And that's just how we do it...

I should be sleeping.  The Corona is wearing off.  But I had to watch to the end of the Blazers / Suns game.  And my prediction of the game was true.  It was Andre Miller being Andre Miller - driving the lane like nobody's business.  And Bayless followed suit.

Batum was stellar - and not showing any signs of being intimidated this year.  Amare fouled out late in the 4th quarter - and it was...it was just great.  There were some shaky moments in the final minutes, but the Blazers figured it out.  I tell you what, watch SportsCenter - and in the moment when Marcus Camby completely misses a dunk, you should've heard the words I had for my television set.

Portland wasn't closing it out like they should've, but Phoenix wasn't capitalizing like they should've either. 

I can't fully break this baby down right now, I've got to get to bed.  But this is why we watch all of the 82 regular season games - just to get to games like this.  It paints the rest of the playoffs in a whole different light.  We have a chance, baby.  We have a chance.

Portland wins 105-100.

And I really don't know how I'm going to sleep.  My pulse is racing and my stomach is turning from the stress.  Damn.  What a game.