Blazers: 104
Nuggets: 76
What a way to end the regular season. The combination of Houston's loss and San Antonio's win just before game-time meant that the Blazers were playing for Home at Home. How about another rout?
The Nuggets looked very sad for most of the game. They came out cold and alone - playing one-on-one basketball against a Blazer opponent that could not have been more of a team. NONE of the Blazer starters scored in double figures - tell me the last time that has happened in a 28-point victory. Our 4 double-digit scorers: Travis, Rudy, Channing, Greg.
[Shout out to Kevin Calabro, who announced tonight's game on ESPN with Hubie Brown. Calabro was the announcer for the Sonics from 1987 to this last year when they moved to OKC. His voice is forever ingrained into my head from growing up in Seattle, as I'm sure is the case for certain Blazers that also have roots there.]
1st Half: The Channing Frye Show
I have to give props to Channing Frye, especially for his play in the 2nd Quarter. He came in and helped us turn a 12-point lead into a comfortable 19 going into Halftime. Aside from stroking it smooth, Channing even threw in some nice passes...
Sergio's 12.5 (officially 12) Assists in 18 Minutes
There was some "retro" Sergio on display tonight - buckets of assists in a short amount of time. In fact, mid-way through the 4th Quarter he had assists on back-to-back-to-back offensive possessions, all of which were 3-pointers (to Outlaw, Frye, and then Fernandez for the record). Much less retro (or possibly so retro that I'm unaware) has been Serg's new touch around the basket. He seems to be much more confident about going to the hole, and the results have been downright fantastic.
Player of the Game
Rudy Fernandez
Rudy began the night five 3-pointers behind the record for most threes in a season by a rookie (held by Kerry Kittles at 158). No problem - he drained a career-high 6 of 9 attempts to become the new record holder at 159. In order for him to even get in that type of position, Rudy had hit a 3-pointer in each of the last seven games, going 20 for 36 (55.56%) in that span. In not one of those games did he shoot less than 50% from behind the arc.
[update: full video]
Nuggets: 76
What a way to end the regular season. The combination of Houston's loss and San Antonio's win just before game-time meant that the Blazers were playing for Home at Home. How about another rout?
The Nuggets looked very sad for most of the game. They came out cold and alone - playing one-on-one basketball against a Blazer opponent that could not have been more of a team. NONE of the Blazer starters scored in double figures - tell me the last time that has happened in a 28-point victory. Our 4 double-digit scorers: Travis, Rudy, Channing, Greg.
[Shout out to Kevin Calabro, who announced tonight's game on ESPN with Hubie Brown. Calabro was the announcer for the Sonics from 1987 to this last year when they moved to OKC. His voice is forever ingrained into my head from growing up in Seattle, as I'm sure is the case for certain Blazers that also have roots there.]
1st Half: The Channing Frye Show
I have to give props to Channing Frye, especially for his play in the 2nd Quarter. He came in and helped us turn a 12-point lead into a comfortable 19 going into Halftime. Aside from stroking it smooth, Channing even threw in some nice passes...
Sergio's 12.5 (officially 12) Assists in 18 Minutes
There was some "retro" Sergio on display tonight - buckets of assists in a short amount of time. In fact, mid-way through the 4th Quarter he had assists on back-to-back-to-back offensive possessions, all of which were 3-pointers (to Outlaw, Frye, and then Fernandez for the record). Much less retro (or possibly so retro that I'm unaware) has been Serg's new touch around the basket. He seems to be much more confident about going to the hole, and the results have been downright fantastic.
Player of the Game
Rudy Fernandez
Rudy began the night five 3-pointers behind the record for most threes in a season by a rookie (held by Kerry Kittles at 158). No problem - he drained a career-high 6 of 9 attempts to become the new record holder at 159. In order for him to even get in that type of position, Rudy had hit a 3-pointer in each of the last seven games, going 20 for 36 (55.56%) in that span. In not one of those games did he shoot less than 50% from behind the arc.
[update: full video]
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