Today's Poll

I don’t want to add to the homerism that will clearly be well represented already, but I also refuse to vote for LA.

but I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Blazers jump out to a sneaky win. I think veteran teams sometimes fall into the San Antonio mindset of turning it on in January.
The Blazers are ready now. They’ve been ready. They took the heads off the Kings on pre-season opener, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see them do the same to the Fakers.

is how I voted. Beating the defending WC champs on their court on opening night, however, is a tall order.

I love it.

It’s going to be an exciting game. Both teams will have their runs, but ultimately… Oden will posterize Bynum, and the Spanish duo will have the words “Sergio to Rudy” haunting the L*kers all season long…

L@kers by 9.

It makes me sick, but it’ll happen.

Roy scores and Oden blocks Kobe.

The L’s match up really well to the Blazers’ strengths. (Except maybe the bench favors the Blazers.) I hate myself but wound up picking the L’s by 5 to 9 in this case.

but that’s just because I had to make up for my score prediction on what will be a perfect Jersey score

“tie lol”????

Los Angeles has won three straight home games over Portland and 12 of the last 14 meetings at Staples Center.

My head thinks Lakers, my heart bleeds Blazers. So I picked the Blazers.

…i’m not religious, but i would pray to some sort of higher power for the Blazers to win this one.

Luckers by 5-9 :-(
I predict 3 blazers will be in foul trouble and 1 will foul out. The second unit may mismatch well with the lakers D, but has defensive problems of it’s own.

But I hope that I’m wrong and then I’ll be pleasantly suprised, if i’m right, not as let down?

on bynum and bynum will cry and sit on bench

Blazers win by forfeit when Phil Jackson sends Sasha V, with a hand written note of surrender, through the tunnels of Staples to Nate.

Unwilling to accept this cowardice, Nate tells Nic, Rudy and Jerryd that they have to “earn their stripes” and sends them back to the L*kers locker room, where they issue a vicious taunting, before spray painting the entire room red, black and white while rapping the words to “bust a bucket”.

Dr Buss folds the franchise in embarrassment.

I have a feeling that the Blazers will not be forgetting what happened in their last game against the L*kers (other than the 112-103 victory)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpWPbehHCsg

is it just me or do these teams seem destined to meet up in the playoffs only to have the best 7 game series sense the lakers vs. spurs with fisher hitting that shot then duncan shot series.

Is that true? I hate saying this while posting at 1AM, but that’s preeetty late for East-Coasters. What’s the point of putting it on National Television if the game starts past midnight?

We’re the clear underdogs, but certainly with an opportunity to get this W.