Brandon Roy drives! He's met in the lane by Yao, who goes up for the block!

Offensive foul.

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The only thing that was really Offensive was the Refs tonight.

Yes, I did say pre-game that the Blazers had to play better, to not let the game come down to a missed foul call by the Refs.

It didn't.

It came down to a BUNCH of missed foul calls, by the Refs.

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I'm not sure what to say about this game.

Yao picked up two quick fouls... and then (somehow) did not pick up his third until the Third Quarter was almost over. Despite mugging Brandon for all his milk money on EVERY-SINGLE-PLAY leading up to it.

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I was THISCLOSE to going down to the Rose Garden loading docks with a zebra safari on my mind.

David Stern left at halftime... Coincidence?

If Game 2 is called anywhere close to this one...

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Ok, been seeing this a lot in the comments.

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I DO NOT THINK THE BLAZERS WERE GOING TO WIN TONIGHT.

OK?

I am merely saying that there were a lot of calls that Houston got that I have not seen all season. Especially on Yao.

This was a ten point defeat turned into 30 by the Blazers having to check out because of the refs.