Despite the sloppy play throughout the game, the Blazers did win with a total team effort. Aldridge started slow, but ended up with a respectable 23 points and 9 rebounds. Batum scored a season-high 24 points. And Andre Miller contributed 20 points of his own, and a couple key shots down the stretch.
Cunningham would have punked poor Casspi |
I was very disappointed that DeMarcus Cousins and Joel Przybilla didn't come to blows at some point during the game. Things between them a couple different times seemed primed for a good suckerpunch or two, which would have been pretty awesome.
And what was up with Omri Casspi running his face into Dante Cunningham's elbow and then getting up in Dante's face about it. What the hell dude? Hey Omri, check the replay. You ran into his elbow with your face, you idiot. Casspi's acting job did get the offensive foul called on Cunningham, which was cheap.