This is the definition of a trap game. I hope the Blazers are smart enough to avoid it.

the way he did after the Kings game.

The result was the Miami home game. Look for something similar this time. These guys cannot play with us when we come out hard, and our depth will tell on the back-to-back.

Look for the starters to get us established with some kind of lead, and the bench to come in and open it up.

Giving Jamison that big extension then even worse giving Arenas that 100 mil deal.

93-81 says I. My crystal ball points to this being one of Oden’s very effective games. LMA serves Jamison some of what he cooked up for ‘Sheed, and 12 won’t cover the damage.

came to mind immediately.

abe fortas was on the supreme court, appointed by lbj. he nearly became chief justice but was strongly opposed by republicans when nominated in 1968.

abraham maslow was a very influential psychologist, in that he sought to study healthy and happy people as opposed to the sick and unhappy, leading him to such concepts as “self-actualization” and the “peak experience.”

this is a completely different approach from that of freud, who at one point said that the best anyone can hope for is “ordinary, everyday unhappiness.” (sometimes there’s a lot of common sense in this, as many have unrealistic expectations and may need to be reassured, so to speak, that life is not a bowl of cherries and never has been for anyone.)

Will it show up tonight? NY was the perfect game to get our bigs involved and build some confidance but noooo, we jack up outside shots and for alot of the game played there style. Portland should whip the Wiz but as we have often seen the blazers play to there opponants highs or lows.(depending) I hope Greg and Pryz between them have a 30-40 night if you cannot own the Wiz in the paint,,,,,,,,,, Im just saying,,,,

but then again i was telling my self that about the knicks game and look at the fight we had to put up i just hope the we aren’t to tired or we are looking ahead to boston on friday

The Wiz run the princton offense dribble through the lane till you get an open jumper they pass the ball alot, and dribble penetrate. Portland has got to man up on the penetration its the weakest part of our D. Teams have done an excellant job at scouting our zone this year. I don’t know how many times that they have pulled a defender to the brink of his area then had an open shot on the switch to that area’s defender.

We need to change up our D a little and show some different looks in the Zone.

I keep waiting for our interior D to play consistantly out from the basket a little more also, set up around the 5-6 foot mark so the weak side D has a better oppurtunity to help over the top, we actually do that ok but just not enough, it sure is a pretty play when Nic or LMA can swat the ball off the origanl block attempt by Joel Or greg.

All they need are the following things to happen:

1. Gibert Arenas pulls a Willis Reed
2. Joel Przybilla charged 157 dollars for hot wings at hotel bar, snaps, injures 4 bar staff, flies back home to Minnesota to start a militia.
3. Four words: Juan Dixon revenge game.
4. Greg Oden gets too involved in local Guitar Hero competition, misses game
5. Nate McMillan decides on experimental lineup with both centers out. Travis Outlaw placed at the starting 5 position.
6. As a result of above, Brendan Haywood and Aundray Blatche have career games.
7. Kevin Pritchard gets itch to play, releases Shavlik Randolph, signs himself to a ten day contract and decides he needs to play in the 4th quarter.
8. KP misses shot at buzzer to give Washington a 83-82 win.

See? Anything’s possible.

… mentioned we are playing the Washington Wizards. He said, ‘They really call themselves that??’ He heard Washington Lizards and thought it was one of the most accurate team names in the NBA :)