Wow, What a Game!

LaMarcus Aldridge had 14 points off the bench, and Sergio Rodriguez added nine assists. The Trail Blazers rolled to a 94-76 victory over the road-weary Cleveland Cavaliers.

On the win: "When he's making his jump shots, he's almost unbeatable," said Roy, speaking of the Cavaliers All-star LeBron James, who had 19 points and 10 rebounds in the Blazers' 94-76 victory over the road-weary Cavaliers on Wednesday night. "Tonight he wasn't making those shots," Roy added.James scored 23 points for Cleveland, which is 2-3 on its seven-game road trip. The Cavaliers were coming off a 101-96 loss in Seattle.

The win was number 16 on the young season for these Portland Trailblazers. The season is about halfway over marked by the game on this Friday. At any rate, the Blazers are assured of finishing their first half with a better record than last season, when they were 15-26.

A crowd of 19,228 at Portland's Rose Garden saw what could be a promising future, as the Blazers' three rookies, Brandon Roy, LaMarcus Aldridge and Sergio Rodriguez stood out last night. They again came in and picked up the game when the starters stagnated.

It was the largest winning margin for a home victory in the latest, "McMillan era". It also tied the largest victory of the season, earlier in New Jersey.

The Blazers had an ides. The key was the Blazer defenders keeping the Caveliers, especially James and Hughes in front of them. Ime Udoka, the Blazer forward guards every opponent's top scorer each and every game. Udoka, spent his entire game, frustrating James by constantly touching him.

"I would just make sure I kept a hand on him, and I don't think he liked that," Udoka said. "There was some pushing, and I got in his face, because I wanted to make him shoot contested shots. It didn't seem like he ever got into his groove until late in the game." These guys think they can beat people. When Brandon Roy took his turn defending LeBron, he too admitted he had shared the attitude, "I wanted to measure up to him," Roy said of James. "And the biggest thing for me was to treat him as an equal, not as a superstar."

Friday night the Blazers close the first half of the year against the Phoenix Suns. Can they catch
the Suns napping while taking this new game on the road? We will just have to see.

They are hungry again.




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