Rip City

I can't lie, I hate the LA Lakers with a fiery passion. Kobe, you bet. Odom, him too. Walton, are you kidding me. Artest, of course. Gasol, yup him as well. Maybe I hate them so much because of the way they beat the Blazers in the Western Conference Finals back in 2000. But mainly I just hate them since I am a long suffering Blazers fan.

Hell, I remember when I was 6 years old in 1991 rooting for the Blazers to beat Jordan and the Bulls. The local radio station Z100 had their hit "Bust a Bucket" made for the Finals with Buck Williams throwing down the vocals.

Just listen this ear candy from the early 90's:


What all this means is that I am an unabashed Blazers fan. Albeit, a long suffering one. So it warmed my hear this morning to see that the Blazers beat the Lakers in Portland for the 9th time in a row. Count that, the Lakers haven't won in Portland (despite their consistently dirty play) since 2005!

I was going to post about the bad feeling I have with this year's Blazers. Two big men out for the year. Blake in the hospital. Rudy maybe back. Nicolas gone until next year. Andre Miller being a basket case and not fitting in. But despite all of that and a huge argument the other day they beat the Lakers.
I'll put my doubts on hold for a minute and savor this crushing of the Lakers.

Rip City Baby!!!!