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Gameday Open Thread: Blazers vs. L*kers

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Ah yes...always a good time.  Until tip-off, that is.  Aw heck, it'll be a good time anyway if you chat here!

Hit us with all of your bold predictions, humorous insights, and post-game (non-profane) cursing.

--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)

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It's gonna be ugly
I wish it wasn't going to be ugly, but it's going to be ugly.

by leeroyjenkins on Feb 26, 2008 7:00 AM PST   0 recs

Planting a seed
Oden needs to watch this game, understand how much we need (not want, NEED) to thump the L*kers whenever we see that wretched purple tide seeping across the floor.
Oden needs to look at Jack N., smug there in his dark glasses, and want to spoil his day -- want to make him flip out like in The Shining (minus the ax).
Oden needs to want this ... because 365 days from now, I wanna see Oden walk away from a game like this with 8 blocks, 7 assists, 22 rebounds and 24 points. Give him two or three steals too.
RipCity's a state of mind

by Y5k on Feb 26, 2008 7:14 AM PST   0 recs

How about this
Pre-game cursing? That way its all in good fun and not when I'm seriously perturbed afterwards.

by jgo24 on Feb 26, 2008 7:46 AM PST   0 recs

Never say never...
But I'm close to saying that about this game.  Dave said that only masochists watched the last one to the bitter end.  Tonight, I may choose not to lie on that bed of nails--after the 3rd quarter, anyway.
"Ime caught the guy in mid-air with a fist and calmly continued his dispatching of oncoming people." -Gabe Muoneke

by hurryup09 on Feb 26, 2008 7:48 AM PST   0 recs

I should explain
It's really the Kobe factor.  I can't stand seeing him happy--especially at the expense of the Blazers.  The good news: I can look forward to one of the other Western powerhouses (hopefully) grinding the L*kers to dust in the playoffs.
"Ime caught the guy in mid-air with a fist and calmly continued his dispatching of oncoming people." -Gabe Muoneke

by hurryup09 on Feb 26, 2008 7:51 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

Geesh...
  A lot of times I'm the one at Blazers Edge who feels like maybe I'm being too negative. Sure The Lakers are firing on all cylinders lately, and Kobe has caught the scent of something he hasn't smelled in a long time, a big Pau of Improvement. But these are The L*kers. The Ball hasn't yet been tossed in the air. I've GOT to believe we have a chance. More than a chance.
   The way I look at it, at least in part we are not playing with our All-Star guard because he was dedicated enough to play in "two" All-Star games while nursing an injury. Kobe respected the fans and the league by sitting out. Doesn't that put the Karmic advantage clearly in The Blazers column?
    Go Blazers! Win one for Roy, and Win one for Pride. There is a history here. Can't afford to give up before the ball is even tossed up!

   

"Mother Nature started this fight, I think it's about time we ended it!"

by Krang on Feb 26, 2008 8:10 AM PST   0 recs

Don't you know negathink when you hear it?
Negathink is a powerful weapon.  It's clearly the Blazers' only chance.  And frankly, it's not hard to summon for this game.
"Ime caught the guy in mid-air with a fist and calmly continued his dispatching of oncoming people." -Gabe Muoneke

by hurryup09 on Feb 26, 2008 9:24 AM PST to parent up   0 recs

%$#^ the L*kers
%$#& the L*kers
$%^# the L*kers
$%&* 'em!

&#$ the L*kers
#$&% the L*kers
$#& 'em!

Rudy > MJ

by myemic23 on Feb 26, 2008 9:05 AM PST   0 recs

Yeaaaa!!!
I think the lakers will win by double digits, but I don't see it being a blow out.

by moralescali6 on Feb 26, 2008 9:24 AM PST   0 recs

our best hope
von wafer = kobe stopper
"I want Portland to be the model franchise." ~ Bobby Medina

by Ben. on Feb 26, 2008 9:42 AM PST   0 recs

Couple Thoughts
Our bench is going to be THIN tonight....and with 3 games in 4 nights there's going to be some tired bodies out there by week's end.

