Recapping Blazer’s Edge Night 2022

Photo by Cameron Browne/NBAE via Getty ImagesIt was a little more subdued this year because we’re all walking through the mature stages of the pandemic, but Blazer’s Edge Night, 2022 still featured 1753 youth and chaperones watching the Portland Trail Blazers play the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday night. I was in attendance, with participants around and above, so I thought I’d share some reflections from the event.

First, let’s talk about the basketball.

It’s generally true that teams look better in person than they do on TV. The camera limits what you can see, presenting the action from a certain angle with defined biases. With your eyes able to roam the whole floor at all times in-arena,…