Ha, A Garnett is a Rock Right? ...Yeah, Right!

That is kinda what that shot was, that Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves put up on the last play of the game!

It fell short, as did the result for his teammates. Alas, they are 2-1, now tied for second place in the Northwest division of the Western Conference of the NBA, with the "New, and Improved, '06 Portland Trailbazers!!

"I tried to get a foul at the end on that last shot," Garnett the Timberwolves All Star bemoaned... "I should have just shot the first look."
Sorry. Not tonight Kevin. It was too late.

Travis Outlaw, pictured right, had the game of his life. This young man lead the Blazers in scoring tonight with 18pts, and 15 rebounds. Those numbers went well with his 2 assists, 2 steals and a blocked shot! He was tireless as he would not be stopped taking his "rock" to the hoop!

In the Trailblazers home opener before announced sellout crowd 20,113 at the Rose Garden on Saturday night, the team played their hearts out. "All I told them was to scrap, play together and have fun,"

This night Travis Outlaw indeed took the message to heart.
"I'm glad I had a great game but I really want to be consistent with it. I don't just want to have one good game the whole year," he said.

Coach Nate McMillan was pleased, "We needed something like this to happen," talking about his youthful team, "I really like the fact that we had an attitude tonight," McMillan said. "We needed something good to happen to give us confidence, and from the second quarter on, we played like that."
When asked about the career best night of Travis Outlaw, he summed it all up saying, "He was the difference tonight."

The city of Portland will reel long into the night. They could really fall for this team. They deserve this kind of team and this kind of a win!!

One blogger, "TheBeastBoy" summed it all up well
on the Oregonlive.com BlazersForum

This team is showing the "Never Say Die" attitude. I saw it during the preseason, and have seen it so far in the regular season.
Travis was the STUD tonight. Without him, no way we win. That, and believe it or not, but Zach had arguably his best defensive game of his young career tonight. When he was in, he kept up with KG for most of the night. There was some help there, but they let Zach defend him on his own, and I saw some VERY good defense by Zach.
Roy proved once again how much more mature he is, for being a rookie. He shot the ball bad, but did everything else in the 2nd half, and Nate just sat Jack for most of the 2nd half. Not that Jack was bad, but Roy was simply better in the game tonight, in those situations.
Webster is proving he is OUR outside threat. Man, is it fun watching him shoot. Pure.
Dixon is playing more into the team concept too. And, it is showing by his teammates trusting him more. Last year, you could tell he and the rest of the team soured on each other. This year, maybe there is truth to him sayin' he is going to have a more professional, and team orientated attitude.
Really, this was a total team effort. Great win. This team proved again that it will be fun to watch, and that some critics will start to eat their words...This team isn't going to roll over. They might have some bad games, and probably will get killed by some of the elite teams, but they won't give up. And with them doing that, it will make this season much more fun to follow.

I certainly agree with "TheBeastBoy"!



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