That being said I'm not too down on tonight's game. One good thing is that Bynum is still out, and even though Gasol is 7-foot he is not a huge physical presence in the post. Does anyone remember when we beat the Lakers toward the end of the season 2 years ago, during the most dismal year I can ever remember as a Blazers fan? Steve Blake (during his first go-round with us) played some great man D on Kobe. Let's hope he and Martell can at least slow him down a little bit tonight.

by kenzc76 on Feb 26, 2008 9:58 AM PST   0 recs

BEAT LA
If Wheels doesn't stop calling LaMarcus LA, this game is going to be confusing for you radio people.
The man who sneezes without a hanky takes matters into his own hands

by JTDuck22 on Feb 26, 2008 10:44 AM PST   0 recs

They are going down
It's my first chance to watch the Blazers via the Southern California FSN.  LA really should rest Kobe because of his bad finger and then the Blazers will sneak out of the side hatch and kick the white dog poo, from the '70's out of them.
"Sometimes nothing can be a pretty cool hand." - Luke from Cool Hand Luke (1967)

by tominhawaii on Feb 26, 2008 11:04 AM PST   0 recs

Not planning...
on watching this one. I have too many friends that are LA fans, and they're still gloating from 2000 (and 2001, and 2002). I really wish this wasn't such a one-sided rivalry.

Greg, Brandon, Lamarcus...please do something about it!

by 2011champs on Feb 26, 2008 12:06 PM PST   0 recs

They didn't say anything about
91-99?
"No way. I love this town. We're gonna bring back the glory years. These boys are my boys. This is my team and my town." - Greg Oden when asked about leaving.

by ratbastird on Feb 26, 2008 4:21 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

er
I think i meant 92
"No way. I love this town. We're gonna bring back the glory years. These boys are my boys. This is my team and my town." - Greg Oden when asked about leaving.

by ratbastird on Feb 26, 2008 4:22 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

You meant
'91. That was the 63-19 Blazer team that lost in six to the Lakers. In '92, we beat the Magic-less Lakers in the first round.

(But yeah, 97 and 98, they beat us in the first round as well. Viva la 1977 and 1992!)

by 2011champs on Feb 26, 2008 7:07 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

I want a great game
We fight hard and punch these dilknobs in the face and/or nuts and play with atomic fire then we can win.  The Lakers ain't nuthin!

LMA needs to be alpha today.  Webster needs to show Kobe that he stole some of Kobe's mojo when Kobe gave Martell his shoes when Marty was a rookie.  Outlaw needs to twist and turn and leap and hit his standard impossible shots.  We need to get these loser Laker fans out of the game (which isn't hard), and Pau dreaming about his mama's homemade tostadas and nachos and chalupas (obligatory Mexican food/Spanish player joke now fulfilled).  Kobe will remember he's KOBE BRYANT not some team first JOKER and try to get his scoring average up-- but not before being confronted with the ivory arm of defense, STEVE BLAKE!  Try to score past the Tyrant of the Terrapins now, Kobe-- or should I say FLO-BE?  Because you cut your hair with a vacuum!  Ahhhh burn!  I win!

Just play hard and see what happens.  Ride this win with a thrashing of the Clippers and get Roy back for a sold out Friday night raucous home game against the Lakers again.

It'll be fun!

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Feb 26, 2008 12:44 PM PST   0 recs

Great handles for Blakie!
"Ime caught the guy in mid-air with a fist and calmly continued his dispatching of oncoming people." -Gabe Muoneke

by hurryup09 on Feb 26, 2008 7:12 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Lakers fans
dont see this as a rivallry as much as we do... but i hope von wafer gets some playing time along with josh.We need to get into the top 6 range of the draft.i hope
Fernandez,Roy,Outlaw,Aldridge,Oden---wait for it! My Video about BROY7

by soulja2boy on Feb 26, 2008 3:44 PM PST   0 recs

I don't think the Blazers hate the lakers
and that sucks more than anything.
"No way. I love this town. We're gonna bring back the glory years. These boys are my boys. This is my team and my town." - Greg Oden when asked about leaving.

by ratbastird on Feb 26, 2008 4:24 PM PST   0 recs

I dunno
Odom has managed to stir up some resentment, I think.  All we need is for Kobe to nail someone with one of his patented "accidental" flail moves, and the rivalry should be on for real.  

