Having to get up at the ungodly hour of 2:30 a.m. this morning, I skipped the Blazers/Wizards game in Portland last night. Nice to see that the Portland fans gave Gilbert Arenas a healthy welcome to the game, not forgetting the ridiculous boasts made by the All-Star in his personal vendetta against the coaches in on the decision to cut him from the U.S. national team last year, and his vow to put up 50 on each of the teams involved. Those teams would be Phoenix and coach Mike D'Antoni, who Arenas scored 54 on, and Portland, and coach Nate McMillan.
Round one went to the Blazers earlier this year in Washington, recounted HERE; round two was last night, and Arenas had another lousy shooting night, shooting 4 from 16 from the field en route to a grand total of 19 points, and putting up an air ball on the last shot of the game, which could've tied the game but fell short as Arenas and the Wizards fell 100-98 in Portland.
ESPN's Mike & Mike (Buster Olney filling in for Golic) had a clip from Blazer radio man Brian Wheeler describing the action at the end, and how it was fitting for Arenas to end the game on such a note after his airing his personal grievances. Ah, the joy of Wheeler's voice, and of the appreciation of the crowd to witness such an exhibition.
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