Blazers turn up the charm

Blazer zealots clamored for autographs after the team beat the L.A. Lakers in 2005. Such enthusiasm seems even more widespread now.

When the Trail Blazers defeated the Golden State Warriors in a game back in early January, the streamers that fell from the rafters at the Rose Garden might as well have been stardust.

The National Basketball Association’s youngest team, which was supposed to be in a rebuilding year, had rung up its 17th win in 18 games, moving into first place in the highly competitive Northwest Division.

– Excerpt from the Portland Tribune, March 11, 2008