was not the one saying uh oh

as ive seen broy so do so many times in the rose garden. you guys played better down the stretch and deserved this win.

kinda lame that chandler went for the wrist and not the face or something instead.

Some people need to watch the game again…

Przybilla was hand checking Tyson on the block, which is not uncommon for a post defender, but for whatever reason TC came down hard to knock his hand away….if Przy doesn’t want to injury his hamd more then keep it off of people….Przy didn’t like it of course, he reacted with his chest blow then Tyson countered. Tyson does have to keep his cool when someone’s talking noise or playing physical (something Tyson doesn’t do but needs to)…but if TC gets ejected then Przy should have too.

the more I think about it, the more impressed I am by this win. Peja started us off fast with 11 points in the first. DX was lethal; 15 at half, and probably had over 20 after three. He just wasn’t missing many shots, and was killing on his jumpers. The only serious lag we had in the offense, Pose hit two monster threes (going 3-4 over the middle of the game). And then, when we were unsure how the game would end. CP found his scoring touch and exploded in the fourth, while finding Hilton for several easy, but big, baskets. And that’s all without much of a Butler/Mo contribution. When this team is clicking, it has so many ways it can beat you. That’s something all great teams can do.

I know the Blazers didn’t have Roy, but on defense what would he have done, locked down on Butler/Mo? Right. We looked good. And when we click, I think we’re as dangerous as any other team in the League.

Hey, primarily Blazer fan visiting from Blazers Edge.

I don’t see much (that is, any) of New Orleands outside of our games. But I like watching your team and look forward to these matchups. I knew Chris Paul was good…

… but holy sweet Mary Mother of Jesus is David West good! They say Roy is collected but that guy was draining baskets with all the dispassionate objectivity of Japanese suhi chef. Wow. Very impressive.

Your whole team’s perimeter defense seemed really good to me. Maybe BRoy could’ve made a little more hay from the perimeter but the other guys were absolutely stymied.

I don’t recollect much post play out of your offense. Is that a function of Chandler’s ejection? The Blazers are at least very uncomforable with post play (Oden is kind of clumsy still and LMA does it with great reluctance, despite what you saw out of 20 shots from the guy)… if it ever happens that West starts missing (big if) does the offense start to sputter?

Anyway, thought I’d drop a note to say I’m impressed with your team. Look forward to the next game. Definitely going to what these guys play the L*kers and Utah when those games come up. Cheer like hell for you guys.

PS-for the record, Chandler probably got tossed because of the league’s zero-tolerance stance on fighting. Blow to the face under any circumstances probably means ejection. But I agree, Joel definitely contributed and probably should’ve got a T as well. I’m mildly surprised they didn’t both get ejected. I’m just glad the benches didn’t clear with a whole bunch of ejections. THAT would’ve ruined a game that was otherwise very enjoyable. At least, until the last chunk of the 4th quarter.

 I am not impressed with the crybaby hornets and their unsportsmanlike style of playing. Wow, you guys barely squeaked out a win against the Blazers without their star player…..congratulations! Thank god I’m not a Charlotte Hornets fan because if I had to listen to that Bitch Chris Paul cry and bark at the refs every game and act like he should be getting Michael Jordan calls would make me sick.

ps, Hey Phizbin, Tyson Chandler got tossed because he is a thug and a POS. If you love the Charlotte Hornets so much, then put on one of their ugly jerseys and become a full time scumbag!

One of the great things about the blog communities is the level of connectivity it gives us all. So it’s great when fans of the sport can come together and admire what they admire, criticize what they don’t, but have fun with it. It’s a game. I mean, we all root for our teams, of course, but it’s just a game.

Albeit, the greatest game on Earth.

I’m a lifetime Blazers fan, a 300 level season ticket holder, but was courtside in company seats friday night. The hornets outplayed us from wire to wire save for a three minute stretch of the second quarter, and the very start of the third. The Hornets did an amazing job on the boards. One of only a handfull of times all year the Blazers have been outrebounded. You guys got huge performances from several players. West was on fire, and Paul took over the game in the fourth just as you would expect your MVP to do. The guy who was overlooked by Portland was James Posey. A prior post mentioned Blazers playing good perimeter defense. I respectfully disagree. Our perimeter defense was the same as it has been all season long. Non-existent. The Blazers routinely leave shooters wide open at the three point line and posey burned us.

Regarding the Chandler-Pryzbilla altercation, I would say this: The way the NBA has handled similar situations in the past would be to eject both players, so I would not have been surprised if that happened. I think its a dumb policy however, to eject both players, when only one player escalated the situation from standard basketball, to a potential fight situation. Regardless of what anyone claims happened, Pryzbilla did not throw a punch in any way shape or form. Regardless of what your opinion of “standard” post defense in the NBA, Chandlers “swat” was not a standard swat. It was a VERY hard hit. Lastly, for him to say he was unaware of the injury to Pryzbilla, calls Chandler’s integrity into question. His wrist was HEAVILY bandaged, and Pryz had been guarding him and favoring that hand the entire night. So either Chandler is remarkably unintelligent, or an outright liar.

I believe Hornets fans who say Chandler is a good community citizen off the court, and I like Chandler’s game (I have him for my fantasy team), even though he is having an off year. But from the dozen or so times I’ve seen him on national tv games, or in person at the Rose Garden, he’s a thug on the court.

Good win NO, look forward to the next matchup with both teams at full strength.

No TC tonight. Przy was fined $7,500 and assessed a Flagrant One foul. Woo.

That was a great game up until CP3 turned into CP3. He is a magician, I love his game. When he decided to turn it on, we were as helpless as a deer in headlights. One hornet I am not a fan of is the perpetually whiny Tyson Chandelor. It really just gets old, and it has been rubbing off on CP3, who is becoming quite the chatter box himself. At the end of the day though, its hard to blame those guys for working the refs.

With all that said, TC’s slap at pryz’s hand was dirty, no doubt about it. I dvr’d it and watched the replay several times. He clearly looks at the bandage on Joel’s wrist and swats DIRECTLY on top of it. His assertion that he didn’t know the hand was injured is flat out laughable. It was probably all over the scouting report and on top of that JOELS ENTIRE WRIST WAS COVERED IN A SPLINT AND TAPE. I guess TC expects us to believe he is blind and couldn’t see that? The fact he tries to cover up his clearly dirty play by saying “ummm, errrrr, I didn’t know it was hurt….” just makes him look guilty. He would have to be the dumbest basketball player to ever wear an nba uniform if he didn’t realize his matchup was playing wounded. It was a lame play by a very lame player….

/rant

Good game though, the hornets killed us from that point on and I have no defense for that. The better team won…

Very good.