Game 82 Recap: Blazers 91, Suns 100

Where’s the single-sentence summary? :)

Just one quibble, Dave. Perhaps Roy “appeared to take it easy again.” But appearances can be deceiving. My opinion is that Roy was playing hurt from the time Caron Butler pulled him down and injured his groin. Roy himself said upon his return that the groin hurt but that he wanted to give it a go. I seriously doubt it improved any after that.

Practially any other star would have packed it in the day his team was eliminated from the playoffs. But Roy stuck with it, playing in pain and with maybe 70% of his usual mobility and explosiveness until Nate finally put him out of his misery. In a sense, Roy WAS “taking it easy” in those final games, but his body gave him little choice.

I’ve had here at the Bedge this season. I’m looking forward to draft chats over the summer and a great time next year. Thanks Dave and Ben and all the Bedgers. Go Blazers!

—had any right to. I should be happy about the last home win, and the .500 record, but we lost to the Suns scrubs who never play. Boo!

Oh well, I’ve forgotten it already.

Nope, I haven’t forgot it yet. Plus, LMA’s bad shooting night might have lost me my fantasy championships by a percentage point. B’OH. Also, I have Roy because he is a great player who puts up numbers in ever category. Tonight? NOPE HE DIDN’T. He lost me the championship too. Didn’t we want to have a winning season? D’Antoni handed it to us on a silver platter lined with fresh strawberries and chicken thighs (my favorite food). We knocked the platter aside and said “More baked poop with a barf stir fry, swallowed down with a pee milkshake pleeze!” And then we ATE IT EWWW GROSS.

Roy is hurt so I don’t mind him sitting most of the game out. He has earned it. LMA shoulda’ killed those scrubs. Outlaw had good numbers but he is taking worse and worse shots. Von Wafer looked nice. Sergio had some mojo. Jones gets bashful around his old team. Blake was Blake. Jack remembers Skinner from his rookie year and Skinner stole Jack’s girl. Jack challenged him to a auto race out on Make Out Point, and won—but his ex-girlfriend didn’t abide by the rules of the race and said her heart was won by a dumb goatee, not a dumb race. So, that’s why Jack got tossed. Frye did okay for being the exact wrong guy to throw at Amare and Shaq.

Who else is there? I feel like I’m forgetting about someone’s game.

Man, we coulda won it! It’d be a tainted 42nd win, but no one would know. It would be our little secret. 41 wins is for chumps, 42 is where it’s at!

I’m not really upset. I just like wins when they are there for the ganking. This was the best season I can remember in my adult life, and it feels like it is up there with the seasons of my youth. It’s just so satisfying to have such great players with REAL potential (not hopeful potential where we need to get real lucky for them to turn good), have them actually play hard and together, and have all the pieces in place to be one of the top teams in the league.

We were spoiled when we made the playoffs 20+ years in a row, spoiled by Drexler and friends, spoiled by Trader Bob’s stocking of talent (and payroll), and soon we’ll be spoiled with an embarassment of riches for the next decade and beyond. That’s why you see defensive homery posts from fans of other teams saying we ain’t all that, and that their team is gonna be better. Everyone is JEALOUS, yo!

I love the Blazers.

Mortimer

If I have to watch five Blazers stand around while the opposing team’s guard swoops in for a putback lay-in, I’m done.

I found this to be a very interesting part of the game, when Shaq started in on Travis… Travis responded by swishing a deep corner 3, said something back to Shaq) and then Travis became a rebounding machine. Travis really brought his game up upon Shaq taunts, scored frequently, and really had the most energy by far on the team.

This is the second season in a row Travis has exploded during the last two games.

That was too funny when the p.a. started playing the theme from Jaws as Roy was dribbling the ball at the top of the key. Then the pass to J.Jack in the corner for the swished 3 ball just as the violins are screeching eek eek eek!

The Memphis game was the A #1 100% way to end any season that doesn’t involve playoffs. Oh well.

the immense work and considerable skill you put in, Dave, to the every game previews and game summaries. Excellent. You are the man.

Appreciation also for you, Ben for the in-game and post-game coverages. You add significantly to a good team.

So thank to you both and to your families as well, as you sacrifice time with them for this labor of love.

You all helped make this the most enjoyable season in a long long time. Looking forward to next year.