Roy Bows Out

Standing ovation for Roy, dunk by Josh McRoberts make a fitting end. Well, how about a monster jam by T-Law to cap it off? And then a fast break ally-oop reverse dunk by Travis from Sergio that was just icing.

Good night. Good game. Good season.

Garden Rocks

Roys hits corner three, pushes lead to 21, gets fans free tacos, ends any question of final home game win, sends some to the exit isle, forces team in blue to call full time out. Six players in double figures.

Quarter Closes at 14

Memphis closes it to 14, could be less if they had made some free throws. Blazers need to start fourth strong so as to send the Griz back to Graceland.

Third-Quarter Explosion

J. Jack leads breakout quarter with 12 already after going for zero in first half. Lead up to 18 with less than five minutes to go. Jack again for three. Outlaw jumper makes it 20, looks like a losing season has been avoided...barring a total collapse...something we've seen before but probably not tonite.

Frye and Jones Lead the Way

Memphis is beginnning to implode heading into the half, lots of uncontested turnovers. Roy hits three at buzzer, Blazers take a seven-point lead.

The Rain in Spain

It's raining threes mid-way through the quarter. Sergio making and setting up others. Let's see him get some extended minutes. Blazers take lead 39-38. But there goes Sergio out of the game.

Slow Start Picks Up

If the Blazers want to finish at .500, they better start playing a little more defense in the lane and stop settling for J-shots. Blazers down by three after first quarter, highlighted by LaMarcus slam on fastbreak and three-pointer by Jones. Warrick in blue is killing 'em, but there's another three in corner by JJ.

Final Home Game: Memphis Blue

I've walked through the pearly gates and entered The Garden, where something seems to be growing. There's a festive mood around the team as this is the last home game of the season...people around the organization saying their goodbyes and all.

Back in the locker room, T-Law summed it up about this team. "I'm the old man," he said, referring to the fact that he is the most tenured Blazer on the team. An amazing fact given that he's only 24.

There are some Portland connections on this Memphis team: assistant coach Johnny Davis and former Blazer Aaron McKie playing in his thirteenth season.

If you want a look into the potential of Sergio, check out the play of Memphis guard Juan Carlos Navarro, a fellow Spaniard who preceeded SR Gomez in the European league by a few years.

This is a relatively small team, so let's see if the bigs can take it to them, as was outlined on the chalkboard.