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Gameday Open Thread: Celtics vs. Blazers

Here we go.  I said we were going to pull out at least one unexpected win in the next 10 days.  Are the Blazers going to make me look like a genius right away or do we have to wait?

Register every little game-related thought in your head quick just in case it's another stinker where everybody abandons ship two minutes into the second half.

--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)

P.S.  Don't forget it's a 3:00 Pacific start!

P.P.S.  For tons of fun check out sister-site GreenBandwagon.com

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I say Monty Williams tonight at a high school game
The man who sneezes without a hanky takes matters into his own hands

by JTDuck22 on Feb 23, 2008 11:57 PM PST   0 recs

I saw
The man who sneezes without a hanky takes matters into his own hands

by JTDuck22 on Feb 24, 2008 1:41 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

I went to the Boston sister site...
and looked at the Gameday Open Thread for their last game - they call it "Open Game Thread" - and I could not believe my eyes, only two (2) comments! What gives? I may have to look into that further.
18 Points, 9 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 3 Steals, 2 Blocks and 0 TOs - LMA's Stats Rookie/Sophmore Game

by LaMarvelous on Feb 24, 2008 9:16 AM PST   0 recs

I think I figured it out...
I did a user search and it only found 88 users.
18 Points, 9 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 3 Steals, 2 Blocks and 0 TOs - LMA's Stats Rookie/Sophmore Game

by LaMarvelous on Feb 24, 2008 9:39 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

One could make them feel better.
If someone went over there, gave them 89(!) users and 3(!) comments throughout the game! Of course, they wouldn't look to kindly at us if we went over and took over their site. It would be especially embarrassing to go gloat now if by some small chance we lost this game.
"I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled." -P.G. Wodehouse

by T Darkstar on Feb 24, 2008 10:12 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

I went there and am back!
I grabbed a few things without being caught at it. That site is GREEN Man, really GREEN! It was like visiting the Emerald City. I was waiting for The Green Latern, to jump out and Zap me with his Ring O' Power, or something.

Here's a peek at the place;

Does it creep you out?

- they call it "Open Game Thread" - and I could not believe my eyes, only two (2) comments! What gives? - LaMarvelous
   Those two comments were by Jim (THE MODERATOR!). Poor Lonely Guy.

The other item of interest I swiped;

BRoy's comment after the last "C"'s Game:

"We've been playing to win lately, but tonight I think we just came in to give them a good game. The next time we play them we have to believe that we can actually beat them.'' - Brandon Roy

I Believe. "Get "R Done".

GO BALZERS!

"The Team with Caricature!" - Elizabeth "The Lizzard" Lowblow

by Lizzy Lowblow on Feb 24, 2008 11:45 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

not only did they only have 2 open thread comments
but the diary where they traded for KG is the 4th one down the page

looks like the green bandwagon has been slow to fill back up after the last few years

by DominicanAvenger on Feb 24, 2008 2:54 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

I think
It is safe to say if we play like we have been for the past couple weeks we have  -7.93% chance at beating the celtics.
The scoreboard actually caught fire here once

by Sabonis4Ever on Feb 24, 2008 11:53 AM PST   0 recs

In the name of this comment
and in homage to our soon-star-center's fondness for Spongebob I officially declare this opposite day!

We now have a +7.93 chance of beating the Celtics!

But to make it work everyone must now say the OPPOSITE of what they are thinking.  (e.g. "How GOOD it is that Brandon missed another free throw!")  Let our comments henceforth reflect this proclamation!

--Dave

by Dave on Feb 24, 2008 12:02 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

isn't "opposite day"...
From "You Can't Do That on Television?"

by ken on Feb 24, 2008 12:10 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Opposite day
Is from every grade schoolers tuesday. Tuesday Turnaround Day.
Little Kid 1: I don't like Susy Derkins
Little Kid 2: It is tuesday. So you do.

by Sabonis4Ever on Feb 24, 2008 12:13 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

That theory doesn't hold water
:::SPLASH!:::

Oh darnit.

