It’s going to be tough to get that size 12 Gil Zero out of his mouth

March 21st, 2007 | Posted by PostmanE

As Henry at a little blog called TrueHoop (heard of it?) points out this morning, Gilbert Arenas failed rather miserably in his quest to hang 50 points on the Blazers this season as revenge for his being cut (or “injured,” as Henry points out) from the U.S. National Team last summer.

We all know the story by now - remember, he said he could get 80 at Duke - and got a modicum of revenge earlier in the year at Phoenix when he scored 54 points in an overtime win.

But the Blazers, about whom they should make some sort of inspirational movie now, banded together and gave 100% and all that nonsense and managed not to get embarrassed in for the second straight time this year. By the end of the night, Henry says, the story was all Blazers:

You can see a little of that in these highlights, where Brandon Roy and Sergio Rodriguez both made nice buckets off the dribble drive. But what you’ll have to scrounge for on YouTube one day are the two straight drive-and-kick three-pointers Rodriguez created for Martell Webster, Brandon Roy’s six crunch time points, and most importantly, the Rodriguez-to-Fred Jones alley-oop.

Did I mention that LaMarcus Aldridge had 25 and eight, filling in for grieving Zach Randolph?

Yes, I’m a Blazer fan. It’s a good day to be.

What does all this mean? I guess the big story is one we all knew: careful making promises you can’t keep. But the other story is: who wants to make Portland an offer for Zach Randolph?

So not only did Gil not get his points … but he was so bad he gave Blazer fans hope. Wow.