Blazers Sweep The Spurs

Tonight the Blazers came back home to face the San Antonio Spurs. This was the second game in a back to back for Blazers coming off of a tough loss in Utah last night. Going into this game the Blazers had previously beaten the Spurs in San Antonio and were looking for a Spurs sweep with a win at the Rose Garden tonight.

Starting FIVE:

LaMarcus Aldridge
Martell Webster
Juwan Howard
Jerryd Bayless
Andre Miller

It was LA's night tonight. Aldridge was the team's high scorer with his team high 17th double-double of the season. LaMArcus tallied 28 points, 13 rebounds and 3 assists in 41 minutes of play. He shot 12 - 22 from the field and 4 - 7 from the free throw line. LMA had a huge basket in the 4th quarter putting the Blazers up and starting a big Blazer run to get the win. When Bradon Roy went out, the first thing I thought was LaMarcus better be steppin up his game and he has answered in such a huge way for this team. His aggression in the paint on both ends of the court has gone through the roof and his production in both points and rebounds has been huge! I think Roy's injury was a big wake-up call for LaMarcus and I'm proud to say he answered it. Martell Webster also had a huge night tonight and was a big reason for why the Blazers won. Marty tallied 21 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists in 30 minutes of play. Marty shot 6 - 9 from the field and an incredible, perfect 5 - 5 from beyond the arch and 4 -4 from the free throw line. Many of those 3's and FT's came in clutch moments of the game and can undoubtedly be considered game winners. The Marty Party was in full effect tonight! I love seeing Martell be in top of his game and bringing the consistency! Andre Miller tallied 11 points but shot an uncharacteristic 1 - 4 from the free throw line and  some of those FT's were in clutch situations. Dante 'INFERNO' Cunningham is continuing to stay consistent and knock down shots from the 18 footer range. He tallied a nice 9 points and 4 rebounds, shooting 4 - 6 from the field in 19 minutes of play.

The game stayed pretty close throughout most of the game with the Spurs never leading by more than 12 but things started to look to be in San Antonio's favor after a run in the 4th put them up 10. Luckily the Blazers rallied back with a huge momentum shifting two from LaMarcus and a big fat three from Martell. With only 18 seconds remaining, Blazers led 92 - 89 and SA had the ball, when the wings didn't rotate on defense, Manu Ginobli was able to find a wide open three and as it went off you could hear all Blazer fans inhale and flash back to the New Orleans game BUT he missed it so all was well. The Blazers ended up winning 96 - 93.

Photo(s) of the Night:

That's right Webster, 5 - 5. MARTY PARTY in the building

Argentina vs. Spain - Sign in the RG read: "I'll Take Your Ginobli and Raise You a Fernandez"

The Blazers next play the L*kers at the Rose Garden on Saturday! No keys and series notes in this post, I'll be devoting a whole post to the Portland & LA rivalry! 

(Photos: Yahoo! Sports)