Today's Poll -- Which Do You Remember?

Big wins and bad losses get etched into the mind. For example, I’ve commented previously on how my main memory of Jack is the behind-the-back pass on the break against Denver last year. It’s not fair to him, because I have a lot of others. But it was the biggest moment, and he failed.

Same for the team. When they succeed or fail in a big moment, that’s always etched the most.

Last week, I actually had a moment where I said “Wait, we’ve played Dallas this season?”. Which I guess means pedestrian wins and losses tend to get overshadowed by the big events.

       But from the land of K. Singler, please
crank up the intelligence of your posts in
honor of his Dukeness ! Perhaps then, I
can talk him into coming out, for the Blazers !

4.6 seconds to go. lebron gets the inbound from my left and takes it into the lane. aldridge plays some poor defense and we lose. i remember the game pretty well :[

If the Blazers lose, I do not even think about basketball for the rest of the night… can’t even bring myself to check the scores from the rest of the league. All things considered, I can’t even remember us losing at all this season.

followed by tough wins and then good wins and then losses and wins and terrible losses at the end. That’s about the same. Tough losses are the hardest to get out of my head though.

Last year we went into the 4th quarter w/ a double diget lead. LeBron scored like 20 in the 4th alone. He was having an otherwise mediocre(for him) night. Brandon probably feels responsible for that one.

SOphia

—Blazers win Game 7 and the title in ‘77.
—Blazers lose Game 6 to L*kers in WCF in ’91
—Blazers lose Game 7 to Pistons in NBA Finals in ’90
—Blazers lose Game 7 to L*kers in WCF in ’00
—Perfect First Quarter in San Antonio in ’90-’91
—Blazers beat Spurs in Game 7 of WC Semi-Finals in ’90
—Blazers beat Suns in Game 6 in WCF in ’90
—Blazers lose Game 6 to Bulls in NBA Finals in ’92
—Blazers beat Jazz in Game 5 of WCF in ’92

I guess I remember losses slightly more than wins.

—Dave

I hope they remember BOTH the wins and the losses – and what led to those results.

For me, I remember the wins about half as much as I’d like, and the losses about twice as much as I should!

Even bowling last night. I had a bad game my first game and we lost by 15, I was pissed. I did really well the 3rd game and we won by 10, I was still pissed about the loss.

I remember big games better, regardless of the win or loss.

Within that subset of big games, I think I may remember the losses more.

My theory is that after a loss in a big game, I just sit around moping and thinking about why the Blazers lost and what they should have done in order to win. So I am concentrating on the details of the game more.

When they win a big game I am very happy, but I start to think about upcoming games and start dreaming about how this win gets them in better playoff position, or gets them deeper in the playoffs, etc. I don’t concentrate on the details of the game as much.

but for me, these stand out (Pre-Roy).

’00 WCF game 7.

I was Home Town Buffet with my family. We told the waiters that we were Blazer fans, and they updated the score for us for the entire time. They would come to our table and tell us “Portland is up by 5,”Their up by 11" They’re up by 15!" They’re up by 9." ’They’re up by 4."

I was 8, and while I was getting fries, he comes to me and tells me the Blazers were loosing. That was one of the worst days of my life.

2. I don’t get to go to too many games. But there was on that stuck out. It was the first year of Portland’s streak of not making the play-offs. I was at the game and it was against the Celtics. What I remember about that game was Portland scoring the first 22 points of the game. That was awesome.

3. Some random game on the road against the Bucks. Both Damon and Pippen made clutch threes at the buzzer at the end of regulation and the end of overtime.

I may have made the wrong choice. Because the ones that I remember CLEARLY are some of the painful losses……Kobe hitting a three at the buzzer to beat our homers….the meltdown in the 2000 WCF against the Lakers…..etc.

As a broad generalization, people tend to remember positive events more than negative events. But when it comes to fandom and our Blazers in particular, we may have that reversed.

…. uh, what’s the question again?

I’ve seen some great games and wins. I suppose I’d have to go loss though. The problem is that it’s a single loss that overshadows every other game the blazers have ever played. The taste of complete undeniable victory snatched away, crinkled up and tossed into the jaws of defeat while quivering with the knees.

I’ve seen other losses and other wins and honestly, NONE has seared it’s memory deeper than that game. A game I was watching at home when I was too sick to move, didn’t eat for five days, didn’t think it was possible to feel sicker, and I did when the fourth quarter started and i could tell… TELLL the blazers were scared and they were going to lose the game.

Hopefully the Blazers get a chance to rewrite that memory, because all other games were just games. that’s the one that counted the most. Beyond the Lakers would have been the light snack in the pacers and complete victory. That was the only game that mattered. The others weren’t championship winners, they were simply games… with dead crows.

Blowouts I tend to forget.