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Gameday Open Thread: Blazers vs. Warriors

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We have won two games against the Warriors so far and only lost one, but those might have well been played in a different universe.  It's go-time now.  Let's see how our guys fare--wounded or not--against playoff-gunning competition.

Enjoy the game and as always chat about it right here!  (We may not win the game itself but if we don't end up with more comments than Golden State of Mind I feel the sting.)

--Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)

P.S.  Speaking of, tune in to the awe-inspiring GSOM for all of the Warriors news and views.

P.P.S.  Don't forget to enter your Jersey Contest form for this game here.

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They can't stop Joel
We need him to be a monster inside.  That can help keep us in the game -- and if we're in the game, anything can happen.

Oh, by the way....

FIRST!

I'm frequently right, but always certain

by jscot on Mar 27, 2008 1:28 AM PDT   0 recs

Really?
As I see it on the screen, you are, in fact, below it, if slightly offset to the right.

The person who is too late ALWAYS claims to be above it all.  We all know better.

I'm frequently right, but always certain

by jscot on Mar 27, 2008 7:47 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

btw
Dave your link to the Golden State of Mind website is wrong. you wrote www,goldenstateofmind.com instead of www.goldenstateofmind.com.

by usmcr3049 on Mar 27, 2008 10:05 AM PDT   0 recs

GSOM link has a comma in it a doesn't work
here is a new one i hope GSOM
I used to compete in sports a lot, then I realized you can buy trophies, now I'm good at everything. - Demetri Martin

by Zaron5551 on Mar 27, 2008 10:05 AM PDT   0 recs

we have to win
reading GSOM i really want to win now just to ruin the warriors chances at the playoffs.
I used to compete in sports a lot, then I realized you can buy trophies, now I'm good at everything. - Demetri Martin

by Zaron5551 on Mar 27, 2008 10:12 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Thanks a lot
That's really nice of you to say.
-from a Warriors fan

by goGSW24 on Mar 27, 2008 11:45 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

hey man
i want to beat everyone. it nothing against you guys everyone was just picking you guys to go 3-0 of the next three and well i just like to crush hopes. i did actually predict you guys to win though
I used to compete in sports a lot, then I realized you can buy trophies, now I'm good at everything. - Demetri Martin

by Zaron5551 on Mar 27, 2008 12:02 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I know
I'm just kidding. In your position I'd say the same thing.
-from a Warriors fan

by goGSW24 on Mar 27, 2008 12:26 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

This is a No Kidding Zone
It's all about business here at Blazers Edge.  I'll let this slide because you're new.  Just know that I'm watching you and if you step out of line, I'm gonna go all Randy Jackson from Tuesday night on you.

I know our only hope now is it mess other people's hopes of the playoffs, but I really want to see your team do some damage in the playoffs this year.

The square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.

by tominhawaii on Mar 27, 2008 12:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Tom
You are SO busted for kidding about no kidding.  No kidding is the single most sacred subject on this site...no kidding.  This is the worst taboo-busting faux pas I have EVER seen you commit...right up there with actually TALKING to a Warriors fan.  Don't you know that they all have COOTIES?  And now we've probably got GSOM cooties all over Blazersedge.  It's going to take me months to get this place disinfected.  I'm itching already!

For shame, Tom.  For shame.

--Dave

by Dave on Mar 27, 2008 12:47 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Jeepers
I've been busted twice in two weeks.  Maybe I need to ban myself from Blazers Edge until I learn to play nice.
The square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.

by tominhawaii on Mar 27, 2008 1:43 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh no
No self-banning allowed.  You will continue to tread the edges of humor and taste on this site until someone gives you leave to go, young man.

Auuughh!  More cooties!

:::scratching armpit:::

--Dave

by Dave on Mar 27, 2008 1:49 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Sweet
I have an armpit story for you then.  In 4th grade I was standing near my teachers desk at Sunset Elementary in Vancouver, Washington.  I scratched my armpits and said, "My armpits itch."   My teacher replied, "That's what happens when you don't take a bath."  

