Someone Forgot To Tell The Blazers & Rockets The Playoffs Don’t Start In Early November
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... on November 6. Brandon Roy apparently told an overseas journalist, “Obama winning the election is bigger than any shot I could make.” Perhaps, but Obama only won one election. ...
Brandon Roy Will Not Be Denied
FanHouse —
... The highlight comes a bit out of context, too: Roy and Yao had rather bad shooting nights leading up to this exchange. Still, once Roy potentially lost the game by fouling Yao there, you had to know he'd redeem himself, yeah? For his part (via Blazers Edge), Roy has perspective. ...
Off the Schneid
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... by his flair for the dramatic only compounded the frustration. But then the blessing. Roy hit 52 feet and five points worth of redemption in under two seconds. The rote cliche says that Roy's heroics is just the thing to get the Blazers on track. Maybe. Maybe not. But to the extent that Roy's difficulties have been a matter of confidence, that silky 31-footer might just help. After the game, Blazers Edge managed to wait out the scrum of reporters and chat with Roy: ...
Confidence Clinic In Portland
CelticsBlog —
... on a crazy finish. Two stars having horrible nights, stars who know that they are expected to be pillars for their squads. When push came to shove, no matter what had happened all night long, those two managed to push everything else out of their minds to focus completely on making the night's biggest shots count. That is what confidence is all about.
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Worth reading: After the game, Ben from Blazer's Edge nailed a sweet interview with the hero himself, Brandon Roy. Great stuff, Ben.
Blazer's Edge Interview with Brandon Roy
Pickaxe And Roll —
Blazer's Edge Interview with Brandon Roy
In case you missed it Thursday night Portland and Houston had an amazing finish as there were eight points scored in the final couple of seconds of OT. Brandon Roy won the game on a 30 foot heave with 0.8 seconds left. ...
"shot, shot, shot"
ROCKETS ADDICTS —
... Here's a quote from a Blazers Edge interview with Brandon Roy following that ridiculous Portland-Houston game. ...
One-on-One: Brandon Roy talks Obama, 2012 Olympics
Ball Don't Lie —
... BDL: You said after last Thursday's game that your
shots didn't mean anything compared to what Obama
accomplished. Has he inspired you to get into a political
career down the line? ...
Open Gameday Thread - Suns vs Blazers
Bright Side Of The Sun —
... Since then then have gone 7-3 and impressed some people but during that stretch the only playoff caliber team they managed to beat was the Rockets. And that took some serious last second heroics. ...
Open Gameday Thread - Suns vs Blazers
Fanster.com —
... Since then then have gone 7-3 and impressed some people but during that stretch the only playoff caliber team they managed to beat was the Rockets. And that took some serious last second heroics. ...
The Quarter Season Blogger MVP and ROY Rankings
The Dream Shake —
... They aren't the highest rated team centric blog on BallHype for nothing. I'm still mad about this game. These guys have access most of us just dream of. ...
