The Blazers have now won seven straight games. They have 12 wins and 12 losses. Last night they beat up on a tired Denver squad that had just played the Spurs the night before. Tonight Portland is back home to play New Orleans (15-9, including 8-4 on the road), who had yesterday off after beating Phoenix on Saturday. So we'll see how much gas the Blazers have left in the tank.
LaMarcus Aldridge, who's been having foot problems, may see some action. He shouldn't be tired, but he'll be rusty, and probably playing a bit gingerly on that bad wheel. Should be an interesting game. I love the Blazers' streak, but I wouldn't put money on it continuing. If nothing else, stories like this are a jinx.
One thing this team has going for it is a lot of young legs. Hopefully they can weather this kind of back-to-back situation, especially with the home crowd pumping them up.
While we're here, a huge holiday 'you're #1' finger to the Comcast biz dev folks. As a Comcast non-subscriber (I'm on DirecTV), I'm SOL for watching most of these games.
Hey Paul, I'd be more likely to pop for season tix if I could, you know, watch the games when we're on a streak like this.
Just watched the Blazers slug out a win versus the Hornets for win number 8... They proved they could win on an off-shooting night. Not only are they 13-12 more than a quarter way through the season, they've played the 5th toughest schedule in the NBA. Imagine if they figured things out sooner...
As it is, they could be playing for the division lead by the time they play Denver on Friday (!?!?!?)
As for the Comcast/Satellite negotiations, I'm not sure anyone has brought up this obvious point: It's not in Direct TV/Dish Network's interest to carry Comcast Sportsnet. First of all, I guarantee you that Comcast didn't create the station to pick up converts from satellite, they did it for local ad revenue crosspromotion possibilities. It further ingrains them in the community through ad dollars... and it's a lucrative venture at that.
From the satellite business perspective, why on earth would you carry a cable company's namesake station? What about all those self-promotional Comcast TV spots that pepper their commercial breaks? It's deep-discounted air time to get their ad messages across... usually touting advantages (real or otherwise) over satellite service. Bet you a mint that the 'negotiations' are partially stuck because of these matters. But from the outside, it will always appear that Comcast is the bad guy.
I have Comcast service, so I realize it's easy for me to be fat and happy with so many Blazer games at my disposal. Regardless, they deserve credit for creating a station that no one else could or would and stepping up to the plate for Oregon sports fans.
With the DirecTV sports pack, you get count 'em, four (4) Comcast SportsNet channels: MidAtlantic, New England, Chicago, and West. You just don't get CSN-NW. From what I've read in the trib, there's one dude at Comcast NW who's muddling his way through the Comcast talks with Dtv and everyone else.
What was wrong with FSN's money? Not green enough?
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Comments (7)
.500! I love it, even if this is the high point.
Posted by Sebastian | December 17, 2007 2:41 PM
That's more than a quarter of the way through the season, too.
Posted by Jack Bog | December 17, 2007 2:44 PM
One thing this team has going for it is a lot of young legs. Hopefully they can weather this kind of back-to-back situation, especially with the home crowd pumping them up.
Posted by John Fairplay | December 17, 2007 3:37 PM
While we're here, a huge holiday 'you're #1' finger to the Comcast biz dev folks. As a Comcast non-subscriber (I'm on DirecTV), I'm SOL for watching most of these games.
Hey Paul, I'd be more likely to pop for season tix if I could, you know, watch the games when we're on a streak like this.
Posted by Sebastian | December 17, 2007 5:43 PM
I was there for the 8th (4 rows behind Paul Allen).
Red Hot And Rolling!
Sweet!
Posted by Ben | December 17, 2007 10:27 PM
Just watched the Blazers slug out a win versus the Hornets for win number 8... They proved they could win on an off-shooting night. Not only are they 13-12 more than a quarter way through the season, they've played the 5th toughest schedule in the NBA. Imagine if they figured things out sooner...
As it is, they could be playing for the division lead by the time they play Denver on Friday (!?!?!?)
As for the Comcast/Satellite negotiations, I'm not sure anyone has brought up this obvious point: It's not in Direct TV/Dish Network's interest to carry Comcast Sportsnet. First of all, I guarantee you that Comcast didn't create the station to pick up converts from satellite, they did it for local ad revenue crosspromotion possibilities. It further ingrains them in the community through ad dollars... and it's a lucrative venture at that.
From the satellite business perspective, why on earth would you carry a cable company's namesake station? What about all those self-promotional Comcast TV spots that pepper their commercial breaks? It's deep-discounted air time to get their ad messages across... usually touting advantages (real or otherwise) over satellite service. Bet you a mint that the 'negotiations' are partially stuck because of these matters. But from the outside, it will always appear that Comcast is the bad guy.
I have Comcast service, so I realize it's easy for me to be fat and happy with so many Blazer games at my disposal. Regardless, they deserve credit for creating a station that no one else could or would and stepping up to the plate for Oregon sports fans.
Posted by TKrueg | December 17, 2007 10:46 PM
With the DirecTV sports pack, you get count 'em, four (4) Comcast SportsNet channels: MidAtlantic, New England, Chicago, and West. You just don't get CSN-NW. From what I've read in the trib, there's one dude at Comcast NW who's muddling his way through the Comcast talks with Dtv and everyone else.
What was wrong with FSN's money? Not green enough?
Posted by Sebastian | December 17, 2007 11:29 PM