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That article reflects the self-masturbatory talk of Portland fans this entire year. I can't wait for the Rockets or Lakers to demolish them.
The Hornets losing to the Spurs in overtime was the best thing that could happen to them.
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That article reflects the self-masturbatory talk of Portland fans this entire year. I can't wait for the Rockets or Lakers to demolish them.
The Hornets losing to the Spurs in overtime was the best thing that could happen to them.
wqhy don't we call chris hansen and see what's up. trailblazer fan rapes little 14 year olds in his sig. i hate it the way blazers think they are storming there way in the PO's they will get bounched 1st round and end up missing the po's for another 5 years.suns fan
Pshhh. That girl is at least 16 quit exaggerating.
No. 4 PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS (54-28) vs. No. 5 HOUSTON ROCKETS (53-29)
Brian Mahoney
Season series: Rockets, 2-1. Houston won its two home games but had no chance for the sweep after falling 101-99 in overtime in November in Portland on Brandon Roy’s 3-pointer as time expired. The Rockets limited the Trail Blazers to 91 points per game in the other two meetings.
Storyline: A young Portland team got the Trail Blazers back into the postseason for the first time since 2003, ending the longest playoff drought in the NBA. Better yet for the Blazers, they earned home-court advantage on the final night of the season when the Rockets lost at Dallas, falling from a chance at the No. 2 seed. Portland is 34-7 at home, one of the league’s best records.
Key Matchup I: Roy vs. Ron Artest and Shane Battier. The Rockets have two top defensive options to throw at Roy, who scored 17 in Portland’s victory and averaged 23 in the two games at Houston. Artest scored 18 per game in the Rockets’ wins but was limited to nine in the loss.
Key Matchup II: LaMarcus Aldridge vs. Luis Scola. The Rockets need Scola, a rugged interior defender, to slow down the Blazers’ power forward, who averaged 23.3 points in the series.
X-Factor: Aaron Brooks. The former Oregon star, starting for the Rockets since they traded Rafer Alston at the trade deadline, scored 16 points per game against Portland this season.
Prediction: Rockets in 7.
Nice recap about series...maybe the best team win.
I wouldn't exactly call Scola a rugged defender.
Yeah, I know....Dirk ate Scola's lunch yesterday, hopefully chuckwagon can shut lamarcus down, and carl landry gets back up to his full speed.
I have just seen the dumbest post by a fan ever made, it happens to be a portland fan from prosportsdaily:
"I think the Blazers can handle the Rockets... They play great defense but their offense is questionable... I think Joel and Oden are enough to keep Yao from getting a monster game every time."
http://www.prosportsdaily.com/forums...d.php?t=352549
The skank in lil_penny's sig for some reason turns me on. Gotdamn...WTF she is hot.
in the amount of time the blazers have missed the playoffs what exactly have the suns done besides getting raped by the spurs or lakers?
enjoy the lottery i cant wait for you guys to sell us another one of your picks for some petty cash hahaha.. thanks again for rudy! this time it will be a lottery pick
This is a coin flip series...either team could win and I would not be surprised.
DD
Rockets in 6...an ugly 6.
I think I'm gonna go change my vote on the "overconfidence" thread...
The Kids Who Crashed the NBA's Party
Kevin Pelton
It's no secret that the Portland Trail Blazers, who are making their first NBA playoff appearance since 2003 on Saturday, are a young team. When grouped together, the average age of its players is 25.3 -- which makes them significantly younger than veteran squads like the San Antonio Spurs.
But a simple average doesn't do Portland justice. After all, Raef LaFrentz, the team's injured 32-year-old center who didn't play a minute this season, is still on the roster. A better way to compare Portland to the rest of the league is "effective age," a statistic that averages players' ages but also weights by how many minutes they play. By this metric, Portland is the NBA's second-youngest team overall, one of the 10 youngest of the last three decades and the youngest since 1980 to win at least 50 games.
Despite using as many as four rookies in their rotation and relying on two third-year players (Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge) as go-to guys, the Blazers won a share of the Northwest Division le. In doing so, Portland defied one of the laws of the NBA: that older teams are better. There is a strong correlation (.515) between a team's effective age and its success. In fact, an extra year of effective age is roughly equivalent to four extra wins per season.
There's no reason to believe the Blazers' inexperience will hold them back now. Of the 10 youngest teams to win 50-plus games since 1980, seven reached the second round. With the league's fourth-best home record and home court advantage over the Houston Rockets, the Blazers stand an excellent chance of doing the same.
My feeling is that the blazers are going to play y with nervous energy and make mistakes in close games that favor the rockets. The rockets will redeem their first round exits b/c compared to 2007-2008 Jazz and 2005 Mavs, the blazers are pretty average. I take the rox in 6 games.
funniest thing said in this thread is from t thong, blazers sweep rox
The Blazers can beat the Lakers.
I'll be honest right now, I think we have a better chance of beating Cleveland than Portland.
The Blazers are just a bad match up for us.
Brandy Roy sees the Wall, pees shorts
Last edited by Roxsfan; 04-17-2009 at 01:07 AM.
^lol
I want to pull for the Blazers because I believe they'd give th Lakers better/longer-lasting compe ion, but I've learn to grow a bit suspect of young teams making it to the playoffs for the 1st time as a unit in the NBA. Baseball is a diffierent story; teams like the Marlins and Rays pop-up every few years, but basketball always leans towards the more experienced group, even if they are coming in under the radar. Either way, it's going to be, IMO, THE best 1st round series!!
People said a team this young couldn't win 50 games too.
what the is this 'Rip City' crap? i mean what the does that even mean? 'Rip'????
Maybe their season will rest in peace???
Again, the regular season doesn't often translate to the postseason for young NBA teams. We'll have to see, but as laid back as the team is I sure hope they don't take Houston lightly.
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