2 Games Up, 2 Down

 We beat TOR and NO. Then lost to DEN and MIN. We sit in last in the NWest Division. Behind improved Portland. Ring in the new year at home VS depleted Paul Pierceless Boston. Busy and lagging on my blog like the Sonics on the floor. Things will pick up, even during Charger playoff time, as far as that goes. All the way...hopefully. Bolts have a bye 1st week. Will have more time. Happy New Year!

Dino Thrash

  Been neglecting my Sonic duties during this post ugly road trip win in Seattle. My Charger duties call and I was in Seattle and sipping Cuervo and PBR at the Twilight Lounge watching this game on TV with tix in my pocket for the Christmas eve game at Qwest Field. Chargers/Hawks baybee, and the Bolts stole one in Seattle. Good win Sonics, I'll give this blog more love after the the NFL playoffs.

2 More Road Losses

 We also lost to Detroit 97-93. This is monotony.

Cavaliered

We got whupped.

Terri Bull

 Lost in Shy Town. Watson sat also. Walking wounded and we were an average team before injuries.

 Portland beat Memphis, barely, to go 3-2 on a road trip, not bad. Winning ugly though. Oh, The WA Huskies hoop team is representin'!

Bucked Up

 Luke missed a trey land shot and the buzzer sounded and we lost. Late here, g' nite.

Oh Warriors, Come Out & Play Hay

4 in a row at home. And 3 cosecutive wins. Without Ray Allen? Banding together and playing team ball. Spreading the wealth. Players from France? Yeah, they're in it too. We are hitting the road on a high note, let's keep ourselves up in those clouds. The Sonics invade the Mid West with games at MIL, CLE, and MEM. We can take 2 definitely. Cleveland will be tough. LaBron, can we defense him? Apparently not. Contain him? Maybe a little, or make him score everything. And score over 100 and we'll beat them. Tough road in the town where Lake Erie once caught fire. Water can burn, if only in Cleveland. Watched the Blazers play Milwaukee a few days ago and Micheal Redd is the real deal. Portland missed a chance to win at the buzzer and lost in OT. The Bucks can be had in their building. By the way, the Blazers nightly McMillan rotation is 2-2 on they're current road trip. Beat Toronto last night. I feel we are just a cut above Portland with some playoff hopes at least. It is distant now, but a roll could get us on our way. Reality prognosis is it is unlikely. But without hope, what do have? Keep hope alive.

  Another high note was Damien Wilkins, starting for Ray Allen, pouring in 22.  And 9 reb's to boot. Compainin' Earl Watson is playing well. It's all about consistency Earl. I love that show "My Name Is Earl" We need a karma list. Is the Bennett threat working?

The Voodoo Worked...Somewhat

 If you haven't heard we lost leading scorer Ray Allen for at least 2 weeks. We won without him tonight.

 Heard some good stuff on a radio show here about a strong argument why the Sonics will not leave Seattle. Sell outs don't matter, seattle is the 12th largest market or something. Bennett would be a fool to move them. Then the other guy yells no one in Seattle cares anymore and Seattle fans are fairweather (True?)and couldn't care less anymore. I wish I could say I beg to differ but its somewhat true. I think about a Sonic less Seattle and it saddens me. I remember the Seattle Pilots one year of 1969, went to some games in old Sicks Stadium. I loved the Pilots, Seattle had a major league team I thought back then, WOW! How cool. Nobody in Seattle cared, or anywhere else. They moved to Milwaukee, rather meekly. I was devastated.

  Is another blow coming? A major team with 1 Championship and numerous deep runs. Legends of the game played here. Alot of not so much legends. I hope we have NBA ball in Seattle forever.

  Trade rumors are flying about Rashard. Look and see. I'm busy in Chargerville. Will be on this blog full time after the Bolts win the Super Bowl.

  Another piece of news, heard Bennett dropped some ultimatum about we either turn it around in 2 weeks or major shake ups will occur. I'm all for anything. Go cray zee. Maybe he said something about the playoffs. Uh, ok. That's lookin' like a real possibility without Allen. Just like Sonic Ball.

Allen Less Sonics Roll

 My pc has been buggin' so I missed a few games. We beat Indiana and lost (again) on a last second shot to the Jazz. Tonight we dispatched of ATL without Ray Allen. Thats seven in a row over the Hawks. Why can't every NBA team be like the Hawks? We would have a playoff run then. A good sign is Rashard Lewis stepping up to lead with 29 points and Chris Wilcox with 18. Although we let Joe Johnson score 34 for his 5th straight game of 30 or more, we blasted the Hawks. New Orleans comes in next, and they have come back to earth. Let's beat them and get to .500, yeah, what a lofty goal, eh? Work with what ya got.

  And congrats to the Trailblazers who started a grueling road trip with a win in Detroit. Kudos. Zach was the man, hitting the game winning shot.

Home Depot

 Holy Toledo, we won at home. We sat Petro and replaced him with Collison and it paid dividends. Luke won the game driving to the hole with time running out. Nick pulled down 8 rebounds and poured in 21 pts! Ray n Rashard had 18 apiece. I'll take it. Build on it. I'm not overextending myself anymore till we win like 8 in a row if thats possible. A letdown seems inevitable with this team. Score over 100, win most of the time. Don't? Lose. The Jazz loom. We match up well and have a good history against the awesome Jazz, least so far. And no signs of letting up. And Who Dat Orlando and Dwight howard? Solid team.

