Raise your hand if you had the Portland Trail Blazers leading the Western Conference. OK, now put your hand down and stop lying. The Trail Blazers are 16-3. After a disappointing loss in Phoenix that ended a double-digit winning streak, Portland is 3-0 in December, including back-to-back home victories over the Indiana Pacers and the Oklahoma City Thunder, two of the best teams in the NBA. There are two things every NBA fan wants to know right now. First, is this Blazers team
Believe it or not, a quarter of the NBA season has already come and gone. What have we learned so far through the first 20 games of the season? Time flies, the Portland Trail Blazers are for real, critical injuries can derail any team, and the Eastern Conference may never have been worse. After another impressive 111-104 home win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday, the Blazers are a conference-best 16-3 – something no expert or fortune teller could have predicted
This caption doesn’t exactly fit what the author is writing, but it adequately shows your typical Knicks fan. Pacers fans act oppositely. There are moments in life when we become one with our sofa. We get comfortable, we sink deeper and deeper into the plush fabric, we cover ourself with a blanket or two and we try to set the record for popcorn consumption. (I worked in a cinema when I was 16, and my popcorn skills are
The Portland Trail Blazers (15-3) are surprisingly tied with the San Antonio Spurs for the best record in the Western Conference. The Indiana Pacers (16-2) are currently the best team in the entire league. The two teams collided on Monday for the first time, and the competition did not disappoint. Paul George continued his rise to stardom, scoring a game-high and a career-high 43 points, including seven 3-pointers made. Roy Hibbert was also a factor with 16 points and 14 rebounds. With
As the New York Knicks (3-6) and Brooklyn Nets (3-6) continue their slow starts, the always lively Knicks and Nets crowds look to the opposition for excitement. Enter Damian Lillard, LaMarcus Aldridge and the Portland Trail Blazers, currently the hottest team in the NBA. [Read more…]
Tweet of the night goes out to the key players of the Portland Trail Blazers, following their 96-85 win over the Sacramento Kings this evening. [Read more…]
In today’s news, an Olympic gold medalist officially retires from the NBA. Meanwhile, in Portland, LaMarcus Aldridge is having a change of heart about his stance with the Trail Blazers. [Read more…]
Five days into the 2013-14 NBA regular season, two players continue to dominate to the point that the record books have taken notice. Surprisingly, it’s not LeBron James and Kevin Durant, or even Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard, for that matter. It’s Anthony Davis and Michael Carter-Williams. Davis, a second-year power forward for the New Orleans Pelicans, has been dominating on both ends of the floor. Carter-Williams, a rookie point guard for the Philadelphia 76ers, has been doing the same, but in