Well, that was fun for Portland while it lasted. The five-game win streak is over after losing to Dallas. So why is closing the book on a win-streak actually a good thing?
That’s easy.
It puts life out West in perspective for the Blazers.
The last thing Portland needs right now is to rattle off 10-straight like the Boston Celtics, then have everyone gunning for them to fall on their faces. Forget that. The Blazers are better off flying under the radar and sneaking up on teams. That’s why they are sitting fourth out West in the first place.
It’s not that Portland has to win every game. Certainly helps, but it isn’t a must. Because right now, the Blazers are sitting right where they want to be while teams around them are beginning to hit the skids.
Tt’s more important to get and stay healthy than it is to win six, seven or eight games in a row. Wins will soon follow.
Steve Blake is preparing to return after Portland’s current road trip – hopefully Martell Webster before too long. New Orleans has lost four-straight and will be without Chris Paul. Utah is banged up missing both Carlos Boozer and Andrei Kirilenko. The Los Angeles Lakers – while not immediately fazed by the loss of Andrew Bynum – is missing a cog in their machine.
Houston is always a team with an injury waiting to happen.
Tis the season.
Forget the streak.
It’s too early for Portland to peak.
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nice scoop/hypothesis on the sheed-to-los angeles thing. that would be scary. i hope it doesn’t happen.
thanks glen. makes sense at least for the lakers. it would be a tough deal to pull off….a third team would have to be involved for joe dumars to sign off on it though.
still think the lakers make some kind of move, even if it is picking up a more serviceable middle man….no offense chris mihm.
there’s no way we garner more than 46 wins this year. this team is autistic.
OKC?!!
i think the shocks on the blazers bandwagon need changing.
just a hunch, but the boys were likely ready to come home after this road trip and even before the ball was tossed-up. that amazing comeback against new orleans zapped them…..even with the win. and they didn’t have enough gas in the tank to pull an encore against dallas.
to me, friday night was portland’s way of saying “see you sunday against the knicks”.
and glen – you know as much as i do that you can’t take a night off against anyone in this league.
anyone.
even the “thunda”….
i hope they get it together. they haven’t looked like a team for a while.
btw, i think nate is killing oden. he has a knack of doing that.
they sure looked like a team when they won five-straight.
and i just think nate is a bit more trusting of joel right now….that’s hard to argue with. i get it. but i see the flip side.
you also have to let greg weather the storm out there.