Target Center Report ...

To be periodically reminded that we should all take pause and appreciate being a Blazer fan.

Especially one living in Portland. Nice report.

Almost any team in the NBA would have beat the Blazers by 15+ last night playing on their home ice. But the Blazers, to their credit, hung around long enough to smell it and got their second wind with about 6 minutes to play.

Minnesota had better watch out, or they’re going to have a full meltdown. The natives are restless in the twin cities…

Yeah, the venue looked a bit funny, with the two-color floor and a lot of seats empty. In the gameday thread, Casey joked about a fan sitting opposite the benches who tried to look and behave like a college coach, don’t know if you saw him. Ben couldn’t see the howling wolves in the secondary Minny logos on the floor, which was an ongoing joke. Speaking of howling wolves, with this constant “wooohoooo” sound effect to give the impression of even a little team related atmosphere, I somehow got a feeling that the sound must be from a real wolf living in that empty arena during the day who now had been woken up annoyed by bad music. Didn’t look too promising even on TV.

hard to believe they had KG only 2 seasons ago on their roster

NO one deserves to get ketchup thrown on them.

Unless they are wearing a Laker Jersey, then its all good. Ketchup, pig’s blood, batteries…whatevers handy.

who don’t treat opposing fans too nicely either. At the home opener I witnessed a couple Spurs fans get verbally and physically trashed by the surrounding crowd. They, like bfan, did nothing to provoke it, but they too, needed help from security to safely exit the arena. Actually, security made them wait at the very top of the section until everyone else left, before allowing them to exit.

I still regret not speaking out against the unsportsmanlike treatment of the Spur’s fans, but I won’t make that mistake again. I won’t tolerate such disrespect in my section any longer. We are the best fans in the league for several reasons. Having great sportsmanship is one of them. Let’s not tolerate stuff like this in our Rose Garden.

when i eventually get my holiday to the US…………. there is a reason why teams have “home court advantage” and the blazer fans that sell out every blazers game provide a definate boost.

feel sorry for the wolves/grizzlies/bobcats etc who have terrible attendance and low support from the community, walking out to an empty arena would be disheartening for sure.

gotta love getting into altercations at sporting events.

I had 3 Jazz fans sitting in front of me at the Rose Garden while we were playing them (one was a young boy). We all had a good time and ribbed each other some – it was kind of fun. No problems at all.

The Target Center is a pretty atrocious building overall. Never been to a basketball game there, but plenty of concerts. It’s soulless, and the Timberpups fans weren’t doing anything to help it.

With their new uniforms and the redesigned court, at least the Timberpups look good. Seriously, that new floor is gorgeous. I think it’s the best one in the NBA. Love the blue and two-tone hardwood.

The one advantage to such a silent game was that I noticed the “Mario gets a coin” noise that they play after every made (home) free throw. I loved that. I think it’d be awesome if Portland stole it. And then trademarked it and sued the Timberpups so they couldn’t do it any more. Heh.

If the GM of my team traded away Brandon Roy and O.J. Mayo for Randy Foye and Kevin Love. That is one big FAIL.

If someone threw Katsup on me, I would not have been in a shouting match. That dude would have had some important parts of his body ripped off. That type of garbage, throwing stuff, being rude especially when one’s favorite team sucks , makes me see red.

Big ups to you for not getting kicked out and not getting thrown in jail.

Sophia