I thought it was someone named after his father. Blake scores over Felton? Either there's no defense or Felton is truly, truly fat. Aldridge waves off Hawes? Let's see some more ego in the games that count! I hope so.
2:15 - Back-to-back buckets for Kevin Durant ... Ray Felton with the tip-in off the offensive rebound ... Durant stripped going up ... Armon Johnson finishes the break ... Robinson's pull-up over Thomas is good ... Husky on Husky crime .... Thomas' three attempt over Robinson is short at the buzzer ... after three quarters, we're tied at 120.
BlazerFreeman Joe Freeman Props where props due. LA has handed out four checks totaling 100k to separate charities tonight. Two for 20k and two more for 30k.
BlazerFreeman Joe Freeman Props where props due. LA has handed out four checks totaling 100k to separate charities tonight. Two for 20k and two more for 30k. Aldridge has really taken ownership of this event. 1st half 21 shots, 27 points.
Q4 12:00 - Terrence Williams true on a couple of buckets to start the final quarter ... don't sleep on Craig Windor ... Durant crosses over Hawes, pull-up J is good ... Away Team with the 127-125 advantage.
9:25 - Craig Windor, everybody ... his three is good ... then everyone forgets about him after a mean LaMarcus Aldridge jam ... Nate Robinson cleans up a Josh Howard miss with a weakside rebound and putback ... Aldridge with the no-look feed to Hawes, cutting baseline for the dunk ... Terrence Williams streaks in for the lay-in ... Josh Howard's bucket makes hit 140-137 in favor of the Away Team.
6:26 - Terrence Williams wants this W ... flies in for the dunk ... Durant backs down Matthews, turns and rises, good from 8' ... Matthews right back with the step-back jumper ... Away Team leads 146-144.
4:10 - James Harden gets the members roll on his angle three ... Felton splits two defenders, steps back and gives to Aldridge for the dunk (like to see that more often some time in the near future) ... Crawford pulls up for three, hit as he shoots ... shooting three ... (there have been something like 10 free throws in this game) ... Crawford's three free throws tie it at 151.
2:10 - Picking up the action, Steve Blake and Jamal Crawford each with three-pointers ... Matthews called for the foul out top on Durant, he does not agree ... non-shooting foul ... neither does his pull-up three on the other end ... tied at 156.
1:08 - Durant at the line shooting two, his team down two ... makes the second ... Away Team trails 158-157 under a minute to go ...
blazersblogoregonlive/blazers Coming down to the wire ... KD at the line shooting two, down 158-156 with a minute left. #ripcityclassic
:50.9 - LaMarcus Aldridge at the line for two ... makes both ... Home Team holds the 160-157 lead ... Durant can't hit on two threes ... Aldridge misses the three from the top of the key, Jamal Crawford flies in for the one-handed putback dunk ... Home Team takes the game 164-157.
BlazerFreemanJoe Freeman LA misses a three. But Crawford follows with rebound dunk to ice game. Home wins 164-157.
blazersedge Ben Golliver Jamal Crawford throws down game-sealing dunk to push home team to victory in Rip City Basketball Classic, 164-157. blazersedge Ben Golliver "Thanks for your support and hopefully I'll be playing soon." -- LaMarcus Aldridge
Armon played but Babbitt wasn't there. I figured it was because Aldridge expected to get all the PF minutes. But then I noticed that Pendergraph played. 1) Why no Babbitt? 2) Pendergraph is healthy.
Oops, Armon and Pendergraph and Chris Johnson weren't on Aldridge's team, so him taking all the PF minutes has nothing to do with Pendergraph getting to play but no Babbitt. Just ignore me, I'm thinking out loud.
