Yahoo - Game to Watch

[GrandpaBlaze]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ba...ntion-to-Trail-Blazers-vs-Celt?urn=nba,127138

A blowout on either side shouldn't surprise anyone. Portland could be overmatched and outwitted by the defending champs, or (less likely) Boston could start slow and never catch up. What's more likely is a half-court battle between the 2008 champions, and a team that wants to call themselves the best from 2010 until 2017 or so.

And what's the scariest thing about the Trail Blazers? They're not playing like they want to wait until 2010.

I like that, "not playing like they want to wait".

I find it interesting they comment that a blowout by either team shouldn't surprise anyone.

This could be the classic "not yet" slapdown from the incumbent ring bearers, however, and that would still be a sight to see. The Celtics have continually impressed all season with the way they have answered acting as every team's Game of the Season, and there's no reason that should stop tonight.

Unless the C's lose Rudy Fernandez on the baseline, either coming to meet the ball, or staying hidden and emerging for the catch-and-reverse.

Unless Greg Oden makes it so Paul Pierce doesn't get to shoot 11 free throws.

Unless LaMarcus Aldridge turnarounds continually fly an eighteenth of an inch over KG's fingertips.

Unless the future is now.

We don't suspect it is, but it will be interesting to watch.

I like the fact that they comment on the ways the Blazers could hurt the C's, not the other way around.

Gramps...

 

[Crimson the Cat]

Yahoo just became my "go to" for all my Blazer news.

YYYYYYYahooooooooooooooo!

 

[crowTrobot]

size vs. quickness? hu?