Well, not to put a downer on the hype that the Blazers are receiving, but the first five games (Let alone the first 2 months) of the 2008-2009 schedule are what you could call "murder's row". Here are those five games:
* @ Lakers
* vs. Spurs
* @ Suns
* @ Jazz
* vs. Rockets
I wouldn't be surprised if the Blazers went 0 - 5 during this stretch. The Lakers and Jazz are almost unbeatable at home, although the Blazers did manage to steal one from Utah last season (one of only 3 teams to do so). The Spurs and Rockets seem to always dominate the Blazers as the we seem to never match up good against teams with superb defenses.
Well, the only good I can see from this is if that the Blazers where to somehow start 5 - 12 like last season or numerous games under .500 like the underachieving Bulls did this last season, and with Coach Nate McMillan rejecting an extension from last month, I wonder if we just let the OVERRATED coach go (prays to the basketball gods of Nate's departure)... I'm a big fan of Jeff Van Gundy and his commentary, but I would love it even more if he were the next Portland Trail Blazer coach.
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