No Magic at Home

What can ya do, we suck at home.

Spurred n Feathered

 I was doing more the Charger thing yesterday but it seems we got beat down at home again. 78 point total? We will always lose when we achieve this total. We are door matting but the Division is relatively close net. The bottom isn't far from the top, if you catch my drift.

Kings Lay Waste

 Still busy...we lost. Back to normal blogging next week. Everytime I think we are turning the corner towards a winning record we do this. Ron Artest's rap record is lame by the way. K Fed is worse though.

Turkey Clippings

Blogging this now...

Net Gain

 We took out the Nets at home last night. We have their # but nobody elses'! My blogs will be brief this week as I have the whole guest/work/Thanksgiving thing going on. Good job dudes.

DJ Jazzy Deron

 Deron Williams scored 27 for the now 8-1 Jazz in beating the Sonics in Seattle. We have Golden State Saturday night in Oakland. Much improved team w/Don Nelson at the helm. And old dog always has tricks up his sleeve.

80 Sixed

 I'm off to work so in short...we lost. A furious rally fell short and the 76ers took us out at home. Wait, do we consider the Key home anymore?

 Heard one rumor that could affect us. The Hornets are drawing horribly in New Orleans and selling out Oklahoma City to devoted fans. Maybe New Orleans will beat Bennett to the punch and move the Hornets to Oklahoma before he has a chance to do it to us. I'm sweatin' this, I grew up a Sonic kid and I just couldn't see them anywhere else. Like the Rams in St. Louis, I have a few friends my age (45) residing in the LA who root for the Rams because as kids they grew up LA Ram fans and couldn't root for anyone else. My one buddy says this,"Root for the team, not the city" I'll take both thank you.

70 Sixin'

 Maurice Cheeks returns to the familiar confines of Key Arena having visited many times as former coach of the Trailblazers. He brings his team in on a 3 game losing streak and practicing defensive schemes to slow down the Sonics and keep them under 100. A shootout with the Sonics is always a dangerous proposition for any team. We are not a deep team by any means But we have depth enough to beat Philly. Hopefully a decent home crowd will come out to welcome home the road warriors. Not bad, a 3-2 road trip. Showing some heart. We'll see which Sonics team shows up. Would be nice for Luke to keep his numbers consistent and high. He would be a welcome addition to lessen the burden on Allen and Lewis. Wilcox needs to do this also. And keep up the high rebound totals Chris.  I guess we are 3rd in the NBA in total offensive rebounds. Nice. Lets get em!

Luke's Career Night and a Cast of Others

 Luke Ridnour played like an All Star tonight scoring 32 points and making the last 4 points, all on free throws to clinch the game and hold off a furious Nets rally. Also had 7 assists and 2 for 4 from the trey line. And a solid 100% from the charity stripe, 8 for 8. And Chris Wilcox contributed, dunking a few with some sting. Chris scored 22 as did Ray Allen. Wilcox had 9 rebounds too. Rashard Lewis grabbed 11 rebounds, 9 defensive and put down 27. Thats what I'm talkin' about!

 Vince Carter led the Nets with 38 points, Kidd had 20. Nenad Krstic added 21 for the Net cause but it was not to be. The Nets got it down to 115-110 with 38 seconds to go. But Luke drew a foul from rookie Marcus Lewis and calmly sank two more free throws to put it out of reach. Team showed poise and beat an Eastern Conference "Power" team. Now we get to come home and prepare for the totally beatable Sixers in our house, our possible lame duck house. Please stay in Seattle. What will I do?

Smokin' Outta the Gate in Jersey

 The Sonics are doing well early in the game against the Nets...keep it up...more coming...shootin' for that elusive .500 mark and beyond. We once led by 28 in the 1st half. Steady play and point sharing by the whole team. Keep it up in the 2nd boyz! No let up! Killer instinct. Crown they're asses, go ahead! We knew what...wait thats football. Maintain pressure and let's come back home with a winning road trip.

 End of the 3rd: SEA: 96  NJ: 80

 

 10:40 left in the 4th: We crack 100,  SEA: 100  NJ:  86


 7:08  SEA: 105  NJ: 94

 4:26  SEA:113   NJ: 100

 1:15  SEA: 115  NJ: 108

 0:00  WE WIN! WE HANG ON!   SEATTLE: 119  NEW JERSEY: 113  

Winning road trip! More when the recaps come out.

Our Net Worth?

 Monday evening in East Rutherford NJ, what could be better? Been to what was then the Brendan Byrne Arena back in the 90's, kinda blah. Crowd was sparse and the Nets beat the Sonics.

