it did feel that way! So how is the league going to survive past 2011? Portland is a very unique environment, not often duplicated. There are some very dark skies on the horizon for the NBA with the lockout looming. I sure hope everyone can come together to find a solution to helping small markets thrive. The league will not be the same in a very bad way if they don't figure it out.
Just read this while I was out at lunch--was planning on posting it first thing when I got back to my computer. This was a perfect description of the post-game atmosphere on Thursday; Simmons captured it perfectly. Sly, Wheels, Hailblazers and I were right there when a guy started a "Let's Go Blazers" chant with his horn. The jubilation of the crowd when it pours out of the arena following a big win is nearly unmatched. Honestly, I'm tempted to hang around the garden near the end of game 6 just so I can be a part of the throng again, even if I can't actually attend the game. Good job by Bill.
When me and my friend were walking back to car after the game, people were yelling "Lets go blazers" almost the entire way to Lloyd. It was hard not to get swept up in it even after yelling it for 3+ hours. The "Dirk's a bitch" chant a girl was screaming in the hospital parking lot was kind of funny too.
Simmons gets a bad rap amongst Blazers fans because he criticized the Oden pick (before it was made btw) but he's usually (maybe always?) complimentary of the team's fans. and the city.
I'm with Nik on this...he routinely talks about how Portland's one of the best cities for a writer/reporter to go to on a road trip, he thinks that the demise of the POR/SEA/VAN road trip and while he bags on the "soccer moms" he routinely holds up our fanbase as a model for most cities to emulate.
