Trail Blazers Win Ten Straight

Posted by Phil Partington Dec 24, 2007

I just got back from a week-and-a-half long vacation in Los Angeles and Mexico. What a fun place! The highlight was an excursion where we road in trucks that reminded of an Indiana Jones adventure (very bumpy) up part of a mountain, road mules up the rest, zip-lined across canyons 250-feet in the air, through trees of a rain forest and into water, repelled down a 65-foot water fall and hiked through the forest. It's tough to come back to Washington state's 30-something degree weather after relaxing in Mexico's 90-something degree weather. Yet, tomorrow is Christmas and it wouldn't feel right spending it in the sunshine.

It's fun to return and see what's been going on in the world of the NBA. Who would have guessed, for instance, that the Portland Trail Blazers would have won ten in a row to put them second in the division behind the Denver Nuggets. Most thought their season was lost when top draft pick, Greg Oden, went down with injury for the season. Moreover, the Blazers could extend that streak to thirteen, as its next three challengers all have sub-.500 records (Seattle, Minnesota and Philadelphia). In this ten-game stretch, Portland has defeated Utah twice, Denver and New Orleans. Not bad for such a young team.

Guard Brandon Roy leads the Blazers with 19.1 ppg, 4.4 rbpg and 5.6 apg. Forward LaMarcus Aldridge is averaging 18.5 ppg and 7.7 rbpg. Keep your eye on this young team. They seem to be destined for great things.

Have a wonderful holiday season, folks.