[Speed]

You don't recognize the reference???

I was referring to Paul Westphal's quote when the Suns were down 0-2 in the first round to the Lakers in 93

[Terrible]

Speed? You know what I want to believe? That Portland gets pimp slapped on Sunday and we get a new team next year with brains, heart, and desire to play their natural positions.

[Speed]

Blazers in 7.

[Stojakovic16]

Originally posted by Speed!
Terrible, we've beaten these guys 4 times in the last 13 months.

We can and will beat them. You will see.

Of course, you will slaughter those infidels with the almighty 3-pointer! The Mavs do not have a 3 game lead, it is all an illusion created by the trickery of the American media.


Seriously though, I'd really like to see the Blazers smoke the Mavs, but even if they don't the Kings will.

[Dan]

Originally posted by Speed!
Did you not see the sign at the Rose Garden?

It said "Believe Harder"

yah, i saw it. I wanted to bring a sign that said "Media be damned. I'm still a fan Duin"

[Speed]

Terrible, Did you really not see any heart or desire tonight???? WHY do people think that you only have heart and desire if you WIN??? You can have heart and desire and lose. That's what happened to the Blazers. They played with lots of heart AND desire. Which game were you watching?

[Peaceman]

Everything is great. Sheed will be in control of our air defense..... I mean our PF position and Bonzi will blow the Americans to pieces with our armor....... I mean beat tha Mavs with is jump shot. Everything is fine in Bagdad.....Portland.

[Terrible]

The game where the entire Dallas team took threes uncontested. The game where Dirk scored 40 plus again on us and Van, Nash and Raef ran circles around our team. Come on Speed! Your comments are sounding dumb now! Is that you Dale?

[Peaceman]

We made lots of dumb fouls and the refs missed several more they could have called on us. Not smart basketball.

[Trader Ed]

love the optimism Speed

[Minstrel]

Originally posted by Terrible!
The game where the entire Dallas team took threes uncontested. The game where Dirk scored 40 plus again on us and Van, Nash and Raef ran circles around our team. Come on Speed! Your comments are sounding dumb now! Is that you Dale?

Just because you're mad, don't take it out on fans who still want to enjoy their team's next game.

Maybe Portland will win, maybe it won't, but Speed has a perfectly valid point when he rhetorically asks why heart and desire is only shown if you win. Every loss by every team causes their fans to disgustedly say they didn't care and didn't "want it." Like those are the only reasons teams ever lose.

Until your wellfare rests on whether the Blazers win, stop acting like the Blazers have done you wrong. They're a sports franchise, which means they're an entertainment venture. Either you enjoy it, in which case you watch them on TV or pay money to see them live, or you don't enjoy them and you can feel free to stop doing both.

Ordinarily I could care less whether some fans want to keep on and on ripping the team. Their perogative and discussion forums are for all discussion...positive or negative. But this is starting to get ridiculous when people take on aggrieved tones, as if they've been wronged.

You have a choice to watch the entertainment. If you choose to keep doing so, stop complaining. You're implcitly voting the entertainment good, if you do. If you don't, and enough fans agree with you, then owenrship will take note of the dropping profits and your hated Whitsitt (who's teams have out-performed, over the past four or five years cumulatively, everyone except the Lakers and Spurs) will be in great danger of losing his job.

So either put up or shut up. If you hate the Blazers, stop watching them and patronizing them and hope many others agree with you. If you keep watching, you really have no room to talk, especially when you bash people who want to be positive about their favourite team.

Okay, I'm done. Back to passive reading mode, as I don't have a whole lot to say about the current series.

[Terrible]

That's an interesting stance Minstrel and I only have a couple thoughts! When and if you ever get tired of playing the devils advocate for purposes of your own self flattering and approval on an anonymous chat board, you too may want more out of the team you love than simply a clever discussion piece for your mindgames of debate!

If you found heart from our teams effort tonight Minstrel , than I'd say you enjoy the role of the underdog defender quite a lot more than you let on. As it is your right to defend that mindset, it's mine to say they played without purpose and surely without a game plan!

When and if this team plays with urgency and desire they'll get my praise as they have in the past, but I wont sugar coat my responses to be PC just like you don't whenever Pip is attacked! Fair enough?

[Minstrel]

Originally posted by Terrible!
That's an interesting stance Minstrel and I only have a couple thoughts! When and if you ever get tired of playing the devils advocate for purposes of your own self flattering and approval on an anonymous chat board

Sure, buddy. If spewing venom all over the board in multiple threads makes you happy, whatever. My main point was don't bash the posters who still want to remain positive and enjoy the Blazers' next game.

[Speed]

The Blazers outrebounded the Mavs by FIFTEEN. You don't do that without heart or desire. Sorry. But heart and desire will not stop Dirk from hitting threes. He's 7 feet tall!!!

Patterson, Damon, and Sabonis all raised their game CONSIDERABLY in the absence of Pip and DA. Give them credit.

Go Blazers

[Terrible]

Not quite as polished as usual Minstrel, must have struck a nerve, or taken the better page out of your "How to make a clever rebuttal!" book that's right next to your computer!

Anyway, to each his own!