Growing up poor white trash was tough.  It was nice to have a teacher who supported me an inspired me to become the man I am today.  A bitter, self-absorbed, smart alec.

The square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.

by tominhawaii on Mar 27, 2008 2:02 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Did they call you "Stinky"?
Kids can be sooo mean.
honkaplayboys.com

by Lizzy Lowblow on Mar 27, 2008 5:28 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Nah
I didn't stink.  I actually showered, it was just that my teacher didn't like poor kids and she was a b-word.
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by tominhawaii on Mar 27, 2008 5:59 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

go blazers
Can't we all just get along?

by Obrich Kenobi on Mar 27, 2008 10:28 AM PDT   0 recs

East Win
TiH stats: Portland 265 to Golden State 225

Our projected starters: 46 to Golden State's starters 32

No contest if you ask me.

The square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.

by tominhawaii on Mar 27, 2008 10:44 AM PDT   0 recs

Dang It
I almost choked on a lump in my cream of wheat.  It should be an "Easy Win" not an "East Win."
The square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.

by tominhawaii on Mar 27, 2008 10:45 AM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Link fixed
Thanks all!

--Dave

by Dave on Mar 27, 2008 11:13 AM PDT   0 recs

GSW desperate
GSW at home
Blazers w/o Roy
Blazers possibly w/o Aldridge

Clearly all signs point to a blowout Blazer win.

by jksnake99 on Mar 27, 2008 11:49 AM PDT   0 recs

I like the Warriors
and I think their brand of pick-your-pocket-and-then-chuck-it basketball is as entertaining as all get-out. Plus I think the L*kers would be quivering in their reptilian skins at the thought of a #1-#8 matchup with Golden State, so that's some added incentive for liking them. But as the only role left to us sans our biggest honka playboys is that of spoiler...spoil we shall!  Like milk left next to a space heater we shall spoil! Let GSOMers fear. our. wrath.

by BlazersOrBust on Mar 27, 2008 11:51 AM PDT   0 recs

I too like the Warriors
but yes let's spoil.

This is my first post here and only because GSoM, a great blog, made it seem like they would walk to a Most Posts victory over BlazersEdge. Not to this Dave, not today, not if we can help it.

I'm as excited as many of you are that we our summer league team will feature an ex-Honka Playboy on the roster, and I look forward to Cribs doing a feature on his Honka Playboy Mansion in West Linn someday

by PDXiled in DC on Mar 27, 2008 1:10 PM PDT   0 recs

Line-up question (if LaMardridge can't go):
With LMA, we'll see Trout be the white unit call-up again, this time because of Roy's absence.
But what if LaMardridge can't go, and we need TWO whiteys in the starting line-up? Who's the second?

Fill in the blank:
Blake
MarWeb
Trout
The Unstoppable Joel
[-----------]

Well?
(I'd post this with a POLL, but it really doesn't warrant a diary entry.)

Did you really put stuff on top of the eggs? Like, for real? He put . . . HE PUT THE LIGHT BULBS ON THE BOTTOM!

by QualityPie on Mar 27, 2008 2:08 PM PDT   0 recs

Jack will start at the 2
Nate just sent me a text saying Jack gets the start.
The square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides.

by tominhawaii on Mar 27, 2008 2:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The warriors owe us one
Last year we gave them the last game of the season. They were all happy they made the playoffs and stuff, yippee! Now its their turn to let us win this game, so we can finish with a winning record. Thats how the NBA works right? Thats how I explain losing to seattle twice.

by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 27, 2008 2:25 PM PDT   0 recs

I can't predict anything tonight
None of us can predict what our Beloved Blazers are going to do night to night, and I doubt anybody can do much better with the Warriors.  I have no idea who will win tonight, because both teams can beat anyone on any given night and both teams have PROVEN they can lose to anyone on any given night.

