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A behind-the-scenes look at Portland Trail Blazers game day
To the casual fan, a Portland Trail Blazers game typically starts at 7 p.m., when nearly 20,000 fans settle into their seats at the Moda Center and the lead official tosses a basketball up for tipoff.
But, in reality, a Blazers game starts about three hours earlier, at 3:58 p.m., when Jake Layman steps foot on the hardwood, becoming the first player to reach the court.
As Layman arrives, a BlazerDancer is twisting and twirling by herself at midcourt, working through steps of a routine in a pregame rehearsal. A man climbs a ladder beneath the basketball hoop and places a camera above the backboard, which will be used for those slick close-ups around the hoop during the television broadcast. Overhead, a heated matchup between the Chicago Bulls and Toronto Raptors is airing on the jumbotron....
http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/2017/04/behind_portland_trail_blazers_game_day.html
So did any of you read the article?
