yeah...same here..my niece gave me a fantastic Blazers shirt for Christmas, and every time I wore it, we lost..I never wear that thing on game days now..lol
Whenever Mike Barrett says "and just like that" my insides crumble. As in "Harden buries a three and just like that its a two point game again".
I read this thread: http://www.basketballforum.com/portland-trail-blazers/556625-did-blazers-win-series-2.html And I laugh and laugh and laugh...
I pace like crazy and yell a bunch. Tap my foot a mile a minute. Been know to scream "make your fucking free throws mother fucker!" Bummed for months after a good playoff run comes up short I'm even worse watching football, and I can't even hardly stomach watching crunch time playoff baseball, every pitch is a fucking heart attack
I immediately start saying the most negative stuff I can think of when the Blazers play the last few minutes: Like, "OH GOD!! THE BLAZERS, DOING THIS FOR ALMOST FORTY YEARS!!" or "EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE THE BLAZERS! BORN UNDER A BAD SIGN!!" Walk around during the tv breaks, saying that, driving people around me crazy.
I usually keep going back and forth between edge of my seat and slouching back trying to keep cool. In game 4, I stayed on edge of seat and cheered them on even when they were down 10. I'll do that again.
Pace like a motherfucker. Game 1 there was times I couldn't even watch the houston possession late in regulation and OT. I yell a lot too. Good things, or things at Houston that are not so swell. My downstairs neighbor probably hates me right now.
This. I don't know if it's a defense mechanism so I don't get quite as depressed when they lose or if it's an existential thing that by making myself feel so defeated I actually enjoy the eventual win that much more.