Just like the Wiz, the Dubs got more going for them right now and also need the game a lot more.  But, they can pooh out a turd of a performance at a moments notice and give us the win on a pooh-free platter.  Without Roy and maybe LMA, we definitely got plenty of reasons to excuse the loss.

This is a big TNT nightcap game, sure to be lots of people watching, so I hope our boys put on a good show.  Martell did well on NBAtv last game, did some nice post game interviews with the NBAtv post game crew, and made more of a name for himself.  Doing that on TNT would go 500 times further, so I hope Trout/Jack/Marty and hopefully LMA get the common fan to love them as we love them.

I'd like a win if at all possible.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Mar 27, 2008 2:43 PM PDT   0 recs

we need to beat GSOM in the
comments contest.  Let's go B.E.!

by jksnake99 on Mar 27, 2008 3:39 PM PDT   0 recs

Not to be disrespectful
To GSOM, which I frequent often, but they have no chance of beating us with game thread comments. We are UNSTOPPABLE, BABY.

by Sabonis4Ever on Mar 27, 2008 3:47 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Dang you
You done squeezed in above my "first" comment.
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by tominhawaii on Mar 27, 2008 3:49 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

It's Tragic
I wasn't even searching for a link.  You just out-typed me.
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by tominhawaii on Mar 27, 2008 4:42 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

First
I'm with you.  I think they are our most worthy comment opponents.  They have nice community over there.
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by tominhawaii on Mar 27, 2008 3:48 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Is this padding?
Go Blazers!

by PDXiled in DC on Mar 27, 2008 4:30 PM PDT   0 recs

Yeah probably, but mine is too.
Ain't it great?
38:19 Min, 11-18 FG, +11 +/-, 5 Off, 12 Rebs, 7 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk, 22 Pts - LMA vs Clips 3-21-08

by LaMarvelous on Mar 27, 2008 6:41 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

martell will have another great game
joel goes for 30 boards(i hope he deserves a team record)
I used to compete in sports a lot, then I realized you can buy trophies, now I'm good at everything. - Demetri Martin

by Zaron5551 on Mar 27, 2008 4:33 PM PDT   0 recs

I'm in a PTB State of Mind...
...and it's early yet. I could get mean, wanting to pillage and spoilage. Just waiting to see how things go, as in...

GO BALZERS!

"The Team with Caricature!"

by Lizzy Lowblow on Mar 27, 2008 4:55 PM PDT   0 recs

Yes I typed spoilage...
...just to give me something to comment, to my own post,
"The Team with Caricature!"

by Lizzy Lowblow on Mar 27, 2008 4:56 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I Want to
Spend a day stalking Timbo and type "first" under all his comments.  I think it would be fun.
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by tominhawaii on Mar 27, 2008 5:06 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Go ahead
I don't have that kind of energy. I'll let someone else have seconds. That would make for about 2.5 gazillion posts. Making it impossible (well nearly) to come back and peruse this chronicle of this Game.
honkaplayboys.com

by Lizzy Lowblow on Mar 27, 2008 5:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I just loooooove instigators.
They bring such excitement to the Bedge.

by annthefan on Mar 27, 2008 5:18 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

the Bedge...
quite possibly the coolest way ever to shorten Blazers Edge.

You should make that your "siggy"... welcome to the Bedge.

"Competition is a process or variety of habitual behavior that grows out of a habit of mind." -Willard Beecher

by Obrich Kenobi on Mar 27, 2008 5:24 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Jump off the Bedge
I like Bedge a lot too.  It seemed natural to me, like it had already become part of our shared parlance, but it appears to be new and I love it.

Jus' straight Bedgin' it.

by Mortimer on Mar 27, 2008 5:31 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

time to start lobbying with Merriam-Webster
to have it included as a new word for 2008...