--Dave

by Dave on Feb 24, 2008 12:36 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

I HATE THIS IDEA
I will not do this all game thread.

by Sabonis4Ever on Feb 24, 2008 12:10 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Why don't you...
become a baby?  You will NOT do as you're told!

by ken on Feb 24, 2008 12:13 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

I'm wearing a Leprechaun outfit
with four leaf clovers!

So everything I type is the opposite of the opposite of what it means.

So there...pssstt!

"The Team with Caricature!" - Elizabeth "The Lizzard" Lowblow

by Lizzy Lowblow on Feb 24, 2008 12:21 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Well I guess
all I gots are a hat & a pot to hide behind!
"The Team with Caricature!" - Elizabeth "The Lizzard" Lowblow

by Lizzy Lowblow on Feb 24, 2008 2:40 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

READ the COMMENT ABOVE!!!
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

by Dave on Feb 24, 2008 12:03 PM PST   0 recs

I'll try my best, but...
there are no guarantees as to what I will do if this game gets exciting/boring?
18 Points, 9 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 3 Steals, 2 Blocks and 0 TOs - LMA's Stats Rookie/Sophmore Game

by LaMarvelous on Feb 24, 2008 2:35 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Awe Snap
I'm going to brunch with my wife when this game is on.  

I hope KG gives LMA a facial.

"Sometimes nothing can be a pretty cool hand." - Luke from Cool Hand Luke (1967)

by tominhawaii on Feb 24, 2008 12:15 PM PST   0 recs

I hope
Nate gives Doc a pedicure.

by Sabonis4Ever on Feb 24, 2008 12:20 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

All of my analytical prowess
tells me that we will win this game.  WIN, WIN, WIN!  Any reasonable person would see it that way.

We should NOT rely on our young legs and enthusiasm from, say, Lamarcus.  We need not show any heart.  We can beat them on cool talent alone.

--Dave

by Dave on Feb 24, 2008 12:35 PM PST   0 recs

Since you have..
undoubtedly the keenest analytical mind for basketball I know of, I believe you completely.

by ken on Feb 24, 2008 12:44 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

no game report
this game is not worth going to. i won't bother attending today.

:)

"I want Portland to be the model franchise." ~ Bobby Medina

by Ben. on Feb 24, 2008 1:02 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

This isn't even sarcastic
Phoenix 62 Detriot 86, 1:40 3rd Quarter

by Dheepan on Feb 24, 2008 1:18 PM PST   0 recs

I think Detroit
Has had enough losing for a while. The got blown out a couple times in a row. It is a testament to how veteran of a team they are that they can just forget that and wax the suns like they are.

by Sabonis4Ever on Feb 24, 2008 1:21 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Ripped from a reply to Tommy
It so belonged here, I just had to post it (without permission & ken may kick my butt)!

So... let's hear no more talk about youth, rookie walls, inexperience, etc..  NO MORE REALITY!  This team is the greatest team ever assembled and it's about time we recognize that fact.

After they win the NBA title, they are all going to don spiked shoes and gloves, form a baseball team, join the Major League and win the pennant.  On weekends they will individually win all the major golf and tennis tournaments.  The Stanley Cup is a foregone conclusion.  I'm particularly looking forward to the America's cup.

- ken

Go Kenny Go!

"The Team with Caricature!" - Elizabeth "The Lizzard" Lowblow

by Lizzy Lowblow on Feb 24, 2008 1:54 PM PST   0 recs

NOT listenin'...
...to the Farmers Post-Game show on LXK, HDV.
"The Team with Caricature!" - Elizabeth "The Lizzard" Lowblow

by Lizzy Lowblow on Feb 24, 2008 2:10 PM PST   0 recs

Whaahaaha!
"The Team with Caricature!" - Elizabeth "The Lizzard" Lowblow

by Lizzy Lowblow on Feb 24, 2008 2:15 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

