TrailBLAZERS 100 NUGGETS 95...RIP City taking the BUS as L-TRAIN is not In-Service holds on to beat the Mile High NUGS...LOGO WATCH A Mile Up with the TRAILBLAZERS #RipCity #BLAZERMania

The Portland Trailblazers started off on a good foot and was blowing put the Nugs only to see them in one possession battle down the stretch. The Blazers are getting use to life without the NBA's only Train...the L-Train in LaMarcus Aldridge as Blazers PG Damian Lillard will have you forget all about Aldridge. The Nugs get a monster night from underrated PF JJ Hickson but in the end fold up like an Ole Lawn Chair to the Blazers 100-95.

The Blazers up 52-45 at the break move to an 82-69 after three only to see that lead shrink to two on a few occasions down the stretch as Lillard, Matthews, and Batum bail out the Blazers. "License to Lillard" had a game-high 31 points, nine helpers, and seven boards as the 2nd year PG turned Point God and West All-Star is all that and a bowl of scattered an smothered Grits. Batum added 16 points and six boards as Matthews only had eleven points but his impact on the game late was big. Rip City was +24 from the Arc and that put them in the "W" Column. Blazers Big Robin Lopez had seven blocks to go with a double double 12 points and ten boards.

The Nugs get five players in double figures as PF/C JJ Hcikson off the bench goes for 16 points and grabs over two dozen Oranges (25) with "Foye Boy" leading the Mile High Pro Hoops Charge with 17 points. Both Aaron Brooks and Russian Timofey Mozgov each chipped in with 14. The Nugs not only didn't shoot the Money ball well they did not get to the line. A -12 in Free Throw Attempts and -15 in Made Free Throws they should have gotten beat by 40.

Rip City moves to 39-18 as they try to beat become Team #5 or #6 to get to 40 W's in 2013-14.  The Nugs Woes continue as they fall to 25-31 as Lead PG Ty Lawson is out with (Fractured Ribs).