Rudy #1 in NBA history

A guy was closing on Rudy on the left wing, so he gave it up to Blake. Rudy’s man and another Denver player rushed to close out on Blake. Blake got Rudy the ball, Rudy repositioned his feet, and he hit the open look.

Team basketball. All The Way.

The Blazers. Where beautiful basketball happens!

(Is it just me, or does this team play reminding you of the ’77 Blazers?)

- Portland can win any team, they´re that good.
- Sergio has improved a lot under the Nate regime, but still many Spanish fans think he deserves more playing time and/or trust by McMillan. It seems he´s the 7th best in assists per 48 mins (I didn´t check it out) and people like to mention that he´s only 22 years old.
- Rudy is a “crack” (it means very very good player, out of charts), he is “una máquina” (“a machine”), he´s “un jugón” (a kind of augmentative for player in Spanish), he´s “un fiera” (a but next year should play a more all around game, they mean less focus on almost exclusively three pointers.
- “He was also the first Euro in a dunk contest and he has also the record in most consecutive games making at least a three pointer in regular season”.
- Rudy and Sergio´s experience in international competition finals will be usefull in playoffs.
- Fans are proud of both Sergio and Rudy representing so well their country.
- Many fans like Portland a lot and remember specially Sabonis, Petrovic and Fernando Martin, all of them played before for Real Madrid.
- Spanish fans proud also of Calderon (NBA record in FT %), Marc Gasol (best % for Grizzlies)
- The phrase about Rudy making those threes: “Y Rudy cogió su fusil” (“And Rudy took his gun”).
- Fans like to remind you that in this last game he didn´t only make three pointers but also he got a pair of steels and three other possesions were recovered because he put his hand there, he caused a couple of offensive fouls, got a pair of rebounds and a pair of assists and he moved the ball in deluxe mode. “And how the kid plays without the ball!” Even when he doesn´t touch the ball, he´s opening spaces for his teammates.
- A Blazers-Lakers Final Conference would be a thing of beauty (it can´t be, they will cross paths in semifinals. It will be a thing of beauty either tough).
- People´re making bets for playoffs. Here some of them go:
palermo_ceuta: Lakers 4-2 Jazz, Nuggets 3-4 Hornets, Spurs 3-4 Mavs, Blazers 4-2 Rockets…Cavs 4-0 Pistons, Celtics 4-1 Bulls, Magic 4-2 Sixers y Hawks 3-4 Heat.

- Gasol has been great with the lakers and he played ASG. We don’t care he is a l*ker.
- Calderon almost beat Michael Williams’ record (consecutives FT) and get the highest FT% in NBA history (98%). He ranks 4th in APG and lead for 2nd year in a row in AST/TO ratio. All of this despite the injuries.
- Marc Gasol was solid in his first season. Best FG% for a rookie in Memphis (beating his brother Pau).
- Rudy was also solid during the season and got two records (consecutives games hitting at least a three and total 3pt FG in a season).
- Ricky Rubio is hot and he probably join the NBA next year.

Pretty good season for Spain.