Still buzzing with excitement from the Portland Trail Blazers’ season-opening 123-84 beatdown of the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night? So are we.
As an appetizer ahead of Portland’s road matchup with the Sacramento Kings tonight, check out the latest episode of the We Like the Blazers podcast to hear hosts Brandon Mullen and Conor Bergin break down all the storylines and fun from opening night.
The hosts, alongside trusty producer Terence Stilin-Rooney, discuss first impressions of players up and down
the roster — the joyous return of Damian Lillard, Deni being Deni, an energetic Ja Morant, the textbook rebounding of Robert Williams III, powerhouse Scoot Henderson, etc. They also talk about the team’s new-look offense, the Micah Nori Effect after the rookie head coach picked up his first career win, and whether the Blazers should’ve reached a contract extension with Henderson before the season.
They also highlighted this moment of unintentional comedy from the first quarter:
Terence: I booed Jrue Holiday for taking a great shot because it was not his shot to take!
Conor: Maybe the funniest moment of the game, I’m so glad you mentioned it, Terence, everybody could see it. Dame hits a 3. [The next play], he comes down and does a stepback deep 3, it’s the highlight that’s going around everywhere right now where Lamar Hurd kinda loses his mind. He buries it, a moonshot. Two in a row. The Blazers get a stop, they’re running in transition. Dame is drifting toward the ball, Jrue Holiday has it. Dame clearly wants the ball, he’s ready to pull up from the logo. The crowd sees him moving toward the ball. Everybody in the arena apparently besides Jrue Holiday wants Dame to shoot this ball. And not only does Jrue not pass it to Dame, but he pulls up for a 3 himself, and it is the loudest brick off only the backboard that Jrue could’ve shot.
The crowd kinda groaned. Luckily, the Blazers were already beating the brakes off the Suns and everybody was in such a good mood that it was just comedy. People kinda laughed. But that moment alone, Dame didn’t even take the shot, and it was such a fun moment for the crowd to be a part of.
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