Just yesterday, I read somewhere that Kobe studies martial arts.  If true, that's an interesting tidbit.  Just in case there are any Blazer fans out there who believe those Kobe chops (like the one that injured Ginobli last year) are actually accidental.

"Ime caught the guy in mid-air with a fist and calmly continued his dispatching of oncoming people." -Gabe Muoneke

by hurryup09 on Feb 26, 2008 4:47 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Prediction:
Somewhere between "annihilation" and "complete massive destruction that will have fans hiding under the bed for the next two weeks."

t

"You don't live by the jumpshot, you die by the jumpshot." ---Charles Barkley, 2/7/08

by timbo on Feb 26, 2008 4:49 PM PST   0 recs

Nah.......
............ I'm a "glass 1/6th full" sort of guy.

t

"You don't live by the jumpshot, you die by the jumpshot." ---Charles Barkley, 2/7/08

by timbo on Feb 26, 2008 7:43 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

I say it's a victory...
If we lose by less than 20. Probably won't happen.

I like Von Wafer as the new Kobe-stopper though.

Hopefully Kobe will fall down and become severely injured before it's all through,

by jamesjonesismyhero on Feb 26, 2008 4:53 PM PST   0 recs

I don't see us losing by 20
First I don't think the L*kers care that much.  Second I think we're better than that even without Roy.  I expect energy tonight.

--Dave

by Dave on Feb 26, 2008 4:56 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

One thing to watch for in tonight game
Kobe likes to "take it to the hole" and he won't stop, no matter the resistance.  It's just in his nature.  
"Sometimes nothing can be a pretty cool hand." - Luke from Cool Hand Luke (1967)

by tominhawaii on Feb 26, 2008 5:05 PM PST   0 recs

Just want to pop by and wish you guys luck-
Not here to cause trouble, promise!  Just letting you guys know that I REALLY, REALLY wanted to see roy-  really too bad he's not suiting up, you guys got yourselvs an incredible player for years to come.  Blazers are still the team that I fear the most in this stretch we have- I think a lot of us fans don't give your boys enough credit, but I hope you guys make the playoffs this year.  

Mind you, if you make the 8th seed, we'll be forced to kick your arses.  :)

Good luck, I'm expecting a tight game!  Nice blog you guys run here, keep it up!

-Jeff

by LakerfanJeff on Feb 26, 2008 5:40 PM PST   0 recs

A laker fan being nice
See!!!

They don't take us seriously enough to hate us back!  How rude!

Anyway, you have yourself a nice team too.  I expect you'll be a barrier (again) for the next few years before our guys start to peak.  I thought we'd do it in the next three (not including this year), but it may be four if the lakers are still clicking.

Then... yeah.  We'll be stomping for a while.

"No way. I love this town. We're gonna bring back the glory years. These boys are my boys. This is my team and my town." - Greg Oden when asked about leaving.

by ratbastird on Feb 26, 2008 6:16 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

maybe . . .
Von Wafer will be put in with 5 minutes left, the L*kers up 23.  He will lead us to a comeback for the ages with 8 straight 3's along with 4 steals and 2 blocked shots on the other end.  Blazers win 114-111

by sixth on Feb 26, 2008 5:49 PM PST   0 recs

tonite - argh
I'm going to force myself to watch. It's not fair the L*kers gotten Gasol and Fisher for next to nothing. The only justice will be when the Blazers hit the lottery two years in a row and get the 1st pick again.

You heard it here first!

DJ in Eugene

by djudd on Feb 26, 2008 6:18 PM PST   0 recs

DJ
You go to UO?

by 2011champs on Feb 26, 2008 7:08 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

That link came up
as the Blazers and Clippers - thats tomorrow.
18 Points, 9 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 3 Steals, 2 Blocks and 0 TOs - LMA's Stats Rookie/Sophmore Game

by LaMarvelous on Feb 26, 2008 7:01 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Never mind...
it appears that I would have to be running XP or Vista. Nothing doing.
18 Points, 9 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 3 Steals, 2 Blocks and 0 TOs - LMA's Stats Rookie/Sophmore Game

by LaMarvelous on Feb 26, 2008 7:08 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

I have a good feeling about this game
I don't know why, I just do.

