Pre-season looking good, nice win against NW rivals

Hey again,

Apparently, month #2 of school is also a bitch. I have barely had time to breathe or do laundry.
Much less blog.

But I did manage to catch the last quarter of the Blazers-Sonics tonight (by ignoring that huge stack of tests, mind you) and I was impressed by the boys' comeback. It looked like Seattle (with their new coach, PJ "the screamer" Carlissimo -- let's just say I understand why Spree wanted to throttle him) was going to pull it off in the Rose Garden. But then BRoy got an unbelievable rebound in serious traffic and kicked it out to Martell of all people. "MW for three" doesn't really have a ring to it. Yet. But it could grow on me.

It seems our boys were out to an early lead but most of the second half was all Seattle, who went up to a similar 13 point lead in the third. I tuned in in the fourth, and watched to the end.
It was pretty exciting. Travis Outlaw looked good on defense against Szerbiak (?) and even the Vanilla Gorilla had some moves. They didn't give up, didn't give in, defended well, and got stops when they needed them. Their pre-season record goes to 4-2 and winds up Friday night.
Say what you want about pre-season means nothing. I think for a team trying to build chemistry and solidify efforts, a comeback win against rival Seattle is just what the doctor ordered. Fans were really enjoying the RG and reports were all the screens are Hi Def now.

Pre-season stats so far have the Blazers at 84% for FT, up substantially from last year. This is good. However, my boy Steve Blake did a Shaq imitation late in the game that fortunately didn't cost them the whole thing. Dude. Gottsta make the freethrows. No excuses.

BRoy looked like he was back in fine form and Webster looked surprisingly competent on the three pointers. Maybe he's ready to be consistent this year. Jarrett Jack had a few nice moves inside and as mentioned T-Law brought some D. All in all, an excellent effort that paid off.
Looking forward to many more close games on the new Comcast channel Nov. 1.