Bedge, proper noun... a devotee of the Blazers Edge Universe, one who may spend entirely too much time not working but blogging.

to Bedge, verb... to hang out at the Blazers Edge Universe

bedgin', adjective... remarkably cool comment left at the Blazers Edge Universe

"Competition is a process or variety of habitual behavior that grows out of a habit of mind." -Willard Beecher

by Obrich Kenobi on Mar 27, 2008 6:05 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Oooh yes
That is bedgin', Man! Just bedgin'!
honkaplayboys.com

by Lizzy Lowblow on Mar 27, 2008 6:07 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Bedge Wetter
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by tominhawaii on Mar 27, 2008 6:12 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh oh. How did you know?
"Bedge, proper noun... a devotee of the Blazers Edge Universe, one who may spend entirely too much time not working but blogging."
Work is actually interfering with my Bedginess as we tap.

by annthefan on Mar 27, 2008 6:13 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

If GSoM gets wind of this . . .
 . . . there will be the obligatory "We don't need no stinkin' Bedgers!" comment.

Well, not now. I beat 'em to it. Hardy hardy poopy har, Worriers.

Did you really put stuff on top of the eggs? Like, for real? He put . . . HE PUT THE LIGHT BULBS ON THE BOTTOM!

by QualityPie on Mar 27, 2008 6:09 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

HONKA PLAYBOYS!
I stold BlueBooYay's siggy. Now I'm in to theivin'. Let's just steal the night away.
honkaplayboys.com

by Lizzy Lowblow on Mar 27, 2008 5:10 PM PDT   0 recs

Can you steal from yourself?
I miss those little lizards already.

by Section323 on Mar 27, 2008 5:19 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

They will be back...
...some day, some time but tonight I'm in a Honka Playboy kinda mood.
honkaplayboys.com

by Lizzy Lowblow on Mar 27, 2008 5:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The blazers are gonna lose
because the lizzards left.
Tony Luftman... A sportscaster's role model

by JTDuck22 on Mar 27, 2008 6:26 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Now ya done it
The whole Lizzard culture is in revolt. Apparently wanting control of my siggy! I suspect I may be stuck with this for awhile yet. I will probally need a Team Meet before I can change it. With reassurance that once again the Lizzard Culture will Arise! To reclaim The World, for The Future of Reptilian Kind!
honkaplayboys.com

by Lizzy Lowblow on Mar 27, 2008 6:44 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Peace, Love, Happiness
The Blazers better Win!
"The Team with Caricature!"

by Lizzy Lowblow on Mar 27, 2008 6:48 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

who do you guys think...
will win the Denv/Dal game?

Can JHo lead Dallas without the Dirkster?

by jksnake99 on Mar 27, 2008 5:23 PM PDT   0 recs

NOPE
They need to trade Josh Howard, he's a bust.  FORTUNATELY, we Blazers are kind souls who will give Josh Howard a second chance.  We'll give up Frye and Jack plus the rights to Nedvad Sinovinocivinoc and one of our 2nd round picks for Josh Howard-- but they gotta accept it now, or we take the offer off the table.

Dallas won't win with him!  Better blow it up and move Howard westward.

Mortimer

by Mortimer on Mar 27, 2008 5:26 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Isn't Sino-VV
leading the Croats in rebounds? I thought he was going to be Our next "Enforcer"?
honkaplayboys.com

by Lizzy Lowblow on Mar 27, 2008 5:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

excellent idea
but don't you think he might end up like darius...........
I used to compete in sports a lot, then I realized you can buy trophies, now I'm good at everything. - Demetri Martin

by Zaron5551 on Mar 27, 2008 5:35 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Dallas 70!!!-Denver 60 at the half
Denver gives up 70, and that's with Dallas only going 10-16 FTs. Karl coaches some hella defense, right?

by PDXiled in DC on Mar 27, 2008 6:30 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Mavs up 39-28 after 1
In Denver, where the Nuggets are usually unstoppable, and without Dirk.

