Looking ahead ... December will be brutal.

I was thinking the same thing about the start of our schedule though, and here we are 4 above .500. I honestly would not have, in my wildest dreams thought +4. I’ll continue to believe. GO Zers!!!!

Is that November was almost as tough and we are going to escape with a great record which gives us a nice head start for the ridiculous December.

and 5 of those road games are done before dec 11th. After this upcoming 5 game trip the blazers will be at home for almost the rest of the month, (only two 1 game trips) where they are currently 6-0. Blazer december opponents are a combined .521 over all, and even worse on the road. I see 3 statement games on this list, (both Boston games, and the Phx game) 2 of which are in PDX. Toronto, Denver, Utah, and Orlando are all teams we can and should beat on our home court, while going 50/50 for a win on their court.

December is no where near as hard as Nov was, and this team is way above par so far, lets keep it going!

for a change.

If we come out at .500, we’re ok. In fact, if we come out at .500, that’s very good, given the first two months of this schedule.

But we’ll come out better than .500. We’re legit, we’re dangerous, we’ll win some of those tough games, lose some, and perhaps even get blown out once or twice.

When we’re good, we’re very, very good. When we’re bad, sometimes we’re horrid and sometimes we steal a win anyway. We’ll be very, very good in some of those tough games, and get the W, and we’ll be mediocre in some games and manage to win anyway.

We’ll be near .500 for December, probably, but that will leave us over .500 for the season.

How many teams are thinking that Portland isn’t a place they want to go right now? If we come out, block a couple shots, and knock down some 3s, every team in the league will be thinking, “Oh, no, here we go.” The threat of being blown out and humiliated can play games with your mind.

Everyone who comes will want to be The Team that won in our building, but that dream can disappear very, very quickly, and I don’t think we’ll be letting many teams back in once they get down.