Boston Celtics end the Blazers Two Game Winning Streak

Last night, the Blazers welcomed the Boston Celtics to the rose garden for something that was sure to be an  interesting match up. The Blazers were unveiling a new line up with the recent acquisition of Marcus Camby and hoping it would be enough to keep the 2008 champs at bay.

Starting Cinq:

LaMarcus Aldridge
Andre Miller
Brandon Roy
Martell Webster
Marcus Camby

Marcus Camby made his Blazer debut last night at the RG and did precisely what we brought him in to do. Camby walked away with 7 rebounds, 3 blocked shots and 2 points. Just keep rebounding and blocking Marcus and people will be happy. Andre Miller was our high scorer with 16 points, 3 rebounds and 3 blocked shots but I'm unhappy to report that he had a big 0 assists. That's pretty uncharacteristic of Dre but then again a lot of things felt uncharacteristic in this game. LaMarcus tallied only 15 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assits and 1 blocked shot.

Here's a look at the rest of the box score:

Nothing really went right for Portland in this game. The Blazers shot a dismal 33.8% from the field and 75% from the free throw line and not to mention 16% from beyond the arch shooting 2 - 12. That's rough, especially on top of 18 turnovers. It just really felt like there was little fight in Portland down the stretch and Boston capitalized on that. The Celtics were the more aggressive team so they were able to get the calls and that's all she wrote. Portland ended up losing the game, snapping their two game win streak, 96 - 76.

Photo of the Night:

Lookin' good in that Blazers jersey Camby. Welcome to Portland.

Portland next takes on the Utah Jazz at home on Sunday night on ESPN and CSNW at 7:30 PST.

•  Utah leads the series, 3-0, guaranteeing a win in the series for the first time since 2005-06. The Jazz have won by an average of 13.4 points (110.7-97.3) in the three games. The Jazz have shot 61.2% from the field (45.0% 3-PT) while limiting the Trail Blazers to 40.9% shooting (26.2% 3-PT) in the first three contests of the 2009-10 series. 

•  The home team had won eight straight games in the series, and the Trail Blazers had won six consecutive games in Portland, before Utah earned a 106-95 win at the Rose Garden on Jan. 27. The Jazz jumped out to a 21-2 lead and never trailed. 

•  The Trail Blazers and Jazz split last season’s series, 2-2, for the fourth time in the last six seasons. A win Wednesday would give Utah a series win for the first time since 2005-06. 

•  In their two wins against the Jazz a season ago, the Trail Blazers posted two of their four highest point totals of the season. Portland’s 125 points on March 31 marked its highest scoring effort against the Jazz since April 14, 1988. 

•  Both the Trail Blazers (51.5%) and Jazz (51.2%) shot better than 50.0% from the floor during the series in 2008-09, with Portland’s 51.5% marking its best vs. any team last year.

(Pictures: Yahoo Sports)