Without Rudy's spark at the end of the first quarter, without Sergio's creativity to drive and dish the ball, AND without "Vanilla Gorilla" Joel Przybilla's (10 and 19) hustle, defense, rebounding, and dear I say it free throw shooting (no thanks to Nate McMuFFin) thanks to Greg Oden being foul prone, the Blazers were able to avenge their loss to the Nuggets last night.
Aldridge was gravy again tonight going for 20 or more two nights in a row despite a humongous performance from Nene (17 and 13), 20 off the bench from Linas Kleiza (thanks to Travis Outlaw's piss-poor defense on him and luckily, Kleiza missed an open one after McMuffin subbed him in with less than 4 minutes to go), the ever so solid Chauncey Billups.
Oh and for those of you that attended the game and were happy that Travis Outlaw did NOT run out the clock so the Blazers would have a chance at scoring 100 for the Chalupas, that might not necessary be a good thing. (No, I'm not trying to save billionaire Paul Allen some pocket change). Whenever a team runs up the score against the opponent, you better believe that they will remember this, and that they will probably not only beat you the next time we play them, but they most likely will blow you out...
So thanks a lot Travis Outlaw for the Chalupas... Not only does your 8 out of 10 times you dribble once to the right and shoot an awful fade from 20 feet kill us, but so does your 8 out of 10 times you don't pass the ball once you pass half court. You may have the Basketball IQ of a McNugget, but you made 20,000 people happy with a free $1.50 from Taco Bell, but you can almost guarantee a LOSS on March 5 when the Blazers next play the Nuggets...
And for those keeping track...
McMillan and McMuffin... Outlaw and McNugget... = Same Basketball IQ
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