I was in the Rose Garden to witness an amazingly competitive matchup against the Phoenix Suns.

Most amazing moment: The nearing the end of regulation, Blazers down by three. Somehow, the ball ends up in Arvydas Sabonis’ hands at the top of the key, just outside the three point line. He heaves it up as the horn sounds. A flat, ugly jumpshot. Swish.

Four overtime periods later, the Blazers lost 139-140, in what is likely to be the most amazing (and certainly the longest) game of NBA basketball I will ever witness. The Blazers may have lost the game, but that moment, with Sabas burying the three at the buzzer, will always live in my memory as one of the greatest Blazer highlights of all time.

I remember Scottie hitting that 3 in the Utah series in 2000. It was game 5 and the Blazers won by 2. Man Scottie was so amazing, so clutch. I loved that moment. Blazers won the series 4-1 that night.

I’ll go with Travis’ buzzer-beater vs. the Grizz this year. It did ignite that crazy streak that I cannot forget.

On the other side of things, I remember Jarrett Jack’s memorable turnover against the Denver Nuggets his rookie year. I believe someone grabbed it and laid it in with about 3 seconds left? I exploded.

He exploded on Utah for 24 in the third quarter this past season, that was a bomb getting dropped on the Jazz.
There’s a great memory of Steve Smith sinking a 3-pointer on three straight possessions.

But I think the explosion that blows me out of my chair, with oohs and aahs even now, is the last 91 seconds against Dallas in that one game with Bonzi, Sheed, Scottie, and Ruben. That was a point explosion.
Here is proof:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n560gRzJnCY

You know the one I mean

Billy Ray Bates’ inbound alley-oop pass from Kermit Washington beats the Sixers 109-108.

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=yPiZW21GzUA

series clinching basket against Dallas.

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=icLF_j0POkU

In those old days, most of the games, if televised, were delayed… I’d plug my ears, sing something and run out of the room during the 11:00 pm news, so I could watch those games as if they were live.

Most folks forget the early part of the playoffs. Portland started their title run with a 3-game series with Chicago – Artis Gilmore was a monster. I don’t even remember what game it was, but Portland came back from a 9 point deficit in less than 20 seconds, capped by The Train hitting a deep jumper, I believe. Never televised – just on the radio, but an amazing comeback that set the stage for a great championship run.

Oh, and first post. Be gentle….

But the most absolutely amazing one was Travis Outlaw’s four-point play in Toronto last season to force overtime. I had never ever seen anything like that before. Made my heart stop. Too bad we lost that game.

March 1991 Normally mild-mannered RIck Adeleman kicks over a training table at half-time in LA when the Blazers are behind by 17 points. Blazers win in overtime. Quote from Adelman, “At halftime, I told them if we were going to lose, let’s lose like the Trail Blazers. Let’s play hard. We played so hard it was unbelievable.’”

December 2007 Normally mild-manner Steve Blake loses it at practice in SA and throws a chair. Quote from McMillan: “We were there as guests, that was not our furniture,” McMillan said. “So I told him to pick up the chair .” Blake picked up the chair … and threw it again. Normally mild-mannered Channing Frye starts talking trash to his teammates while Brandon Roy swears at them. Przy tosses Marty to the floor …. and a thirteen game win streak ensues.

Outlaws back-to-back reverse alley-oops from Sergio, they occurred so close together that the excitement from the second built onto the first.

Not to mention it cemented in my memory how much I enjoyed rooting for that team last year!

I want to say it was like 2000 against the L*kers on Bill Walton day at the Rose Garden. After another bad call in favor of LA a hundred Bill Walton Beanie Babies go flying on the court stopping the game for about fifteen minutes. I like to think of my self as more classy than that, but as a fan you have to protect your floor against horrible officiating. After the game Rasheed was quoted when being asked about what he thought about the fans reaction he said "I don’t care about ugly ass Bill Walton dolls" (or something similar)

So it’s a couple of Travis moments that really stick with me: the dunk over Yao (and Travis’ face afterwards) and the buzzer-beater in Memphis. Both times I jumped off the couch and bruised a shin on the coffeetable.

Listening to the 2007 lottery on the radio was pretty memorable too. I burst into tears. I still listen to the sound clip every now and then and get all choked up.

from sergio to travis last game
travis 4pt play against raps
dunk on carney from outlaw
roys hand switch against bosh
lamarcus almost kicking lamar odoms ass for dropping roy

OK, I know there are better ones than this, but it’s stuck in my head ever since I dug up the YouTube videos on the 1992 finals. Here’s the link again (game 4 runs from about 2:30 to 5:30 in this video):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQR5XD_PVnU&NR=1

Blazers were down 2-1 in the series. Chicago ran out to a 10-0 lead, and were winning pretty much the entire game (we were at home against the Bulls with MJ at the peak of his dominance). I remember how the NBC announcers were piling on about the impending majesty of a Bulls dynasty, and you could feel the walls closing in against the greatest player (and one of the greatest teams) ever.

It was 77-72 with about 7 minutes left, and Kersey got called for a flagrant foul, and then he and Ainge yelled at each other and Kersey shoved Ainge. TP (of course) made the peace, and then by sheer force of will, the Blazers clawed their way back, finally snagging the lead when Clyde stripped MJ as he was going up for a shot, then scored on a frantic fastbreak (assist: TP, of course) at the other end. I don’t think I have screamed louder in my entire life. Portland went on to win the game and tie the series to the dismay of an entire national media who badly want to anoint MJ as a deity.

The only thing I can equate it to is the movie “300”. Yeah, you know the Spartans are eventually going to lose against the Persians (badly outnumbered, and with a God as their ruler), but on that day, my team won. Us against the world, baby.

because I wasnt born yet, however it is still one of my favorite memories (just via replay) The Dawkins VS Lucas 77 fight that propelled the Blazers from a 0-2 record in to NBA Champs. I would love to read someones remeberances from that game and square off.

Everyone has been tipping the cap to TO so I will go with:

Brandon's move against Bosh.
     Brandon's block of 'Melo followed by TO's block of Linus.
     1st quarter against Dallas with Jason Kidd.  They dominated the Mavs from start to finish in that quarter.

That reminds me of the greatest quarter of Blazer basketball ever. The first quarter against San Antonio in the fall of 1990 I believe. The Blazers shot around 80% and scored almost 50 pts and rocked the house and the Spurs. I was in the Coliseum to witness that group of players play one of its greatest quarters ever. My friend and I shot out of our seats to cheer and the Budwater dunk team ran out on the court to “get the fans pumped up.” It was elation followed by sadness as I just wanted to cheer for my team instead of watch some choreographed dunkfest off of trampolines. Oh well, I will never forget the elation of seeing the nearly perfect quarter.

this is my favorite: http://youtube.com/watch?v=-C0iK_3FgAY

Even though Sabas is my favorite player ever, Rasheed is a close second as far as “favorite to watch.” The alley-oops he finished were amazing. Explosive.

Check out Clyde at the :36 second mark totally deek out Kiki (sorry for the video quality)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=edVnuhDi0FU&feature=related