I'll bet that he is...
even more pissed of after Detroit won today!
18 Points, 9 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 3 Steals, 2 Blocks and 0 TOs - LMA's Stats Rookie/Sophmore Game

by LaMarvelous on Feb 24, 2008 2:48 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Nothing on the food channel
will be close to as exciting as today's game. There is not way that I rather get a good recipe for greek coney sauce than watch martell nail three after three.

by bubba on Feb 24, 2008 2:20 PM PST   0 recs

Oh come, everything on the Food Channel...
is going to be more exciting than this game. Just ask Dave he will tell you the same.
18 Points, 9 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 3 Steals, 2 Blocks and 0 TOs - LMA's Stats Rookie/Sophmore Game

by LaMarvelous on Feb 24, 2008 2:45 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Keys to the Game
Let the C's be tough!

Let 'em shot threes!

Don't need no steekin' bench tonight!

"The Team with Caricature!" - Elizabeth "The Lizzard" Lowblow

by Lizzy Lowblow on Feb 24, 2008 2:54 PM PST   0 recs

Nobody's
actually planning on continuing this opposite thing, right? (I'm not playing along; I'm genuinely hoping that this dies out quickly, because its cuteness wore off pretty quick.)

by 2011champs on Feb 24, 2008 2:57 PM PST   0 recs

We're on our own Man
Do what's comfortable for ya.

What's Dave goin' do? Sell us off as lil' Edgers, to peps in Florida?

"The Team with Caricature!" - Elizabeth "The Lizzard" Lowblow

by Lizzy Lowblow on Feb 24, 2008 3:02 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

I
didn't quite follow that.

by 2011champs on Feb 24, 2008 3:04 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

He,s had offers
"The Team with Caricature!" - Elizabeth "The Lizzard" Lowblow

by Lizzy Lowblow on Feb 24, 2008 3:05 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

peps = peeps
hope that helps.
"The Team with Caricature!" - Elizabeth "The Lizzard" Lowblow

by Lizzy Lowblow on Feb 24, 2008 3:06 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Dave? What you think?
Are you serious about us keeping this going or what?
18 Points, 9 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 3 Steals, 2 Blocks and 0 TOs - LMA's Stats Rookie/Sophmore Game

by LaMarvelous on Feb 24, 2008 3:00 PM PST   0 recs

Welcome to the Wect Coast C's
"The Team with Caricature!" - Elizabeth "The Lizzard" Lowblow

by Lizzy Lowblow on Feb 24, 2008 3:04 PM PST   0 recs

Does this mean...
...He is?
"The Team with Caricature!" - Elizabeth "The Lizzard" Lowblow

by Lizzy Lowblow on Feb 24, 2008 3:07 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

And this is why...
"opposite day" needs to die. I usually look forward to Gameday threads. Alas.

To each his own.

by 2011champs on Feb 24, 2008 3:09 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

I blame Sponge Bob
for this whole thing.
"The Team with Caricature!" - Elizabeth "The Lizzard" Lowblow

by Lizzy Lowblow on Feb 24, 2008 3:12 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

I WANT A ROY-BOT jr sleuths
Decoder Ring!

He'll send us special secret messages for his lil' jr. sleuth Blazer fans!

by Mortimer on Feb 24, 2008 3:12 PM PST   0 recs

Has joel ever won a jump ball?
"But ya knoooooow, we got a way to goooooo" Kirby from The Brave Little Toaster

by Sabonis4Ever on Feb 24, 2008 3:13 PM PST   0 recs

If you wanna do oppo day
Do oppo day.  Or Don't.

Dave won't hold a gun to your head to do what he says until we're in the finals!

by Mortimer on Feb 24, 2008 3:13 PM PST   0 recs

Dave
How come no mention that Portland is guaranteed a .500 home record?

by damir on Feb 24, 2008 3:13 PM PST   0 recs

HUZZAH
WE'RE KILLING THOSE PHOOS.

by Mortimer on Feb 24, 2008 3:14 PM PST   0 recs

Man, we are
playin sucky so far.
"But ya knoooooow, we got a way to goooooo" Kirby from The Brave Little Toaster

by Sabonis4Ever on Feb 24, 2008 3:14 PM PST   0 recs

We
battled the shot clock? Noooooooooo. Never happens.