 I really did play a little ball with and against ex Net center Billy Paultz. And tilted a few beers with him too. He was a "local" at Main Beach, Laguna Beach, CA back in the 80's. Even bodysurfed with him. Didn't inhale with him. My buddy Chip and his brother Colin and I beat Billy's team in a 3 on 3 tourney once. We wuz mad bombing from 3 range and hit literally everything. Billy was awesome from outside too. I guarded him a few rounds, ummm, I'm 5' 11". Got torn up. His ass in my face pretty much. You'd grab him and shake, he would soft roll these little shots way above you.  But Colin was an all star college guy and 6'5", and Billy was older, still great mind you, but Colin was quicker. He'd take Billy to the hole or beat him, and if Billy went down low, Colin would kick it out to me and Chip, trey ball city. I didn't have a job and surfed and played basketball all day, year round at the Laguna Main Beach outdoor courts. A stunning setting, beautiful surf, women, lotsa beer and no responsibility, ah, to be 21 again. Billy told ABA stories and he was funnier than shit. Kid like. He was like 38 or so and I think just retired. He was our peer and we were all late teens to early 20's. he made a big impression on me. I played against World B. Free, Benoit Benjamin, James Worthy, Paul Westphal, the list is long. Those were the days my friend. Drinking all night at some cool beach party, meeting many turista hotties who loved jobless surf rat hoop freaks, and paying for they're jobless asses, beer bongs, wake up, surf, hoop all afternoon, eat. Rinse lather repeat...1982 for me. I'll never forget it. I even had a beer with the infamous OJ Simpson before he murdered his wife and the waiter at Las Brisas Restaurant in Laguna Beach. Yeah, that's how I roll baybee, swimmin' pools n movie stars!

 We have a true test tonight and will need to break 100 to win I feel. Light it up from the get go and don't let up. This would be a nice win. Let's do this thing.

Killed the Cat, Then the Bird!

 To the bitter end. Never give up. The green and gold finally got they're last second oppurtunity and took advantage. Ray Allen made a lay up over Josh Smith with 1.2 seconds left on the clock and the Sonics avoided anymore last second drama and won in OT. Two game road winning streak, albiet against non elite NBA teams. Though the Hawks may be a better team come mid season. We'll see. But we did snap a Hawk four game winning streak. Ray nailed 33 and scored 14 of them in the 4th quarter and OT. Rid had 19 and Wilcox was solid rebounding with 15. Spread the wealth. Can't be poppin' off or nothing yet. We lag at center, oh Swiftie where ye be? Too bad.

 Also, these are our first back to back road wins since last January against Phoenix and Utah. So I don't take any road win for granted against any so called level of competition. But a real test looms Monday night, the NJ Nets. Yep, that state. Springsteen, the shore, Bon Jovi...DEH VULS! And the Nets are somewhere between all of those. Get one in Joisy.

OT in the ATL

Tied at the end of regulation. GO SONICS!!!

Cat Killers

 We won in Charlotte, a road win for our club is a welcome thing. Ray & Rashard added 26 and 19 to the cause. For the Cats, Adam Morrisson fizzled in his 1st start, shooting 3 for 12 and being kind of invisible throughout the game.

 Trailing at halftime, the Sonics were given an effective halftime verbal breakdown by coach Bob Hill. Gave a little to Rashard and he said he and the team responded to it. Hope you got another Knute Rockne in ya tonight Hill, the Hawks are soaring. Playing beyond expectations while we play what I feel is below ours. Nice win.

 The NBA's other NWest team, the Blazers showed heart and clawed back from 27 down to win by one over the Hornets. Zack Randolph is playing all star caliber and the team is winning back fans here in Portland, nice to see. Also kudos to Travis Outlaw with 16 points, some great dee, and some critical  and timely steals.

 Let's go for 2 in a row in Atlanta, it can...and WILL be done!

Gonna Fly Now

 Tonight we play the giant killing Hawks. In recent history beating Charlotte was giant killing for Atlanta. A feel good story so far. I'll be dialed in and write a short entry later after the game.

  Update: I totally forgot about Charlotte! So this is for Saturday. Oh well.

Turgi Looped!

Lost on a last second shot...yawn...what else is new. Dee Fence!

Get Out Of The Kitchen

 We lost. Just from reading the box score looks like D Wade beat us. My praise of Luke in the earlier blog fell on deaf ears. He played 26 mins. and scored 3 points.

 Of all people we were done in by James Posey who nailed a 3 with 19 seconds left to win by 3. Seemed like we had time after his shot, wonder what we did? Scoring seemed balanced amongst the Seattle starters and bench except for Luke and Johan. Sorry Luke. Get em' in Orlando. Shaq did sit out and we had the lead at the end of the 1st half. We are given these oppurtunities, should've won this.  Damn if we weren't sporting a 6 point lead with around six minutes left.

 From South Florida to Central, we are in Orlando against a better looking Magic club. I'm sticking to my road trip split call.  Nick Collison contributed. We ae worthy, we are worthy. Somewhat. We score below our offensive average we lose. And reaching average in no way guarantees anything. We are averaging 111. We were well below that. C'mon guys.

The Heat Is...ON!!

 The Sonics take a four game south eastern road swing and the 1st one is a proving ground.  We take on the current NBA champs in they're house, a somewhat depleted and year older version of last year's Heat but hey, the season is early so they have time to change the early course they have taken. Last I heard, Shaq was maybe. We both sport 1-2 records and we have 5 more in other ports o call after this.

 Seattle is one of the top scoring clubs in the NBA, but one of the worst defensively. Ray is on his usual team leader in scoring and Rashard is doing well also. A good surprise out of the gate is solid play of Luke Ridnour. He had 22 and seven assists against the dreaded Lakers. I love to hate and beat LA. Smarmy Kobe is great but about as real as a $3 bill. Also we went on a tear on 3 pointers against the Lakers, making 12 and leaving LA in emerald dust. It's early but that was a sweet win. The opening loss at home against Portland hurt, we should beat that team. Although they are improving.