Do you ever have that feeling where you don't know if it's a fart or a turd, but you just let it rip anyway?  

That's how I feel about this game.  The Blazers just need to let one rip, and we'll see how things turn out in the end.

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

by tominhawaii on Feb 26, 2008 6:54 PM PST   0 recs

tony is our good luck charm
Fernandez,Roy,Outlaw,Aldridge,Oden---wait for it! My Video about BROY7

by soulja2boy on Feb 26, 2008 7:11 PM PST   0 recs

Jazz 80 - Twolves 88 who woulda thunk
I know it is not over yet - 5:57 in 4th.
18 Points, 9 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 3 Steals, 2 Blocks and 0 TOs - LMA's Stats Rookie/Sophmore Game

by LaMarvelous on Feb 26, 2008 7:13 PM PST   0 recs

Wow
Maybe the Wolves will find a way to lose.

by royroty on Feb 26, 2008 7:17 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Twolves win 111 - 100! Bite it Jazz!
The Milwaukee Cleavland game is no slouch either. Milwauke wins 105-102. M. Williams 37 pts.
18 Points, 9 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 3 Steals, 2 Blocks and 0 TOs - LMA's Stats Rookie/Sophmore Game

by LaMarvelous on Feb 26, 2008 7:40 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Miami 107 - Sac 86
what is Miami trying to do ruin their draft? :)
18 Points, 9 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 3 Steals, 2 Blocks and 0 TOs - LMA's Stats Rookie/Sophmore Game

by LaMarvelous on Feb 26, 2008 7:16 PM PST   0 recs

lets do this for b roy...
i hope wafflez (wafer) gets some playing time.. i wanna see what hes made up.Because players that come into portland tend to shine,and do really good .(miles,pryz,theo,and some other ones)
Fernandez,Roy,Outlaw,Aldridge,Oden---wait for it! My Video about BROY7

by soulja2boy on Feb 26, 2008 7:25 PM PST   0 recs

Here we go folks!
Ahhhh...I wish Roy were playing. For that matter I wish Oden were playing.  And I wish Kwame Brown were playing...for them of course.

Nevertheless, here's to a great game! With tons of comments!  And no need for swearing!

--Dave

by Dave on Feb 26, 2008 7:38 PM PST   0 recs

My Prediction
Blazers WIN BY 5.

You read it here first.

Check back after the game.

by hotstuffdb22 on Feb 26, 2008 7:42 PM PST   0 recs

I checked back...
................ You were wrong.
"You don't live by the jumpshot, you die by the jumpshot." ---Charles Barkley, 2/7/08

by timbo on Feb 26, 2008 9:57 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

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

by LaMarvelous on Feb 26, 2008 7:43 PM PST   0 recs

This is the billionth game in a row
where LMA has hit his first shot.  Now do that all game, Lamarcus!

by Dave on Feb 26, 2008 7:43 PM PST   0 recs

Travis had two shots there
he passed up both for an eventually pass to Blake for a covered three that missed.  Can't do that tonight.

There's LMA again.

by Dave on Feb 26, 2008 7:44 PM PST   0 recs

Fish
has been doing that for 12 years. Blah.

by 2011champs on Feb 26, 2008 7:44 PM PST   0 recs

Lakers Suck
Did you see Kobe try to kick his defender with his long lame white sock covered leg?  He sucks.

by tominhawaii on Feb 26, 2008 7:44 PM PST   0 recs

Awwwww Trout
Vision, my boy.  VISION.

by Dave on Feb 26, 2008 7:45 PM PST   0 recs

Kobe has an ouwie pinkie, sad huh?
18 Points, 9 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 3 Steals, 2 Blocks and 0 TOs - LMA's Stats Rookie/Sophmore Game

by LaMarvelous on Feb 26, 2008 7:45 PM PST   0 recs

He Sucks
I won't do this the entire thread.  I just like to speak the truth.

by tominhawaii on Feb 26, 2008 7:46 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

I dislike
everything about Kobe. His swagger, the way he speaks, the way he moves, the way he talks...

But I'll never question his ability.

by 2011champs on Feb 26, 2008 7:47 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

I don't question
His ability to suck.  Ha ha!

by tominhawaii on Feb 26, 2008 7:48 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

KA-WHAM!
MARTELL!

