Too bad everything went wrong again, for the third time this series. I've never seen a team look as invincible and vulnerable as Phoenix has during this series.
It was yet another blowout and it was decided by yet another night of entirely listless play. You could count the Blazers who cared about the game on a Ninja Turtle's hand. LaMarcus couldn't be bothered to show up for more than two games in a row, tallying only 2 rebounds in 40 minutes of play. Juwan Howard retreated back into his senior moments after having a moment of clarity in Game 4. Rudy Fernandez was invisible again, despite inexplicably getting more playing time than Dante Cunningham and Martell Webster, and nearly equaling Nicolas Batum in playing time.
Just about everything was wrong. Yet, still, in the middle of the third quarter, the Blazers were only down 7 and were on a run. Then The Worst Call of All Time™ happened.
Yes, that was Marcus Camby called for his fourth foul, removing him from the game, for apparently choking Steve Nash, who was twenty feet away from him.We always knew Marcus had long arms.
After that it was pretty much a fugue state of Jared Dudley whooping and hollering like he just heard that there would be Double Downs in the locker room after the game.
Still, after this game, can we be depressed? Yeah, for a day. It sucks when everything goes wrong, and now we'll have to win two games in a row with our backs against the wall. Still, if there's a team that thrives on an identity centered around defying the odds, it's these Blazers.
Courtesy to Brandon Mitchell for the video.
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