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More photos » by Don Ryan - AP Portland Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy, right, exacts revenge on behalf of PETA on San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili, from Argentina, during the second half of their NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Roy scored 24 points as they beat the Spurs 96-84...  

More photos » by Don Ryan - AP about 10 hours ago: Portland Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy, right, drives past San Antonio Spurs guard Keith Bogans during the first half of their NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. (AP Photo/Don Ryan...  

Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers meet the San Antonio Spurs in competitive five-on-five indoor basketball. Portland's 2-3 start isn't exactly the impressive beginning most fans were hoping for, but the Blazers have opened at a 2-3 clip eight of the past nine years, including last year's 54 win season. What's that? The Blazers also started 2-3 the year they won 21 games? Oh crap. We're all screwed. [ Subscribe to...  

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- One is still ascending in his professional basketball career and the other is in the twilight of his. But make no mistake about it, when listening to LeBron James and Shaquille O'Neal speak, the topic is of a shared goal -- winning an NBA championship. O'Neal...  

Live from the Rose Garden as the Portland Trail Blazers take on the Denver Nuggets in a really important basketball game. The reason tonight is so important—other than it being Winona Ryder's birthday (Happy 37th, babe.)—is because the Northwest Division will most likely come down to Portland and Denver, and the margin between the two teams will be slimmer than Winona in Jarmusch's Night on Earth. Since someone has to win the division—and it...