(That's my last snarky comment of the day.)

by 2011champs on Feb 24, 2008 3:14 PM PST   0 recs

Just got here
Any word on whether Roy is still sick?

by Mortimer on Feb 24, 2008 3:15 PM PST   0 recs

He's sick
in the sense that all the young'ns use the word.

by 2011champs on Feb 24, 2008 3:17 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

He's playing
Can't tell if he's not 100% yet

by Dheepan on Feb 24, 2008 3:16 PM PST   0 recs

Not loo late for me
I like Brandon Roy, whatever planet he comes from. (Bill Walton?)

by amlmart1 on Feb 24, 2008 3:16 PM PST   0 recs

Can you follow the Game?
"The Team with Caricature!" - Elizabeth "The Lizzard" Lowblow

by Lizzy Lowblow on Feb 24, 2008 3:23 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Yes
I like Brandon Roy, whatever planet he comes from. (Bill Walton?)

by amlmart1 on Feb 24, 2008 3:41 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

If there
Was ever a game that could get us out of our funk it is this one.
"But ya knoooooow, we got a way to goooooo" Kirby from The Brave Little Toaster

by Sabonis4Ever on Feb 24, 2008 3:17 PM PST   0 recs

Yay
Amlmart1 joining our gameday thread :)

by Dheepan on Feb 24, 2008 3:17 PM PST   0 recs

Well...
They just made us look like a junior high school team there

by Dheepan on Feb 24, 2008 3:17 PM PST   0 recs

Jack Sonics MVP
Nice drive, buddy.

by robrun2 on Feb 24, 2008 3:18 PM PST   0 recs

Still don't like
The Blake/Jack combo.

Far too much dribbling and not enough passing around the perimeter. Plus, they get killed on the defensive end by quicker guards.

Perkins with 2PF.

by damir on Feb 24, 2008 3:18 PM PST   0 recs

OMG
Pollard is hawt.
"But ya knoooooow, we got a way to goooooo" Kirby from The Brave Little Toaster

by Sabonis4Ever on Feb 24, 2008 3:18 PM PST   0 recs

Did Boston change their shorts?
I don't like the change.

by Mortimer on Feb 24, 2008 3:18 PM PST   0 recs

Yep
Top is matte, bottom is glossy.

by damir on Feb 24, 2008 3:20 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Lame-a-zoid
Ya don't need to hussy up the Celtic's jerseys, they are classics (like ours).

by Mortimer on Feb 24, 2008 3:21 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

lol
Perkins had a hilarious expression. Woot Pollard is in.

by Dheepan on Feb 24, 2008 3:18 PM PST   0 recs

Good start

by 2011champs on Feb 24, 2008 3:19 PM PST   0 recs

Yes Pryzbilla
one hand to grab the board not two that's the RIGHT thing to do!

by Idog1976 on Feb 24, 2008 3:20 PM PST   0 recs

I gots mine ON
It's in my underwear (yes that is possible). Gots it set to "Opposite" (yes, thats how it's spelled on the ring). I think it is givin' me the opposite to the opposite of the opposite codes however. I'm workin it, but things are gettin' in the way.
"The Team with Caricature!" - Elizabeth "The Lizzard" Lowblow

by Lizzy Lowblow on Feb 24, 2008 3:21 PM PST   0 recs

We have
ENERGY!!!!!11
"But ya knoooooow, we got a way to goooooo" Kirby from The Brave Little Toaster

by Sabonis4Ever on Feb 24, 2008 3:21 PM PST   0 recs

Nice Pryz!
Good move by LMA too

by Dheepan on Feb 24, 2008 3:22 PM PST   0 recs

Gorilla Dunk!
18 Points, 9 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 3 Steals, 2 Blocks and 0 TOs - LMA's Stats Rookie/Sophmore Game

by LaMarvelous on Feb 24, 2008 3:23 PM PST   0 recs