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favorite years, Plays that you remember, players anything.

kaydow

1990 for me. After we closed out Phoenix in Game 6 at their place to reach the finals. Phoenix has knocked off the Lakers in the previous round and most people didn't give us a chance. If I remember right they smoked us the previous 2 games at their place, and the 3 games at the MC all went down to the wire with us coming out on top. Phoenix had played so well at home, it seemed likely they were going to force a game 7 back in Portland. After we won game 6, the Blazermania took over the city - it was a fun time.

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Audie Norris

Ally oop to BR Bates

Winning the title....yes I'm old enough to remember

The Porter, Drexler, Kersey, Williams, Duckworth years

Hard fought playoff series victory over Utah in the late 90's

Pre Whitsitt

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Spud147

Do you remember that triple OT game against Phoenix that ended 151-153? I think that is the best Blazer game I ever saw. I was lucky enough to meet Jerome once and mentioned that game (I seriously almost had a stroke watching it) and he just looked at me, nodded his head solemnly, and said, "That was a good game". It was intense!

I think my favorite game in person was the game 6 elimination of the Jazz in the 1999 play offs. The Jazz were the favorites for the championship (had been in the finals against the Bulls the year before and MJ had since retired). We had a pretty young emotional team and the fans really got caught up in that emotion. People were wearing band aids on their eyebrows in support of Brian Grant. When the clock expired most of the players pulled off their jerseys and threw them up in the crowd. I screamed so loud I was hoarse for a week. Good times.

RedHot&Rolling

1977 Championship (I went to game 4)
The phenomenom that was Billy Ray.
The Hillsboro airport in '90.

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sa1177

Drexler is selected to Dream Team 1 and wins gold
Triple overtime game against GS when I was a kid at the MC
NBA Finals vs. Pistons simply because I got to be there.
Opening day of the Rose Garden
October 2001 when I was hired by the Blazer...
Rasheed Wallace being traded to ATL.
Blazers hire Nate McMillan away from Sonics (I hate Seattle!!)

More recent...2006 NBA draft.

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HispanicCausinPanic

First time I met the Schonz.

barfo

The day we drafted Jason Jennings.

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kaydow

Who could forget Rider pounding his chest everytime he hit a clutch shot in that game (he was big in that series) and then ripping his jersey off after the game.

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wizmentor

What was memorable about that series was that we were badly outscored, but we won it anyway!!

blakeback

1990 was a great season, I remember the Blazers in the Grand Floral parade.

More recently, I enjoyed the hell out of the 2000/01 season. After the last game of the previous season, I could have given up on the Blazers... but when the 2000 season started I was excited and actually went to a lot of games.

Seeing Sabonis play in person a bunch of games was a big highlight for me. I remember lots of behind-the-back passes from him on pick and rolls, and he even hit some threes (but not like he did a few years earlier). Bonzi was starting to show that he could start over Steve Smith, although IIRC he didn't- he played a lot of minutes though. Brian Grant had some awesome games defensively. Wallace wasn't shooting threes, he was really working his turnaround inside, and he had a great shooting percentage.

Most people wouldn't pick 2000/01, but I really liked that season.

sabas4mvp

Game 6 vs dallas where Sabonis carried the team and went out with a bang.

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wizmentor

1) Getting a phone call from Bucky Buckwalter.

2) Seeing the Blazers draft board on the news the day before the draft!
No way would that happen these days. I was excited because I recorded
it, so I could go back and write down their pick order!

3) Jerome Kersey jam during the Utah playoffs. Kersey caught the ball
on the right baseline, drove unimpeded toward the basket. But, Mark Eaton
was coming, and would have gotten there on time except, Jerome
WENT HORIZONTAL! That's right, he leapt forward like superman taking
off (can you tell he was my favorite player back then). With his hands on
the rim, his hip landed on Mark Eaton's shoulder, and he "laid" there for a
moment while Mark let him down. Priceless dunk. Never seen anything like
it before, or since. No big mystery Clyde called him "Jerome Crazy."

4) Seeing Clyde at a Safeway autograph session. I had my infant son
(whose 16 now!), so I couldn't sucessfully stand in the 2 hour line, so
I watched for a while. I was the only one with a jersey on, #25. After
some time, Clyde looks up and says to everyone "Hey, it's Jerome" and
gives me a wave. The acknowledgment was nice.

5) Listening to the radio about people's favorite Blazer stories. Lady with
her young son are at a grocery store. The kid really wants to meet a Blazer.
So, she and her son introduce themselves to Clyde, who is very gracious.
Clyde asks the kid "Do you know which Blazer I am?" After thinking a bit,
the kid says "Danny Ainge." Clyde bursts out laughing and says that's he's
been called a lot of things, but never that

Of course, there are many others such as getting the "Bust-a-Bucket" tape
and watching Clyde's slam dunk video, Teddy's Jamz 2. But overall, what I
enjoyed the most was the love affair that the city had with the team, and
the team had with the city. We didn't win a championship, but they were
still awfully good times.

Public Defender

Well, I haven't been a fan as long as some of y'all, but I definitely got fired up at the following moments... only to be brought back down to earth moments later...

1.) Late in Game Two of the Western Conference Finals in '99 against the San Antonio Spurs. Blazers had the Spurs down, only had to defend for one last possession. Avery Johnson tries to drive, he's cut off, pick and roll isn't there... he passes off to Sean Elliott, who was remarkably open because Stacey Augmon had cheated inside to help. Rasheed Wallace and his long arms make the rotation just a moment late and Elliott delivers the Memorial Day Miracle.

2.) Early in the fourth quarter of Game 7 of the WCF in 2000, the Blazers are leading by double-digits, the Lakers are yelling at each other. Portland starts going into "prevent" and "kill clock" mode with ten minutes left in the game. LA responds, the rest, history.

Sure, they ended badly, but I wouldn't give those highs for anything. They were sweet - when we had them.

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