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Re: Who do we root for?

Mediocre Man said:
I am just thankful I am not anal enough to pick through all the posts and point out spelling errors like some do. ;)
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Same as me. It would be horrible going through all the posts - but when something catches my eye and annoys me when multiple people quote it and leave it as is... I do! ;)
 
Re: Who do we root for?

gatorpops said:
If the Blazers win tonight it will effect my desire for who else wins or looses, does it not. If we are assuming that we are going to win and we root for Utah and them they win and we loose we have rooted for the wrong team.

I don't have the capacity to know who to root for until I know if we win or not then I get to see just how fortunate the Blazers and me are. (great grammer I know)
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Really? One team has 22 losses, the other 23 losses. I want the team with 23 losses to have 24 losses. For me, it's all about the Blazers making the playoffs at this point.
 
Re: Who do we root for?

like i said, when you lower yourself to ROOTING for other teams you will be disapointed that much more when they lose. i actually found myself wishing the teams like the lakers would win last week and when they don't it's that much more disgusting. how about you spend your time rooting for the blazers and letting everything else fall where it does.
 
Re: Who do we root for?

andalusian said:
Same as me. It would be horrible going through all the posts - but when something catches my eye and annoys me when multiple people quote it and leave it as is... I do! ;)
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So your suggestion is that I should have corrected the spelling error when I quoted the post? I'm just not that big of a jerk I guess, and I clearly understood the point mediocre man was making.
 
Re: Who do we root for?

bigbailes said:
like i said, when you lower yourself to ROOTING for other teams you will be disapointed that much more when they lose. i actually found myself wishing the teams like the lakers would win last week and when they don't it's that much more disgusting. how about you spend your time rooting for the blazers and letting everything else fall where it does.
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I don't root for any team outside of the Blazers. Do I want certain teams to lose? Almost every night.
 
Re: Who do we root for?

PapaG said:
So your suggestion is that I should have corrected the spelling error when I quoted the post? I'm just not that big of a jerk I guess, and I clearly understood the point mediocre man was making.
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I do not suggest anything (or as Z-Bo would say - nothing). I commented that when I saw a mistake and that mistake was perpetuated via quoting it annoyed me and prompted a response. I did not try to call MM an idiot or slam him for the mistake - just offered what I considered a humorous response to the mistake - especially since the mistake was funny because it was not just a spelling mistake - but one that happened to have an alternate meaning.

I am sorry if this annoyed you - but I am glad to see that you posted about something that annoyed you, just as I did about something that annoyed me.

Can we now continue with our regularly scheduled programming please?
 
Re: Who do we root for?

andalusian said:
I do not suggest anything (or as Z-Bo would say - nothing). I commented that when I saw a mistake and that mistake was perpetuated via quoting it annoyed me and prompted a response. I did not try to call MM an idiot or slam him for the mistake - just offered what I considered a humorous response to the mistake - especially since the mistake was funny because it was not just a spelling mistake - but one that happened to have an alternate meaning.

I am sorry if this annoyed you - but I am glad to see that you posted about something that annoyed you, just as I did about something that annoyed me.

Can we now continue with our regularly scheduled programming please?
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We were doing just fine before your interruption that had nothing to do with the thread, Sameer.
 
Re: Who do we root for?

PapaG said:
We were doing just fine before your interruption that had nothing to do with the thread, Sameer.
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I am sorry. I have obviously detracted from the thread by trying to throw a little humor in it. I will cease and desist from such practices. All business, all the time now, even in the off-season. Thanks for the pep-talk.

I will root for all eastern conference teams that do not play the Blazers from now on, I will root for all none-playoffs contenders in the west now when they do not play Portland, I will root for all western conference contenders that I do not think we have any chance of catching when they play other western conference contenders that are not the Blazers.

In all other cases I will root against the team closest in standing to us - unless they are both just as close but one in front and one behind - at which point I will root against the ones chasing us.
 
Re: Who do we root for?

PapaG said:
Meanwhile, back in the real world where teams don't win every game they play, scoreboard watching is a crucial (and fun) part of playoff races in any sport.
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lol
 
Re: Who do we root for?

Well, looks like Miami is taking care of Phoenix.

Good.

Gramps...
 
Re: Who do we root for?

Are we rooting for the Pacers tonight? I'm confused!
 
Phoenix loses, Houston loses, San Antonio loses.

Portland wins, Dallas wins, Utah wins.

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Phoenix starting to lose touch with the playoff race.

(Picture courtesy of alex42083.)
 
So Dallas plays at New Orleans on Thursday? What would be more beneficial, more breathing room between us and 8th or us and this crazy five-team race between 3 and 7?
 
alex42083 said:
So Dallas plays at New Orleans on Thursday? What would be more beneficial, more breathing room between us and 8th or us and this crazy five-team race between 3 and 7?
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I'd root against the team higher in the standings (unless it's the Lakers, since they are uncatchable). I think playoffs are essentially in the bag at this point, so now I want the best seeding possible, which means rooting for the higher-ranked teams to lose.
 
Mavs or Hornets?

Gotta go with the Mavs in this one. Both on our heels but Mavs, being further behind winning is less threatening than the Hornets. Either way though isn't bad - at least one of them will lose.

Gramps...
 
Re: Mavs or Hornets?

The Mavs are currently further behind us than the Hornets. So I want the road team to win both games tonight.
 
Re: Mavs or Hornets?

Go Mavericks.
 
Re: Mavs or Hornets?

I think I rather have the Hornets win because the Mavs have a chance to miss the playoffs and I'm almost sure the Hornets will make it. I just want the Blazers to make the playoffs and once they look for sure then I would root for the teams that might be ahead of us at the end to lose. It is close and I think it is a win win with either team winning or losing. So, I won't be upset no matter who wins.
 
Re: Mavs or Hornets?

I love these win-win situations for us. But if I had to pick, I guess I would want the Mavs to win tonight.
 
Re: Who do we root for?

Mavs tonight right?
 
Re: Mavs or Hornets?

Hornets! The loss column is more important than the win column.
 
Re: Merged: Who do we root for?

But if NOLA wins, they are closer to us! Damn these last 5 weeks are going to be nutz!
 
Re: Merged: Who do we root for?

Chandler has been putting up some good numbers since Oklahoma sent him back to NO in the same gift wrapping his was sent in. Looks like a bizaare scenario right now. NO gives away a good young defensive center, and Oklahoma ships him right back.
 
Who to root for tonight?

Two notable games happen tonight.

Denver @ Utah

Phoenix @ Houston

All off these guys are bunched in with us seperated by a measley .5 - 1 game difference.

If Denver loses it gets us closer to the #1 spot but it on the other hand puts Utah even closer and puts their win streak at 10 which is a huge confidence booster.

You can want Phoenix to lose to push them further out, but if Houston wins it just makes their record even better. Or is Phoenix so done for that we can comfortably root for them to beat Houston?
 
Re: Who to root for tonight?

Gotta root for the Lakers over the Wolves or they might get back in the playoff race :rolleyes:
 
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