<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> <div class="bi">Blazers Winning Back Fans</div> <div><span style="font-style: italic">Nov 13</span> - Average Rose Garden attendance is up 12 percent for the team's first three home contests. And concessions sales on the team's opening night Nov. 7 set a record for any event in the 12-year history of the Rose Garden, team officials said. </p> "It's a really good start," said team Chief Operating Officer Mike Golub. "But, it's really early on."</p> </p> The numbers bode well for a team trying to ditch its "Jail Blazers" nickname, overcome the season-ending injury to top draft choice Greg Oden, and re-enter the playoffs. But the season is not even one-tenth done, and it's hard to say how fans will react if the team starts losing. -- <font color="#000000">The Oregonian</font></p></div></div>
