31: Most Blazer wins in the Rose Garden in one sesaon. Ever.

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BlazersBlood said:
Really? I figured the Pippen lead squads would have won more games at home. Impressive.
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Those teams took too many nights off at home. Of course, they were so talented that winning on the road wasn't that big of a deal for them. This team feeds off the energy at home.
 
My guess is that a sizeable portion of the posters on here were too young to ever catch a game at the Glass Palace. That's really too bad. We were only 12,888 (12,666 pre-expansion), but that place absolutely SHOOK with noise. When we moved to the RG, I really felt like we lost a huge chunk of our home court advantage. Now, we seem to have it back.
 
maxiep said:
My guess is that a sizeable portion of the posters on here were too young to ever catch a game at the Glass Palace. That's really too bad. We were only 12,888 (12,666 pre-expansion), but that place absolutely SHOOK with noise. When we moved to the RG, I really felt like we lost a huge chunk of our home court advantage. Now, we seem to have it back.
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I only got to go once or twice, mostly because the tickets were so damn hard to come by.
 
Natebishop3 said:
I only got to go once or twice, mostly because the tickets were so damn hard to come by.
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That's a great point I hadn't considered, probably because my dad had season tickets before I took them over. I don't recall ANY tickets going unused and very few going to fans of other teams. Some L*ker games I have gone to at the RG have been shameful with the amount of purple and piss in the stands.
 
maxiep said:
My guess is that a sizeable portion of the posters on here were too young to ever catch a game at the Glass Palace. That's really too bad. We were only 12,888 (12,666 pre-expansion), but that place absolutely SHOOK with noise. When we moved to the RG, I really felt like we lost a huge chunk of our home court advantage. Now, we seem to have it back.
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The MC was straight pandemonium.
 
maxiep said:
My guess is that a sizeable portion of the posters on here were too young to ever catch a game at the Glass Palace. That's really too bad. We were only 12,888 (12,666 pre-expansion), but that place absolutely SHOOK with noise. When we moved to the RG, I really felt like we lost a huge chunk of our home court advantage. Now, we seem to have it back.
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I loved the MC. You know the best ticket in the house back then was a $10 standing room only ticket, where you had a number painted in blue along the concrete wall that seperated the 100 and 200 level. $10 that amounted to a seat as close as any 100 level seat these days at the Garden. Man the MC was a lot of fun back in the days.
 
maxiep said:
Those teams took too many nights off at home. Of course, they were so talented that winning on the road wasn't that big of a deal for them. This team feeds off the energy at home.
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Ya, seem most of the season they were just waiting for the playoffs to start. Pissed me off because I figured they could still improve during the season, but some of them needed the rest I guess.
 
I rocked a standing room only "slot" many times as a kid! The MC was the real deal!
 
maxiep said:
My guess is that a sizeable portion of the posters on here were too young to ever catch a game at the Glass Palace. That's really too bad. We were only 12,888 (12,666 pre-expansion), but that place absolutely SHOOK with noise. When we moved to the RG, I really felt like we lost a huge chunk of our home court advantage. Now, we seem to have it back.
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Ya, it was crazy at a game in the MC! The first time I went I actually was suppose to meet a guy that owed me money, but when he didn't show I decided to buy a cheap standing room only ticket. Just stood next to a wall the whole game. Funny, that was against the Jazz too. I remember how big Eaton was!

That was after the championship era. Then you couldn't find a ticket. I remember going one nite to spend the nite trying to get a playoff ticket, but there was so many people already there we just went home.
 
As much as we bitch about our road record, it's just as bad as other playoff teams.

Last season, Utah, Denver, and Dallas were all 17-24 on the road. And this season, Houston, Utah, and Dallas are all below .500 on the road.

16-20 with games remaining at OKC, MEM, and LAC is pretty decent when you put it into to perspective with our opponents' records.
 
yuyuza1 said:
As much as we bitch about our road record, it's just as bad as other playoff teams.

Last season, Utah, Denver, and Dallas were all 17-24 on the road. And this season, Houston, Utah, and Dallas are all below .500 on the road.

16-20 with games remaining at OKC, MEM, and LAC is pretty decent when you put it into to perspective with our opponents' records.
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I agree with that. Although we haven't beaten a top-9 West team on the road (other than the CP3-less Hornets), that's just a next step in the natural progression for us next season.
We've already established a great home court. If we were great on the road, we'd have 55 wins and the No. 2 seed sewn up. I don't think anyone should've expected that.
 
Thank you yuyu. I don't bitch about our road record at all. Our road record has been great compared to where we've been. We were 13-28 last season. We're approaching .500 this year. Heck, the Blazers were only 14-27 on the road when we won the title in 77. 16-20 is a decent road record, better than most.
 
alex42083 said:
I agree with that. Although we haven't beaten a top-9 West team on the road (other than the CP3-less Hornets), that's just a next step in the natural progression for us next season.
We've already established a great home court. If we were great on the road, we'd have 55 wins and the No. 2 seed sewn up. I don't think anyone should've expected that.
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We still might finish with 55 wins and the no. 2 spot. And that would make us 21-20 on the road. This team hasn't gone on a big win streak this season. Maybe this will be it. Close the season on an 11 game win streak and go after a championship!
 
yuyuza1 said:
As much as we bitch about our road record, it's just as bad as other playoff teams.

Last season, Utah, Denver, and Dallas were all 17-24 on the road. And this season, Houston, Utah, and Dallas are all below .500 on the road.

16-20 with games remaining at OKC, MEM, and LAC is pretty decent when you put it into to perspective with our opponents' records.
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I agree. For this year and this team, it's perfectly decent and classes them in with all the second-tier playoff teams like Denver, Utah, New Orleans and Houston.

For Portland to become a top-tier playoff team (a truly legitimate title contender), they need to be able to win around 25% of their road games against other top teams. (Percentage drawn from the concept of being able to take at least one of a possible four road playoff games in a series.) Portland right now can win almost none of those. If they can raise that to 25%, they'll be a legitimate championship contender, IMO. If they can get it even higher (like 50%) they'll be a championship favourite.

All assuming they at least retain (preferably improve upon, of course) their home dominance.
 
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