31 Dec
So, some LaMarcus Aldridge guy sprained his ankle tonight. That’s cool. This Jeff Pendergraph fellow seems just fine with his career-high 14 rebounds and all. Blazers still beat the Clippers, and we all got Chalupas. Yahtzee!
At least that was the general consensus I gathered during and after the game at the Rose Garden, listening to [...]
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29 Dec
The Blazers have waived Anthony Tolliver and sent Patty Mills to D-League Idaho Stampede. For some reason the snow makes me not want to link to this, so just take my word for it. Of all the rookies, Mills interests me the most because of his speed, so we’ll be keeping track of him in [...]
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29 Dec
Welcome back to Earth.
After the nice diversion that was the road trip and Christmas Day winning streak, the 76ers gave the Blazers a giant dose of “Hey, remember that time both your centers were injured? Kthnxbye!” Philadelphia shot 57.7 percent, scored 60 points in the paint and got 58 points from the combination of Elton [...]
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26 Dec
Difficult as it is to believe, that just happened. The Blazers, without half their cast of characters, beat the Nuggets, without one half of Chauncey Billups, on Christmas Day. It was like the Disney lineup thrashing the Looney Toons with Disney missing Goofey, Donald Duck, Mufasa, Genie, the crab from Little Mermaid and Buzz Lightyear [...]
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24 Dec
Here he is on last night’s game (the last section of the post):
If you simulate this game with the same shot attempts ten times, I’m not sure the Trail Blazers win more than three of the match-ups. Designating 30 of your 77 shot attempts as long 2-point jumpers is treacherous, but being lightning quick to [...]
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