Great Oden's Raven!: Blazers Take Care of Bucks

Well, since we've gotten our annual "woe is me" Bucks post out of the way for the 2008-2009 season, it's once again time to talk about Bucks basketball. Specifically, their 102-85 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night, and how far this team still has to come before we can celebrate the 8th seed in the Eastern Conference. I'm convinced now that no matter what happens over the rest of the season, Andrew Bogut is the team's MVP. He doesn't always put up the most impressive stat line when he is on the floor, but when he is not this team looks lost. The defense shuts down almost completely, and any team with size can easily take care of the Bucks' sorry excuse for backup centers. The Blazers dominating performance was thanks in part to the play of Greg Oden and his utter annihilation of the Bucks' big men, especially Charlie Villaneuva. Monday night was a vintage Charlie V performance. If you look at the box score , you'll be impressed with his double-double of 23 points and 10 ... (link)