and go kiss the 76er logo at center court.

“WE GOT AUGUSTIN!!! WE GOT AUGUSTIN!!!”

Will be a little problem for us, so I’m saying 3 wins, and I would be happy with that. 2 wins would be lame, but acceptable considering anything can happen when you are on the road. If we go home with two or less, I might jump out of my car while it’s moving.

But I have no idea which one of these teams we lose to. We could honestly beat all of these teams, and probably lose to all of these teams too. Who knows, really?

No more. No less. Three shalt be the number the Blazers shalt win, and the number of the winning shall be three. Four shalt they not win, nor either win they two, excepting that they then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then, lobbest they thy Holy Basketball of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it…

Chicago. The Robertkittens. And one of the Nets and the Sixers.

Book it.

There isn’t a one of them that we can’t beat. And we should be completely “rested” up.

Less than great timing if your the Blazers, but I still like our chances.

also, we need to see improvement from Oden and Rudy on this trip, along with consistency from Aldridge and Roy… Blake needs 1.5 big games….

Martell better be in PDX working on his foot.

We need at least 2 blowouts…. all of these should be blowouts. As long as J. Quick doesn’t do one of his Harry Potter charms to either the coaches or players, our mental attitude should be top notch every game.

As per players, I like Emeka Okafur, but know we’d never get him…. I also like Devon Harris for NJ – seems like an all around great PG - will be interesting to see whether KP attends the NJ game….

Go Blazers!

I see us dropping one, but winning the rest. Sleeping tricks or not, road trips are tough on teams. Winning them all is nice, but 3/4 would still be decent in my book.

As for trades I will eat some crow and say “hey, that rose guy that i thought would be a flash in the pan. yeah, he looks pretty good. maybe we should think about snagging him if we can.”

but I see one lonely vote for no wins. Really? You know how the Yankees had Murderer’s Row? This road trip is more like Jaywalker Alley given the mediocre teams on the slate. I voted for three because they are on the road, but 4-0 wouldn’t surprise me.

It was probably just an antivote by a Blazer hater. To be honest, I’m surpried that there aren’t more of these.

Anywho, chose 4. Portland is 5-1 on the road against teams with a losing record this season. That one loss is to Golden State and Portland should have gone into OT on that one. (Aldridge also shouldn’t have fouled out. If you’re going to tell a guy he was on the line ref, make sure you’re not wrong by 6 inches.) Moving on. I think Portland understands that they need wins here and won’t take any of these teams lightly.

because I can see us stubbing our toe somewhere. But 4 is a definite possibility. Especially since the team lets them sleep in like little babies. – Elgin

NJ can be scary. Especially because Carter can rattle out 30 points like its nothing.

I see NJ as the potential one loss we have on this road trip.

I would be happy with a 3-1 finish.

I’d be okay with 2-2, so that’s what I voted. But I hope for more

can someone loan me $195 so I can get seats right behind the visitor bench in Philly? I’ll pay the train ticket DC-Philly. I promise I’ll make the Blazers feel like they are at the Rose Garden. Shoulder rubs, “Rudy” chants, “MVP” chants when Roy is at the line. I’ll even whisper into “Quick is underwhelmed, Quick is underwhelmed” into GO’s ear to turn him into the Beast that a well-timed Quickslap usually does.

I’ll bring meatbones for Bayless to chew on, sangria for the Spandem, a triple whopper (or “teeple wahpear” in Batumeese) for Nic, something Portland Quirky for Frye, a photo of his grandma for Joel, respect for LA, a play other than Roy iso’ed at the top of the key in the last six minutes of the game for Nate. Who am I forgetting? I have never come back from a Blazer game with my voice intact. I’m not afraid of Philly fans or cops.

But I’m Christmas-thin on cash. Make it happen!

Because if I have low expectations then I probably won’t be disappointed. Let’s hope they win all 4!

A couple things that make me nervous:

1. Chicago is going to be out for revenge, but I think this is a game we will win (it still is very possible that we can lose!)

2. Devin Harris and VC are going to give us all kinds of problems so this game will be difficult for us to win. One thing to keep in mind is that NJ plays Bos then us then Bos again, even though the Celts have had their struggles I am guessing NJ believes that they should win 1 of those 3 and us in their house might be their best chance.

3. Philadelphia is very hot right now, they’ve beaten Houston at home and they beat a very good Atlanta team in Atlanta, which doesn’t happen very often (15-4 record). Beware of the 76ers!

4. Charlotte is 7-8 since the J-Rich trade and is 10-12 at home not very good but not terrible either this game won’t be an automatic win either.

to go on our winter run. I won’t be surprised with 4 wins on this trip.