Pre-Game: Blazers vs. Suns

There is literally nothing left to say at this point.

(Except the rest of this blog post.)

The last six games the team played were against the Suns. They were beat through an array of...just kidding, Jason Richardson killed the Blazers at the three point line and that was that. The Blazers were injured as all hell and simply couldn't keep up.

Today, the team is still not 100%, but doing a lot better than back then. The players certainly think better of their team than Steve Nash thinks of his. Basically, The Blazers are expected to win.

Now comes the waiting game. We're only 12 hours away from tipoff, and you feel like the kid from the Disneyland commercial. "I'm too excited to sleep!" Work is going to be a slog, as you glance at the clock every two minutes, and feel like time is actually going backward. When you eat lunch, you'll get red pepper and roast beef on your sandwich, just to do the closest approximation to Blazer colors.

Finally, you'll get the last seat at the local watering hole, and pour a little of your Total Domination out for departed players Jerryd Bayless, Juwan Howard, and Steven Hill.

It's opening day. Anything can happen in a season. The last two years have proven that, for better or worse. Let's enjoy the ride.