 And what's up with the Jazz, they are playing gangbusters. We have a tough road ahead, the whole year. An annoying little rain cloud follows us wherever we go. Cause we could be gone. Yee Haw to Oklahoma City! Hate to say it, but if they move, Portland may become my team. Or uh...Paul Allen becomes Seattle hero, nails an arena deal and moves the Blazers to SEA Town. Stranger things have happened. Hope we keep our original team. We have a decent history in Seattle, and one championship and two other Finals appearences. We are worthy and Seattle is a bit fickle, but we have true green n gold diehards out there, don't we? Stay in Seattle!

 After tonight we hop upstate to Orlando. Then Charlotte & Atlanta, these 3 are all very winnable games. Be happy with a split on this trip. We play a very solid New Jersey team next Monday. The Kidd will be in our faces. Can we be somewhat successful road warriors on this swing? Recent history and our horrid defense says no. But if we shoot it out of the gym we can get 3. Too bad thats what we have to do is win. Let's get chemistry boys.

Chargers & SONICS Win!

Still waitin'...pueert nere. So we done won? Hay ull yeah. Eddie Albert fer reul prezidunt. I'm all over the net at 9pm PST and nob ody is throwin informayshun out on this game so far. Hey ya'll, the Chah juhs won!

 I do wanna say, thankee, thankee, thankee Lakuhs! Don't need totals, we won. Like I said, did I say shee ite about the game cept the final score? I'll have my days, but the Chargers rule me now.

Is This Worth My Time?

 Wondering if it is even worth it to type a blog nobody will read. Now that RB Bloggers is another forgotten AOL entity. Already been dumped on by Jamie Mottram at Pigskin bloggers and this site was forgotten before it even started. Oh well, people seemed to read this blog and Deadspin.com picked it top 3 in the nation last year. AOL sucks and I'm so glad I don't pay for it anymore. They use you then hire unoriginal sportscaster types and pay them $$ to blog. Assholes. Got 2 years going on a 3rd for free from me. And no offers were made to me. Just see ya and don't let the door hit your ass on the way out. Felt like a Republican who didn't go along with the spin.

 Anyway, we gave one up to the Lakers in their house and hopefully we'll get it back in ours. My time is on the Bolts Blog till seasons end, then I'll kick out a better Sonics blog, readers or none. No matter what the record is.

 I live in Portland, OR and the big thing the sports station is doing here is an ugly contest between x Blazer Ha and current out for the season Sonic Swift. It is in poor taste and almost raciast towards Ha. They get on Swift's back zits and such and Ha's protruding teeth. Uh, the teeth. Remember Bugs Bunny WW II cartoons? Stereo typing. Screw you the Fan in Portland. Buncha white elitist bastards. Your raciast and insensitive sense of entitlement whitey's! The kind who throw out the "N" word in white company but stop when a black person enters the room. Shame on your sorry white asses.

 It's gonna be a tough year and the OK thing over our heads won't help. Who wants Starbuck's?

Pre Season Opener '06

 The Oklahoma City Sonics begin they're 2006-7 season, be there.

SMOKED BY THE QUEENS

Enough Already! UNCLE! A loss to the town when abbreviated is SACK! Oh boy. Yippe! Abdur Rahim is in the playoffs after being a loser in Vancouver, eh! Oh, and Atlanta. Er...where I live, Portland. And now Sac. Uncanny ability to miss playoffs, though he always seemed to join all of these teams at they're low points and he was always the perfect last piece of a bad chemistry puzzle. Softer n caramel! But for real, I'm glad for him. One round, enjoy em! He and teammate Kenny Thomas have this running beef and I hear they were yappin' at one another. Who cares.

 In other news, Bob Hill will be back as coach of the Sonics next year...Whooo Peeeee! Oh ecstasy. We are on a roll of less than mediocre. Not Hill, the current losing trend. Wait...I mean MORE of a losing trend of an already bad losing trend. Yeppers, that one. Whatever happened to that other I-5 rivalry, the storied tradition of the Vancouver Grizzlies/Sonics series of the 90's. The mighty Big Country Reeves who when in motion on the court, looked like that old Bigfoot clip you always see, except over and over and the Bigfoot was better looking. And the mighty Abdur Rahim and his mighty finger rolls! OUCH! I'll quit dissin'. Least Sac is going to the dance.

The city, county, state, and freakin' country! Uncle to Bubba Sparxx! Don't know if Big Country Krispy Kreme is playing anymore. But I swear I just saw him in that movie "The Hills Have Eyes". Trippy.

A WIN NONETHELESS

No need to sweat the details. Why delve into it. Our season was over long ago. We won and at least I'm glad of that. I know some people hate it when a fan says something about they're fave team and use the word "we". I don't. I'm in reality and I know I'm not on the team and all that. But if you have passion for your team, win or lose, and stick with it, you have the right. Fans as a collective are a big fat "WE", so shut the hell up already. I still care but like I said, reality. The real situation is 2006 is history and we floundered. But I see potential for better and hope for the playoffs next season. Wilcox is a nice fit for next year. The dreaded Kings are next up but to be honest, I'm not that up for it. I'm sliding into baseball season, so go M's and Padres. I live in Portland so I watch a little triple AAA ball and I know nobody gives a rats about that, but I do a little. So go Portland Beavers!