But we're not stopping them at all.

We're scoring on jumpers.  They're scoring at the cup.  Think this game will be close for long?

by Dave on Feb 26, 2008 7:46 PM PST   0 recs

Man
I'm watching on TV and I'm still behind you folks.

by tominhawaii on Feb 26, 2008 7:46 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

I remember
Steve throwing down against LA a couple years ago. That was pretty cool.

by 2011champs on Feb 26, 2008 7:46 PM PST   0 recs

BLAKE FOR THREE!
They miss  a jumper

LMA DUNKS!   WAY TO START!

Lazy Lakers didn't get back!

by Dave on Feb 26, 2008 7:46 PM PST   0 recs

Hey we are not doing too bad
18 Points, 9 Rebounds, 4 Assists, 3 Steals, 2 Blocks and 0 TOs - LMA's Stats Rookie/Sophmore Game

by LaMarvelous on Feb 26, 2008 7:46 PM PST   0 recs

When the Blazers were clicking...
................... they were a dynamite 4th Q team.

Now they're a 1st Q team.

t

"You don't live by the jumpshot, you die by the jumpshot." ---Charles Barkley, 2/7/08

by timbo on Feb 26, 2008 7:47 PM PST   0 recs

Nuce foul Steve
Well done.  Get them mad.  This ain't Parcheesi.

by Dave on Feb 26, 2008 7:47 PM PST   0 recs

I think
He should have slipped Kobe a knee in the crotch.

by tominhawaii on Feb 26, 2008 7:48 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Awwwwwwwwww
Kobe gwumpy.  Poor Kobeykins.

I want to see a fight this game.

by Dave on Feb 26, 2008 7:48 PM PST   0 recs

I wish
we'd wipe out all references to the "Kobe-Stopper." Every L*ker fan I know just laughs when you mention Ruben. He never stopped anything.

by 2011champs on Feb 26, 2008 7:48 PM PST   0 recs

Marketing is everything...
"You don't live by the jumpshot, you die by the jumpshot." ---Charles Barkley, 2/7/08

by timbo on Feb 26, 2008 7:49 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

I wonder if he's got one of those
covering his bathtub drain?

by Dave on Feb 26, 2008 7:51 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

We can
market it all we want. Doesn't change the memories. Ugh. Ruben.

by 2011champs on Feb 26, 2008 7:52 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

D has tighened up
Trout!  HIT THAT!

by Dave on Feb 26, 2008 7:49 PM PST   0 recs

Since when has LMA been wearing
Nike Zoom BB IIs? Those shoes are made for smaller guards, and happen to be the shoes B Roy wears. I've never seen a big man where them before.
Free Sergio! http://www.freesergio.com

by sergioFTW on Feb 26, 2008 7:50 PM PST   0 recs

The Laker announcers suck
They mentioned a Lakers 9 game winning streak then said, "Well not 9 yet."  

by tominhawaii on Feb 26, 2008 7:50 PM PST   0 recs

Swearing, no... cursing, yes!
Lakers: (proper names used for invocation only)
may your jumpers go flat and your freethrows hit rim,
May the Ghost of Kwame Brown haunt your gym.
May the paint be off-limits, pray ye never enter,
and that ye lose this day in the Staples Center.

Amen

Blazers fan since '84, Currently exiled in Tennessee and North Carolina

by HurraKane212 on Feb 26, 2008 7:50 PM PST   0 recs

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

by LaMarvelous on Feb 26, 2008 7:52 PM PST to parent up   0 recs

Nice jumper...
............ by "power forward" Outlaw.

t

"You don't live by the jumpshot, you die by the jumpshot." ---Charles Barkley, 2/7/08

by timbo on Feb 26, 2008 7:51 PM PST   0 recs

Swearing, no... cursing, yes!
Lakers: (proper names used for invocation only)
may your jumpers go flat and your freethrows hit rim,
May the Ghost of Kwame Brown haunt your gym.
May the paint be off-limits, pray ye never enter,
and that ye lose this day in the Staples Center.

Amen

Blazers fan since '84, Currently exiled in Tennessee and North Carolina

by HurraKane212 on Feb 26, 2008 7:51 PM PST   0 recs