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November 11, 2006
Basketball
Early in the second quarter, the Trailblazers were down by 27 points against the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. The Blazers were the worst team in the NBA last year. The Hornets were ranked top going in to last night's game. I wasn't sure I could stomach a full four quarters of such pounding punishment.
Then something astounding happened. The Blazers tied the game. They pushed ahead to get the lead. The Hornets fought back, pulled ahead, fell back, tied the game. With a few seconds left in regulation play, Zach Randolph landed a shot at the foul line to pull the Blazers ahead by one. Then -- ** bzz ** -- it was over.
Last night's game was the first time in 40 years that an NBA team came back from such a deficit to triumph. The arena was maybe a third empty -- a lot of Blazer fans have fallen by the wayside given the team's recent record. But those of us who were there were exuberant. Cheering, clapping, yelling, screaming. Raaawrrrr....
It was also great to walk out of the Rose Garden Arena, cross the street, and hop on a light rail that dropped us off only a few blocks from home.
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at November 11, 2006 10:54 AM