Portland does have hope of another world title to go along with the Bill Walton led Trailblazers title of 1977. As obscure as you may think it is, it may be in pro indoor lacrosse. I was at the Rose Garden Friday night as the Portland LumberJax defeated the other expansion team in the NLL, the hapless Edmonton Rush 11-7. I was back on Saturday for a Blazer game. Not far for me to travel. The LumberJax boarded a coach flight at 5am for Minnesota the next morning and played in Minneapolis at 7pm, and won! They beat the Swarm 13-8. Portland had already clinched a playoff spot going into the game but by winning this they achieved a 1st in lacrosse history. The 1st ever expansion team to clinch a division title in the league's 20 years of existence. Congrats Jax! This game rocks and you should give it a chance. I think it will be huge soon. These guys make little $$ and whine alot less than most pro athletes. And like hockey used to be, these dudes are all from fricken Canada! Ontario and BC with a sprinkle of the United States. Yours truly will be at the 1st ever pro lacrosse playoff game in Portland history next week as we host the Arizona Sting at the Rose Garden.

 

VS

LET'S GO JAX!

CLIPPED AGAIN

  I finally got around to Friday's game with the playoff bound, and best team in LA at the moment...the LA Clippers. I like the sound of that, cuz I HATE the Lakahs! And smuggy Kobe. We lost again, and at home, but what else is new? We have a rematch Easter Sunday with the Clips, so we'll see what happens, as if it matters now. I have been attending sports events here in Portland and working so I have been sooooo busy.

  Last night I attended the Blazers/Warriors game at the Rose Garden and it was a blast. It was an event called "Bike to the Blazers". We all met at a pub, tilted a few, and 40 of us took off for the game via the Eastbank Esplanade, a beautiful walk/bike/skate path that runs along the Willamette River downtown. We had one casulty, a buddy of mine fell and Murphy's Law, fell on his digital camera and cracked the lens. Oh, it was a $700 camera and he forgot to mention it wasn't his, he borrowed it for the game. He didn't have as good a time as the rest of us after that! The Blazers fought, and lost, again. Fighting for #1, the #1 draft pick for being the worst. I watched alot of the game through high quality binoculars and that was cool. Yup, we was not in the front row as Bob Ueuker used to say. It must be frustrating for Blazer fans. Darius is so frickin' lazy. But it seems when he wants to, he can make spectacular offensive plays...hopefully soon for someone else. Through the binoculars his facial expressions just say lackadaisical. Like he is yearning for a bong hit and the strip club after the game more than playing. What a waste of talent. The Blazers lost and I will so treasure my Zach Randolph bobble head forever, then again, maybe not.

 

STUNG!

We lose again! Its almost over!

Spurred by San Antone

WE LOST!

4 Straight. Sun Down

  Ray was the dagger, again. Earl Watson was the assist, kicking it to Ray from underneath the basket. Ray hits a game winner...ho hum...again. I'm liking this. And winning in the clutch, oh yeah. Wilcox in the mix again 23 pts 12 rebounds. He is consistent.  Oh, Allen had 30 or something like that.

It looked all but over after a Steve Nash swish from 3 point land with 6:01 left off a Rashard Lewis miss. Then we sprang to life with concurrent 3's from Allen and Lewis. Back in it. Another great victory although in perpetual garbage time season. Spurs next.

Earl in a familiar position, beaten defenders and a lay up. Earl and Chris W. keep rockin' the Sonic free world.

Reggae Sun Splash

Sonic legend Dennis Johnson when he was a Sun. Many epic battles have been fought by these Western Time Zone rivals. I've seen the Sonic/Suns in the 70's in Phoenix. And the Western Conference Finals in 1993 I believe. We were beaten that night and eventually lost the series and watched Phoenix go on to lose to Chicago...right? The Key was slammin' that night, we all had "terrible towels" that said, "Not In Our House!" Well, Barkley did us in, he was amazing. I bought that playoff ticket for $7, standing room. One of the best games I ever went to. Nothing beats playoff intensity and a rivalry to boot. Lets beat a potential Pacific Division champion and build for next year.

Remember the "poor man's" Micheal Jordan, Larry Nance? He was an aerial guy. Think he might have won a slam dunk deal in the 80's.

The legend...the nickname says it all...DOWNTOWN! Lookout Suns, here we come...hopefully revitalized.

Local Portland Alterna Sports Scores

  The Portland LumberJax beat the San Jose Stealth 9-6 in San Jose.

  The WHL's Portland WinterHawks beat the invincible Vancouver Giants in Vancouver 1-0.

  The Triple AAA Portland Beavers beat the Sacramento River Cats 11-6 to start out of the PCL gate at home 2-0.

  Oh, the "major" league team the Blazers got whupped by Seattle.

This is Portland...sportscentralusa!

SEATTLE SLEWER of TREYZ

Who is your daddy? Ray Allen. He is #2 in all time 3 pointers made, passing another longtime Sonic Dale Ellis. And I would be willing to bet Dale hit most of his 3's in Seattle. And most of his memorables. Ray is pure, he is powdered sugar...re...fined...smooth. Earl Watson is on it too. This unit could become something next year I feel with a move or two.

  Oh, the courtside tix fell through wouldn't you know it! From courtside to the AM radio...oh well, the falafel biz is kickin'! What to say? The season is almost over and we are playing for pride and something to build on for '07.

