okc ahead
horrible pass by blake. maynor gets an easy dime on hardens three
more james harden, blazers down 11……should have bet on this one……
two minutes of keystone cops / “entertainment” is thankfully ended with a Dre miller 3. blazers down 8.its amazing how boring the nba is when they miss (tons of)shots. its really kills the magic. i say widen the rims
collison “does the right thing” like a true jayhawk and takes a charge…. but dre miler is pissed and comes right back …….rudy fernandez you will never be ginobli because you will never drive like
oklahoma is trying to give this game away.
aldridge just keeps kicking it out. dre miller is the only one who wants to shoot. this sucks
like casey said when the blazers dont hit their threes the game plan is screwed. its predicated on that. which is why we still see steve blake out there for some reason.
garbage time three from durant. ill take it.
this thing is winding up real soon. bayless one for the kids…..
final summation–the thunder have a super exciting team and their fans should bne spcyhed. we have a weird team with cool guys but its looking like a struggle to get the 8th seed….
next time—— more cunningham in the second half……
Almost Live: Spurs at Blazers
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Forget the Lil Waynes and the Snoop Doggies and the Brown Eyed Peas, this Tony Parker has a certain je ne se qua about him that drives the ladies wild and makes the fellas wanna shoot other fellas. His new album “Jus Tony, Knawhimean?” is full of “bangers.” He’s hard as hell! And rumor has it that he’ll be playing tonight against the Blazers as the Spurs wipe the floor with the home team.
Did I say that? I didn’t mean it. I think this’ll be quite a battle. My players to watch this evening are Dejuan Blair and Jeff Pendegraph. True story.
Before I start, let me say that I am very, very uncomfortable with kids with guns being on the basketball court before the game. I know, I know, proud American traditions and everything. But to me the whole thing looks pretty fucking twisted.
Okay, fire away! (more…)
