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Balance, Yeah!
Ron Artest had a great game. Beno Udrih had a very good game (especially if you give him some level of credit for the awful games the Portland PGs turned in). But the key, as (seemingly) always? Brad Miller. He didn't "stop" Joel Pryzbilla (the Blazers did that on their own). He didn't shoot well. He hacked a little bit. But he turned in a 14/7/4 night, which is basically the 15/8/5 we prayed ...
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ESPN.com - TrueHoop — ... Tom Ziller of Sactown Royalty, on yet another tough night for the Blazers and Brandon Roy against big Ron Artest: "Ron-Ron is deep deep into Brandon Roy's head. A few months ago, folks made big noise about the way Roy plays with the ball -- kind-of deliberate, mixing speeds, fooling his defender instead of blowing by every time. Ron-Ron does not fall for those tricks, I guess. Artest had six steals; Roy had five turnovers." ...

Game reaction: Kings 96, Blazers 85
Blazers Blog — ... know that strong point guard play is Portland's only potential failing at this point, and we watched as Steve Blake and Jarrett Jack stunk it up on Thursday night, in a combined performance that (sadly) doesn't seem far beneath the pair's usual standards. In about 47 combined minutes, Blake and Jack put together two points on 2-17 shooting, with six assists, four turnovers, and a pretty lousy recognition of the fact that Beno Udrih is - in fact - left-handed. SacTown Royalty noticed how bad the Portland PGs were. ...

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