Rocket Man Sees 20/20

Chris Wilcox, Sonica Suprema w/guacamole and sour cream! The 1st Sonic double double in more than a decade. 26 pts and 24 rebs! The last Sonic to do it was baby factory Sean Kemp in '95.  I heard he has lost a lot of weight (Kemp), is 36 yrs old and is making a comeback. You can have him. Wilcox has been the real deal. We finally got one on the Rockets in '06.  I just got a huge write up in the paper here in Portland and the weather has broken at the same time and biz is off the hook so again the real world cuts into my blogging. I will be at the game tomorrow and because of Portland and Seattle's dismal seasons I may be courtside, yep...on the floor! $300 seats for $40! Well, it is the Blazers who were passed by the Bobcats and now reside in nex to worstville. I will do my NWest Jack Nicholson imitation...its all about the shades baybee. So the 3 people who watch this game on the NBA Season Pass, I say...look fer me. Should I streak? HA?

POPEYE SAYS TO PORTLAND, "THIS IS EMBARASKIN"!"

I'm giving props to the real Blazer, even though my Sonics crushed Portland. The "Thrilla" Joel Pryzbilla blocked nine shots tying an all time Blazer record. But whoa, this was a crusher. No chance no way.

Another Portland prop photo on my Sonic site, but we know where Martell is from. I like the kid's faces. They seem content. Wonder when Allen Iverson last took a photo like this?

NLL Lacrosse Rules, Sonics Blowing out Blazers At The 1/2 67-35!

Iam back from my lacrosse experience and I must say, it rawked! Very heavy metal, the tunes blare during play and enhance the sport I feel. Cute young fan base, some dressed in red woolen lumberjack shirts w/knit beanie and clown sized Caterpillar work boots. Oh...and with fake red beards like the LumberJax aptly named mascot, Jaxon. Think the Purdue Boilermaker or the Demon Deacon of Wake Forest mascot, except a lumberjack motif going on. Like this:

  It is an exciting sport and alot of fun to watch. Aggro play and some tense fights took place. The rules are easy to follow, like a hockey indoor soccer rule mix. Much more lively than soccer. My buddy Marko and me thought it was over in the 1st quarter when the Jax were down 5-0. Marko went to the facilities and when he returned like 4 mins later it was 5-4 and we had one goal denied cause the shot was taken within the crease. It moves fast and your never out of a game I guess. We are hooked, and will attend the last home game and the playoffs. And I was stone sober baybee, freakin' amazing. I wasn't even gonna go, but we decided to do it and I'm a Jax fan now. Go ahead laugh if you will. I highly recommend it, bring the kids, they seem to love it and players are easily accessible after the game. Cool stuff.

  Native Americans and Aztecs had similar games played to the death that were primitive lacrosse. The primitive remains in the modern game. Primal hacks to wrists and limbs to pry loose a ball, the effort is amazing. Just to gain possession. I commented to my friend how I felt like I was in the arena in the old Kurt Russell movie "Escape From New York" when the players would beat they're sticks on the boards to motivate teammates on the field. Like I said...PRIMAL. Must say I appreciated some hotties that were in attendance too. I wanted the dance team to paint my face, but at 45 years old I resisted temptation as the average clientele was around 8 to 12 yrs old! 

  Many plays were spectacular but one stood out. A Jax player caught the EDM goalie napping out of position and launched a shot from long range, it seems not many goals are scored from out here but today there was. The goalie jumped backward and flailed in a desperate snow turf angel motion as the shot rolled into the net behind him. I could go on and on, but check a game yourself. I give it ***** stars in the "new pro sport I discovered today" category. The game was capped with a brawl in which a Portland player laid to waste a hapless EDM player who had cheap shotted one of ours out of frustration like a little biatch with time running out. Bravo for supporting your own Jax troops Mr. Marshall. The Rush were flatlined by an awesome 10-0 run by Portland. See you at the Rose Garden. Get playoff fevah baybee.

HAMMER DOWN! WE WERE AC/DC and Edmonton was Loverboy. New Jax City.

 

Good guys wear black, sometimes. As long as your in the Rose City. As playoff time approaches, and its a done deal think of it this way. There is a Portland team with a chance, and they seem not to be spoiled me me meez. I think I may make more $$ than a lacrosse player, uh...well. Maybe not. But I can relate to someone who appreciates that you care. And vice versa. Another funny, most of these boys are outta BC. I lived in Blaine, WA for a few years and loved it.  Visited Van and Vic often.. Kicked with Luke Ridnour in Blaine once. Whoo pee. I'm glad we got a chance at a title at something in this town. I'm the falafel king yes, but I wish I coulda smacked down someone with a lacrosse stick to get there. I have to be mellower and use kind words and quality ingredients. Rock on Jax...you made 2 new fans today.

Marko and me at the game. Photograph courtesy of the Nat'l Guard. Support your troops! Give them a plan!

Jax & Blazers/Sonics Day

Seems I'm headed to the Rose Garden to take in my 1st proffessional lacrosse game. I will let you know how I liked it. Looks brutal. Its the Portland LumberJax VS The Edmonton Rush. It has playoff implications for the Portland team. The Rush are miserable. 1-13 or something. But I hear in lacrosse anything can happen. Then its off to Claudia's for the Blazers/Sonics clash, or was that chitty chitty bang bang? Lates...

