2012-13 NBA Mid-Season Awards

Can any of us believe that the 2012-13 NBA season is at the All-Star break? With the festivities kicking off in Houston this weekend, I would like to take some time to look… Continue reading →

Blazers begin 2012-13 season with 116-106 win over new-look Lakers

Halloween night at the Rose Garden couldn’t have been the perfect scenery for Opening Day between the Portland Trail Blazers (1-0) and the Los Angeles Lakers (0-2) as the Blazers handed the purple and… Continue reading →

Lillard, Aldridge lead Blazers over Lakers in 93-75 preseason win

The new look Portland Trail Blazers beat the Los Angeles Lakers 93-75 in their first preseason game of the 2012-13 season in Ontario, Calif. Granted the Lakers would be without Dwight Howard and… Continue reading →

Suns trade All-Star PG Steve Nash to LA Lakers

Certainly one of the biggest off-season moves this summer has just sealed the deal. The Phoenix Suns have agreed to a sign-and-trade with their division rival Los Angeles Lakers to send two-time MVP… Continue reading →

Highlights from Weekend One of the NBA Playoffs

The first week of the hectic 2012 NBA Playoffs are in the books and already there are plenty of story lines and drama that will likely ensure to become a very entertaining 40… Continue reading →

Lakers keep pesky Blazers at bay with 103-98 win

  Keeping it short and sweet, the new-look Los Angeles Lakers (30-18) and the new-look Portland Trail Blazers (22-26) faced off for the last time of the season. Portland was looking to improve… Continue reading →

Complete list of 2012 trade deadline transactions

• Blazers receive: Mehmet Okur (from New Jersey); Shawne Williams (from New Jersey); protected 2012-first round pick • Nets receive: Gerald Wallace (from Portland) • Blazers receive: Hasheem Thabeet (from Houston); Jonny Flynn (from Houston); future second-round pick • Rockets… Continue reading →

Lakers steamroll over powerless Blazers 103-92

To anyone that missed the first half of this game: Be glad you did as we hoped the Portland Trail Blazers (17-16) would improve their woeful road record when taking on a decent-yet-not-as-good-as-they-used-to-be… Continue reading →

Wallace, Aldridge steamroll over Lakers, continue rise in the West

Unfortunately for the Portland market, Chris Bosh and Mario Chalmers kept the cameras of TNT on the Heat’s triple overtime comeback against Atlanta, and had Rip City in total blackout mode for the… Continue reading →