The NBA, where ?!@$!@ happens.

by jksnake99 on Mar 27, 2008 5:47 PM PDT   0 recs

kidd playing fantastic - he's due -
and K-Mart forgets that of the five on the floor he's the sixth option. Denver can play down to anyone's level

by PDXiled in DC on Mar 27, 2008 6:18 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I would like the win
But like someone said earlyer anything can happen .Heck Portland showed us Monday night anything can happen even with all the starters  Playing.

by billyjoejack on Mar 27, 2008 6:11 PM PDT   0 recs

Define "anything".
As in, the Blazers [gasp!] still making the playoffs anyway?!?

I gotta admit, if the Nougats lose (which they're doing) AND we beat the Worriers,
then that is still an entertainable thought, at least for one more night
(or two, with no Blazers, Nougats, or Worriers action to-morrow).

Similarly, a loss to Pyrite State tonight totally kills that notion for good this season.

Did you really put stuff on top of the eggs? Like, for real? He put . . . HE PUT THE LIGHT BULBS ON THE BOTTOM!

by QualityPie on Mar 27, 2008 6:16 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

it is nice not be mathematically eliminated...
and with all the WC injuries, who knows?

by PDXiled in DC on Mar 27, 2008 6:19 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I pity the fools...
...and worry warts too.
honkaplayboys.com

by Lizzy Lowblow on Mar 27, 2008 6:21 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

The Lizzards are back!!!
I have no pity for fools. But, then they have no pity for me either.
38:19 Min, 11-18 FG, +11 +/-, 5 Off, 12 Rebs, 7 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk, 22 Pts - LMA vs Clips 3-21-08

by LaMarvelous on Mar 27, 2008 6:58 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Just to put in in perspective:
IF Denver loses and we beat Pyrite State [just thought of that name, love it immediately],
then we'd be 5 games out of a playoff position, with Denver 1/2 game out of that same position,
and the three teams with 11 (Worriers), 10 (Nougats), and 9 (Blazers) games left to play.

We'd have to do some SERIOUS upsettulatin' in April, though. YOU all know the sked.

And if we lose tonight, no matter what happens to Denver, we're 7 games back, with 9 games left.
Insert fork.

Did you really put stuff on top of the eggs? Like, for real? He put . . . HE PUT THE LIGHT BULBS ON THE BOTTOM!

by QualityPie on Mar 27, 2008 6:27 PM PDT   0 recs

I would not minding missing the playoffs...
not because of the lottery, or resting the players, but resting ME. It has been such a pleasure to stay up late and watch competitive games again, that I've found I'm not in 82-game shape as a fan

by PDXiled in DC on Mar 27, 2008 6:34 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

I know what you mean
I hit the wall last month.
"The Team with Caricature!"

by Lizzy Lowblow on Mar 27, 2008 7:23 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

im headed home to watch this win now
chew on the just-posted "diary of the week" as you count down to tip.
For more pictures and videos, check out the BlazersEdge Facebook group and www.youtube.com/blazersedgeben

by Ben. on Mar 27, 2008 6:32 PM PDT   0 recs

You facebooked us? It is just a...
matter of time before us BEdginators are bigger than the whole NBA!!!
38:19 Min, 11-18 FG, +11 +/-, 5 Off, 12 Rebs, 7 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk, 22 Pts - LMA vs Clips 3-21-08

by LaMarvelous on Mar 27, 2008 6:49 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Next thing you know...
there will be websites just for fans of this website!! Cool, huh?
38:19 Min, 11-18 FG, +11 +/-, 5 Off, 12 Rebs, 7 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk, 22 Pts - LMA vs Clips 3-21-08

by LaMarvelous on Mar 27, 2008 6:54 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs

Heck, we could have a blog...
just for blogging about this blog!!!!
38:19 Min, 11-18 FG, +11 +/-, 5 Off, 12 Rebs, 7 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 Blk, 22 Pts - LMA vs Clips 3-21-08

by LaMarvelous on Mar 27, 2008 6:55 PM PDT to parent up   0 recs