[It's_GO_Time]

Nice game by Zach but give the MVP of the game to Jack

[It's_GO_Time]

Or Theo

[mgb]

How big has Theo played in this game? Crucial stops, crucial points, crucial rebounds.

[mgb]

What a game! I'm proud of my Blazers and know Nate certainly is!!

[It's_GO_Time]

Huge win. I know Seattle has a bad record, but they have been playing well of late and after that pitiful performance in GS, in my book a huge win.

[mgb]

Ya, Joel's right, they are learning.

[Dan]

this game was won by the bigs (Theo, Zach and Joel) and a small (Jack).

good strong win, but I wonder how much of it is based on the sonics being a crappy defensive team?

[hasoos]

Great Win! They played at a fast pace, and executed defensively in the 4th quarter, very nice! 1st and 2nd units played well overall.

[mgb]

Originally Posted by Hap

this game was won by the bigs (Theo, Zach and Joel) and a small (Jack).

good strong win, but I wonder how much of it is based on the sonics being a crappy defensive team?

Sure, they might not play the best D, but they have a lot of fire power so you can't tell me we didn't play well to beat them. They might not have D but we played some good D down the stretch especially.

[It's_GO_Time]

I agree. The defense down the stretch won the game . . . of course the offensive rebounding helped.

[RipCity9]

Fantastic! Most fun I've had watching a game in long time!

[myELFboy]

Congrats on the win. Your bigs DOMINATED the boards in the 4th especially.....we couldn't get ANYTHING. I had this fear because against the Nets, second chance points killed the Sonics. I figured with the Blazer front court, the Supes would get killed---I was right. I thought we could still score enough to win, but guess not.

Seriously, I was impressed by the way the Blazers executed. The defense on Ray was good---when he *****es to the refs with a whiny look on his face, you've got him rattled. Rashard kept the Sonics in the game, but no one else really executed. Vlad was invisible after the first 3 minutes or so. Lots of errant passes, no confidence it seemed.

Seattle better look out....Portland is close to passing them here in the coming weeks. Sonics head out on a road trip after GS.....ouch. Against good teams too. They've been out of the playoffs for a while & I haven't had much confidence that they can get back into it, but after seeing them play solid games with confidence the past 4 or so games, it's disappointing to take a step back, at home.

[Dan]

Originally Posted by myELFboy

Seattle better look out....Portland is close to passing them here in the coming weeks. Sonics head out on a road trip after GS.....ouch. Against good teams too. They've been out of the playoffs for a while & I haven't had much confidence that they can get back into it, but after seeing them play solid games with confidence the past 4 or so games, it's disappointing to take a step back, at home.

Portland has a 7 game, 18 day trip (over ASW), so I don't think we'll be passing anyone anytime soon.

Thats an odd trip for the team btw. they play Denver (again??) and then have 3 days off, and then play 5 games in 8 days, and then are off for 5 days to end against the Lakers.

[alext42083]

I was very impressed with our team, and everyone contributed and it's nice to see the guys happy after a game.
And also, Seattle's defense is really pathetic. When they depend so much on Robert Swift to be their Joel or Theo, that's just trouble. Oh well, great win!