Blazin' Down The 5

VS 

 Seattle hosts I-5 rival Portland Sunday 6 pm. This one has lost alot of lustre this year. Both teams are weak. Portland is competing with the Knicks and gasp...the Bobcats for worst record in the NBA. Think I will watch this one on TV at the sports bar. Made alot of $$ this week. So I'll chill and root for the home team, the Sonics from my barstool in Portland. It used to be packed for Blazer games...now there is nobody. Kinda sad for a town rich in basketball tradition and hungry for a winner and being served a heaping helping of crap by Blazer management the last 3 yrs, even the loyalists are drying up. They WAY overannounce attendance. I will be in the Rose Garden for 2 games on the remaining schedule as this season drags on ploddingly for both teams. Next Friday April 7nth I will watch the Sonics here and on Tax Day, the 15nth I have tickets for the Blazers/Warriors game, Zach Randolph bobble head night, I'm soooooo excited...not really. But I always have fun at a game regardless. The Warriors game is a bicycle pub crawl to the Rose Garden from the SEast part of town. Should be fun and we will all have helmets and lights! Seattle should still easily take care of Portland but it is a fierce rivalry so ya never know. I'm a falafel pimp this week, mo' money, mo' problems...I hear ya Biggie! Big Ups to SE Portland, 7 corners yo...representin' with the "Falafel Mafia". OUT.

 

Lakers Dominate

Wilcox in a familiar holding pattern, above the rim, slamming down 2 of his 16 pts. I'm super busy with the falafel world today. Sorry for the briefness.

Ground Control to Major Tom...

Wilcox is the new found Sonic dunk king. He played well with a few dunks, but as a team we collapsed. Just when you think we can get a good thing going we fall flat. Its been the story of the season. Houston came out on an 18-4 run and never looked back. I'm done. Nothing more to say about this debacle.

Go to Supersonics.com and vote for the Sonics Dance team and this beauty named Abby. They are by far the hottest. We are good at something this year, like looking hot counts. Uh...where is Paris Hilton when you need her? They need some votes to overcome Sacramento, c'mon, Sactown. Prospecterville. Biggest cockroach I ever saw in my life town. We must overcome . Like our own American Idol. Vote for fun. And to forget a dismal year.

As much as I detest the Kings, I like this young kid, nice sign. The Lakers suck bro, we all know it.

 

BEAT LA THIS FRIDAY!!!

Memphis Blues for the Griz

  .03 seconds left and who is shooting for the win? Ray Allen baybee. Scored the last 5 pts. of the game and the all important game winner. Talk about clutch, and on the road. And not just Allen was good, the team banded together for an all around great effort. the wealth was spread. Seven Sonics in double figures, 10 of 19 treys, and picked up 25 fast break points. Nice.

Pau Gasol had 44 for the Griz! Heartbreaking result for the home team. They had been on a 7 game winning streak. Good road win, any road win is precious. On to Houston for a match up with the Rockets, or was that Rockettes? At least the Sonics dance team is #1 in the West, woo hoo. They are super hotties though, so congrats. Hope you win it all and then make a fortune on a calender or something. Pau Gasol sorta looks like a 7' Matisyahu. Yo, yo...yo yo yo yo!

A postcard to the Griz, something to remember Seattle by for 2006. I always love these game winning photos, the moment after. The looks of disbelief on the hometowns fans face, priceless. But Memphis is doing something we wont, going to the playoffs. Congrats on that. Hopefully you can get past the 1st round this playoff year. Good Luck. Banzai Ray, crosshairs on the heart, lights out...the party is over...but only for tonight for the Griz. They are playing for something. Were playing out, but hopefully will finish strong. We'll see.

 

KISS ALIVE

Combinations of 3's work. Bruce Bowen got a taste. Give me some. I realize we are out of the playoffs. San Antonio had a lapse in our house. I'm stoked on the win. KISS ALIVE '76 is something I chose earlier in the day, as I sold falafels on the street. Just all came out to work out. I wake up and work. A game keeps me going. Today was Sunday. Make of it what you will. Give me a freakin' PBR. Ray Allen whupped his nemesis, Bruce Bowen. 33 points. Last seconds. I'm out on a Sunday workin'...why? None of my schools is in....cept the one that offered me some in tennis...and is in the final 4...UCLA Cool. Back to the NBA. HA Ha...we beat the best. I knew today we would win. The Sonics that is. I'll check in later. Ray Allen...oh...a little Luke. I have to work tomorrow on a planned day off. Take the weather...roll into spring. And fuck everybody else.

Spuriffic Team

Like the ficticious dancer Tony Manero (Heyyyy...I'm Vinny Barbarino...blueprint for Ashton Kutcher in That 70's show 25 years later!) has to fight, scratch, kick and claw to become what you see above, why? The lead dancer in "Satan's Valley" a Broadway dance production, super cheesy, like "Cats" meets "The Starlight Express". But like Tony the Sonics must beat all odds and dance the lead...sheeeesh. Its all this "American Idol" and "Dancing With The Stars" culture making me write this. I've gone to the well one too many times and the Sonics are undermining my creative flow. But it can be a double edged sword. For while Tony lands the lead in the musical the movie "Stayin' Alive II" , in real life his career goes into a tailspin that would take a decade to recover. We only need one night. It would make a statement to beat the defending NBA champs. Don't count on it.

Nug Up

Watson to the hole. Who would have thought x Sonic Reggie Evans would come back to haunt us. Not known for scoring Reggie scored 16 of his 22 in the 1st half. Amazing. Swifty had a double double with a career high 17 pts. and 11 rebounds. We were a sickly 4 of 24 from the 3 point stripe.

