Portland has been streaky all seasons. Win 5 Lose 4 Win 3 Lose 4 etc. I have a feeling we're gonna see L4 in the next couple of games.
They've been outplayed, outhustled, and out smarted by the shittiest team in the western conference. If that's not proof positive they looked past the Kings to the Celtics, nothing is. There's nothing positive to take out of this, whatsoever. No "well, they're injured and are still 4 games above .500" or "Lamarcus was due a bad game" or "Andre held it in all game". This should be a loss they feel embarrassed by, insulted by, and apologize for. It was team unprepared to play, with only lame excuses for the loss.
Can't be fine with a home loss to the last place team in the West - ever. They had won here 16 times in 90 attempts - including when there were battling for the conference title and we were a mess.
It felt like we were climbing uphill since the beginning of the game. It seemed everytime we made it near or at the top, we would slip and have to go back up the hill again. Unfortunately, we never made it over the hump
They're deficient of talent, especially in the front court. I'm not going to give excuses for Aldridge, because he definitely missed a ton of easy shots and made terrible mistakes. However, I'm not surprised by it. With Camby out, he's going to be ridden 40+ a night. Nate simply can't go stretches with Cunningham and Joel playing big minutes. I wouldn't be surprised if LMA had more games like this as long as Camby is out.
Can't lose 4 in two games. It happens to everybody. Even championship teams have losses to crappy teams. It sucks but you move on. We're only two games worse than where we were last season. That's amazing considering all of the injuries. And Aldridge just won player of the week. I'm not gonna let one loss get me down. What you do is up to you. Go Blazers!
