Nov 16 2008
Keep That Head Up
I missed the end of last night’s game, specifically in order to go to the Rogue pub in the Pearl. I had absolutely no issue with leaving it behind either. At that point, we had just been down 12, and when I turned on the radio on the car ride over, we were still down 12. It was the end of a long road trip and the team had just seen a few too many of the flyover states in the past week to actually mount a serious run at a win. Excuse, excuse, excuse, repeat. There’s no excuse to lose against the worst team in the league though, and luckily the Blazers didn’t need to use one.
From what I’ve heard, Greg Oden’s the second coming of Bill Russell again (makes that the third time for those counting at home), and he is making serious contributions that are changing the makeup of the team. I have to agree with my own assumptions here. We’re getting into a pretty version of Zach Randolph ball. We have great shooters around our big guy, and we have absolutely no reason to worry when he takes a shot, because we have strong other guys to pick up the rebounds when he misses. Basically, this is the basketball equivalent of Genesis, with Brandon Roy as mainstream and Cusack favorite Peter Gabriel and Greg Oden as Phil Collins, looking twenty years older than his age and keeping the beat.
More than anything, this game makes me hate all the other teams I’ve rooted for that much more. After the Mariners failed in their quest to be the worst team in baseball and as the Seahawks are losing by 10 at this moment to the Cardinals, I expect the same uninspired and just plain bad play out of the Blazers. I won’t be making that assumption again any time soon.
