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SI.com - Writers - Marty Burns: NBA Power Rankings - Monday December 17, 2007 3:52PM
When the Blazers lost No. 1 pick Greg Oden to season-ending knee surgery in September, many expected them to crumble. After all, they were already the NBA's youngest team. Inexperienced teams don't win in the NBA, especially ones without a dominant center or point guard. The Blazers, however, have refused to follow the script. Led by last year's Rookie of the Year, Brandon Roy , they won at ...
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Ranking the Blazers
Blazers Blog — ... : Off: 106.9 (14), Def: 109.6 (24) -- The Blazers have now won seven straight (without LaMarcus Aldridge for the last four) and they've got the next six at the Rose Garden, where they're 9-3 so far. Aldridge will probably miss tonight's game against the Hornets as well. SI.com and Marty Burns are also jumping on the Blazers bandwagon (seats are getting full), moving Portland up five spots to No. 14 : Joel Przybilla, Travis Outlaw and Channing Frye all have picked up their play in Aldridge's absence, and their offense has been putting up 100 points (or near it) every night. ...

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The Lakers Nation — ... S.I. has the Lakers coming in at #7: “Andrew Bynum has become the center Kobe Bryant never had. Well, OK, so maybe Bynum isn’t Shaq just yet. But the 20-year-old has averaged 14.3 points, 11.8 rebounds and 3.0 blocks over his last four games to help provide Kobe with a little of that help he craved.” ...

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