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Jazz at Blazers - DEMARRE ROLLS ON

Hayward is playing so well lately. Remember when his shot was off? He is shooting the ball with such confidence now that every time his sets his feet it's automatic. He also impacts the game so much with his penetration. Burks rocked tonight! Go Jazz!
 
ahearn looks like he has 48 hours left on his 10 day before he gets a bus ticket and a peanutbutter sandwich.a swing and a miss on that one KOC.
 
The Thriller said:
I think this has everything to do with Porty being sooooooooooooo sucky. I honestly don't understand how anyone could pay good money to watch this crap. Porty might be thee worst team in the league right now.
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Well, you have Charlotte which has lost 18 straight and Minnesota at 11. But my vote goes to Golden State. They're not even trying.
 
zbone said:
Since when Blazers changed name to Ripcity?
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It's been around a long time.

Oregonlive.com said:
Since the first tip at a Trail Blazers game in 1970, there have been more difficult, and more important shots than the one guard Jim Barnett took on Feb. 18, 1971.

But no shot in team history has proven to be more enduring than his long, high-arcing attempt at Memorial Coliseum that swished against the Lakers in that inaugural season.

The shot was ill-advised, taken much too quickly and from far too long of distance. And ultimately, Barnett and the Blazers had far too few baskets that night in a 136-114 loss.

But the shot produced one of the most lasting and defining moments in the team's history.

It was the shot that spawned Rip City.

Bill Schonely, the Blazers radio voice, got caught up in the excitement, which created a brief moment of hope against the mighty Lakers. When the shot swished, Schonely blurted out "Rip City! All right!"

To this day, Schonely doesn't know where "Rip City!" came from, or what it means.

But for some reason, the phrase stuck and has since become synonymous with Blazers basketball. When Schonely was the team's broadcaster from 1970 through 1998, he would say "Rip City!" after an important basket or exciting play. Today, Rip City has come to symbolize the connection between Portland and its only major league professional sports team, becoming perhaps as well-known and oft-used as the city's formal moniker, The Rose City.
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I much prefer Schonely to Brian Wheeler, the current local Blazers radio play-by-play announcer. Wheeler's usually annoying (complaining when behind, mocking when ahead), but Schonely's one of those classic old-time radio guys, five years older than Hot Rod. He went out to center court to sing pregame tonight, which was cool.
 
JazzFanNBama said:
I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed this. It's been amazing over the last month and a half how many times we've had T's and can't make the freaking free throw. It drives me insane.
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I cringe whenever I see Hayward or Burks shooting a T.
 
This might be the slowest game thread of the year.

Couldn't believe how on fire Harris was as well as Hayward and Burks both had good games, it was a complete roll reversal from the NOH game when the guard line couldn't score and all points came from the big men.
 
Winning this game makes me want to vomit. Sorry playoff guys, but this is crap. We will be stuck with this exact same team next year. How exciting.
 
Catchall said:
Portland sometimes goes by the nickname of Rip City, kind of like Boston/Beantown.
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Kinda like Utah and how it goes for Cougartown sometimes... For uhhh... All those big cats in the mountains... Not for all those hot middle-aged women spending a boatload of money at City Creek....
 
Verlin said:
Winning this game makes me want to vomit. Sorry playoff guys, but this is crap. We will be stuck with this exact same team next year. How exciting.
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Agreed... First time ever watching the Jazz beat a crap team and move closer to playoffs is getting me down.
 
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