![]() When a young team gets distracted by the officiating-and it was clear from Wheel's call of the game they were-they are eventually going to lose. The only question remaining is by how much. I suspect the calls were not as egregious as Wheels and Rice made them out to be, but when things start going south against a team that is in your head-as the Suns are after their recent dominance of the Blazers-you start looking for reasons to fail. At home against a team that needs to click on all cylinders to beat them, the Suns are simply too good to let this game get away. Ultimately, I figured Portland would come up short and they did. After the game, I noticed another trend which somewhat stems from the unexpected success of Batum. Many Blazer fans are howling for Travis "Trout" Outlaw to be traded. Take Outlaw off last year's squad and the Blazers are maybe a 30-win team. Take him off this year's team and they are six to eight games worse at least. He provides the team with so many valuable assets. As of this moment, Portland has two guys who can create their own shot-Brandon Roy and Trout. Outlaw's jab-step fall-away is all but impossible to block and not much easier to even contest. There are times that is a much-needed commodity.
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