Just a horrible, horrible performance by the Blazers tonight. I can't really single anything out, because everybody was bad. B-Roy ended up with some decent offensive stats, but I thought he was terrible. We better suck it up before New Jersey!
I don't know if a game tomorrow is a good thing or bad thing. Back to back, on the road, with Blake and Rudy likely out and Roy hurting . . .
The Blazers deserved to lose tonight, winning would have shown just how bad the east and the 76's are. A Blazer win would have been insane as poorly as they played. It was just a bad, bad, tragic game!
It might have been closer, but we would have lost anyway with how poorly the rest of the team was with taking care of the ball. Going away from Oden for most of the 2nd half was the nail in the coffin tonight.
I think we'll bounce back against New Jersey. We seem to always play well there no matter what. It should be a lot more competitive than this crap we saw.
I bet Nate brought that attention after the game and will be addressed with shoot-arounds versus the Nets. I sure hope we bounce back. i bet ROY will be game time decision though however.
I've stopped letting games like this bother me. I've tempered my expectations for this season a little bit. I think as the season has worn on, I've realized that it's going to take time for guys like Rudy, Bayless, Batum, and Oden to perform consistently. We've been given a taste of what this team is capable of, a taste of what our players are capable of, which has made it very hard not to hold them to a higher standard than in years past. I'm going to take this season for what it is, another learning experience, and enjoy watching our boys grow up together.
