Full disclosure, I am a Blazer fan from birth. I was born in Portland in the heart of Rip City mania. There is a picture of me as a toddler in a shirt that reads “Property of the Portland Trailblazers.” They were my first love as a sports fan. So, yeah, Tuesday night was a good night for me.
It’s all the more gratifying to watch Oakland’s finest Damian Lillard go out and have the game of his life capped by hitting the shot of his life at the buzzer to knock out the easy-t0-hate Russell Westbrook and send his stolen franchise back to Oklahoma City.