Part of you has to feel bad for Blazers fans. The team is just bad. How bad? Some of the worst teams in the league look forward to playing Portland so they can get a win. *cough*Washington*cough*
They should get some sympathy because it wasn't so long ago the Celtics were a laughing stock even though they had plenty of talent on paper. Needless to say, there was not a whole lot of happy feelings going around and plenty of hate, mostly for Nolan Smith.
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Well this sucks... What's everyones Christmas plans? Or Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, etc.
Can Stotts send the entire team home by Southwest Airlines? At halftime?
In the next 50 Shades of Grey book the submissive will be forced to watch a Blazers road game.
Player of the Game (Nolan Smith):
So you're doing terrible, you know your bench sucks... whose the first guy you bring in? NOLAN SMITH OF COURSE!!! What the duck?!
Newsflash: Nolan Smith still useless.
Why all of the hatred for Smith? He's helping us get...
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Team1234TOTAL
Portland Trail Blazers1815261978
Boston Celtics2531192196
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PlayerMinsFGM/A3FM/AFTM/A+/-OREBDREBT-REBASTPFSTLTOBSBAPTS
88Batum, Nicolas33:102-111-64-5-92353023109
12Aldridge, LaMarcus32:598-160-07-9-1026802151023
21Hickson, J.J.25:323-70-05-8-1721301220111...
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