Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Blame the Zebra's for loss against Orlando

Blazers played a great 4th quarter until the last 2 minutes. They gave up three 3-pointers in the last 90 seconds to loose by one point. It is a good game to learn from, but frustrating for players, coaches, and fans alike.

Jamar Nelson, Rashad Lewis, and then Turgalou with the game winner.

With four seconds left in the game Lamarcus hit a shot clock beating 10' jumper, but not according to the zebra's. If you watched the highlight on Sportscenter, they clearly showed the shot was off in time, which would have put the Blazers up by 4 points.

Instead, we were up just 2 points, and Orlando hit a buzzer beater, similar to what we did to Houston earlier in the year. I guess we had in coming.

But my beef is, review that shot clock shot by Lamarcus. I have seen them a number of times go back and review stuff like that, why not this team? This blew a big win, a perfect home record, and momentum going into a big game against Utah.

Ugh, but even though it was the ref's fault, we still had a plethora of issues. And did anyone see Dwight Howard manhandled GO. I will admit I am starting to get a bit impatient with GO, at this rate he will have more fouls then points this season, unacceptable from a 1st round draft pick.

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