I think they will come out inspired tonight!  It will be a tougher game- Washington is better than Philly, but the Wizards played last night also.  I think the Blazers can get it done.

If the Blazers can't make opponents pay for trapping, then they'll be getting a steady diet of it.

It'll probably be a better game.

--Dave

Jamison misses.  Miss-fest to start.

2-0 Blazers.

Haywood inside fouled by Frye on a shot

And Butler hits.  7-2

LMA misses and Frye fouls underneath.

Now Wizards dunk.  11-2.  Timeout Nate.  Struggling on defense.

pretty unimaginative.

How many opportunities at the rim have we had tonight?  Anybody?

Answer:  zero

Przy block on the other end!

We have a really hard time when our secondary scorers aren't hitting.  Jack anyone?

Nate's timeout apparently addressed some issues.  They haven't scored since.

BLOCK PRZY!

Roy drives and is blocked.

Wiz can't convert on the other end layup and LMA DUNKS!

14-11

Green in.

Baseball pass is intercepted.  Blatche shoved Outlaw out of the way to get it.  Quarter over.  22-15

It would help if this was one of Trout's on nights.

We need to hit those!

32-20

32-22

34-22

Get it to 6 by the half.

Jamison hits.  38-26

Nice shot.

Somebody tell me why Trout was the last guy down the court for us that time by a long shot.

WHY?

Now Jamison hits a long one.  43-32

LMA turn-around hits.  43-34

They miss though and we get it back.  Roy fouled on the dribble.  Roy to the line.

Roy hits both.  43-36

Jamison fouled and to the line.

We went inside, then LMA passed to a streaking Trout, who fumbled it and poked it back to LMA, who got blocked but got it back and was fouled.

Lamarcus at the line.  Misses first!  Hits second.

45-37

Now Jack travels.

Does anyone else not like Jack down near the baseline?  Has anything good come of having him there besides about 7 turnovers in 2 games?

Wiz score...47-37

We just pour points down the drain.

1 of 2 hit.  47-38.  Wiz have last shot

Blazer ball, 5.8 seconds left.  Timeout.

47-38 at the half.

pathetic.

the Blazers are a better team than Washington.  They need to prove it in the 2nd half.

We badly need him to find his rhythm again.

I'll say it again.  The Blazers are a better team than the Wizards.  They just need to play like they believe it.

Ugh.

It's like we can do any one thing well but when it comes to putting two things together it's beyond us.

we look like we don't care.

Now, when the other team throws that ball toward your basket, YOU have to grab the freaking rebound.

show some pride.

Find a way to win this- and I'll call it even on the road trip.

What a bad play to end the quarter.

I was going to say we've put ourselves in a position where a lot of things have to go right in order for us to pull it out, but nevermind...it just didn't.

AND ANOTHER ONE RIGHT AFTER THAT!

AND WE TURN IT OVER AGAIN!

we aren't getting a good game from our stars, haywood is 9 for 9 from the line... this can go in the 'just one of those nights' category.  Totally different from last night.

We are a better team by far than Philly and I still think we are better than Washington.  We just need to play with more poise.

I still believe in this club.

The short and sweet game recap will be coming up in a little while, along with Jersey contest scores.

--Dave

oh- that missed FT won't help.

And if we laughed and if we cried we did it all together
It never once crossed my mind it would last forever
One mistake, that's all it takes and then
You turn around, you're on your own again

This is the lonely road
No signs to lead you home
There's no lights to tell you not to go
And nowhere is the only place that it goes
The only place that everybody knows
The Lonely road.

By MATT DUSK