Melo is the man, that knows what he's been missing, hey a Led Zeppelin lyric. Melo drilled us for 31. Luke had 18 with 8 assists. Spurs tomorrow. OUCH.

 One last thing, my beloved UW Huskies were eliminated from the NCAA tourney last night. They were robbed by officials when Brandon Roy had to sit early with a technical and regular foul on one play. Chickenshit. Damn! We had them. They played they're hearts out. Two painful losses foe Washington schools. Zags was very painful, watching Adam Morrisson melt to the floor like the wicked witch. Painful to watch. Sticking with the west now that my schools are out. UCLA...U-C-L-A! More miracle finishes on the way? I salute the Zags and the Dawgs run in the tourney. Referees got it out for the NWest. 1st the Seahawks in the Bowl, and mad ticky tacks on the Huskies last night. Anyone for conspiracy theories? Ha! It still sucks though. Represent West Coast Bruins, show them Easties what up in the college hoop world.

One of the 2 best college players in the nation and they are from the NWest baybee, believe it. Brandon Roy slams one down against Stanford. I swear I was listening to ESPN radio the other day and some show interviewed the Stanford Tree mascot! Hilarious. He was sent packing by the NCAA women's tourney for something outrageous he did, can't recall what. The Tree sounded like he was on the chronic...tree that is. Burn the tree, burn the tree!

Spider Man. His new pencil thin mustache gives him the John Waters "stud" look. Or did he just chug some chocolate milk? Anywho, if your an NBA team, you want him. Portland would be nice, where I live. Or better yet, Seattle. I'll take either one in Seattle. We got game in this corner of the country, get used to it.

Bucks Blast

PC is straight trippin'. WE WON!

Chris Wilcox is turning gold for the Sonics, leadership, high fly, and a career high 30 points VS the Bucks. I like this guy. I thought he was a regular player, he is mildly outstanding at this point and may be headed for more. This acquisition could pay alot better than expected dividends. Oh, and Earl Watson has been no slouch either, playing very strongly. Bet Memphis would like him right about now, funk soul brutha! Check it out now...funk soul brutha. Fat Boy Slim reference...cool. We get a bit of chemistry with these two as a binder. Its been working 50% of the time since they came on board. I salute youse guys.

A somewhat disturbing photo. The Sonics mascot, tired of playing 2nd fiddle to the Mariner Moose and his leg breaking antics in the old Kingdome and now Safeco Field, snowboards down an aisle at the Key. How northwest of you Squatch. Why aren't you called "Sass" instead? The bummer about the Sonic's mascot is he has a mustache like Matt Houston and a mullet that rivals Joe Dirt! He must be an 80's bigfoot. Rock on Squatch. Squaaatch or Biaaaatch!? I don't care much for mascots but rawk on Squatch. Keep the San Diego Chicken's legacy alive! I have read that mascots being attacked is an epidemic. Mostly by kids. Kicks and punches in vital places. You can have it.

Andrew Bogut in this years fashion faux paux, stretchy tights. Bogut has taken it to new heights. His "Moe " haircut is jet black like his tights. Imagine Rodman, he would've had airbrushed stretchies or something. Bogut kinda looks like Angelica Houston in "1001 Dalamations". Nuggets tomorrow, get ir done.

King Crowning

My pc is fritzing hard, it may be in it death throes. Affecting my blogging. I'll try. To many problems to list and I'm broke too! So I'll keep putting a band aid on this one. Kinda like putting a band aid on a gunshot wound though. We lost in Sac Town. Would type more, but after I'm signed on 40 mins. it gets "busy" and signs off. So frustrating, like the Sonics season so far. Probably have it remedied this weekend. Milwaukee tonight. Get on track, season is damn near over.

Luke goes Kareem at Arco. Artest whupped all. Bibby beat us down. Wilcox had a solid game for us, again. Back to Back with the Bucks in town tonight.

SWEET 16, WASHINGTON & the ZAGS

 

 Sonics off till Tuesday and I told all earlier. Its a shout out to collegiate hoop. The UW. Gonzaga. Get small. Corner yourself elsewhere, to the NWest. Trust in UCONN? Get small. Never in the Nwest do we care about your media size. This is beatious.

#3 Brandon Roy...and a cast of characters better than u know. East coast pimpin nuthin'. Oh...wait.

Sean ye rule. Beards? BITE ME EAST!

Sixer Squeaker

Luke had 7 assists and the Sonics are 6 of they're last 11. Not great, but better. Philly had a six point lead half way through the 4th quarter untill they were shot down by a sharpshooting Ray Allen. Allen picked the right time to go into high gear, scoring 12 of his 26 points in that decisive 4th quarter. And the guy I underestimated, Chris Wilcox putting in 17 and one was a resounding, comeback starting rim rattling dunk!

Besides stealing the 76'ers inbound pass with little time remaining to seal the game Rashard Lewis nailed 4 three pointers in the process. All in all a solid W. Heard Swifty did a good job on dee on Webber in the 2nd half. No game till next Tuesday. Hope the players get some time off.

HAPPY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY EVERYBODY!

Brotherly Love?

AI pimpin' the Charger jersey, right on. The answer, eh? We'll see. Cuz he isn't playing, so what is the question. Philly just tooka beat down from Toronto, although the Raptors have improved a bit in the 2nd half of the season. We can and should win this.