Martell Webster News

Trail Blazers center Greg Oden fractures his left patella last Saturday, adding to the laundry list of woes for Portland.

Last night, the Trail Blazers ended their three-game losing streak at a very steep cost.

Portland trail Blazer's Greg Oden reacts moments after falling to the floor in pain in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Houston Rockets at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore.

There's no question that he's got talenta 'career averages of 17 points and 8 rebounds a game, and that's including the rookie year where he barely playeda 'but when it comes to futility, nobody in the NBA can match this guy.

Andre Miller, Dante Cunningham, Martell Webster, Greg Oden, and Rudy Fernandez converse as the Portland Trail Blazers face the Memphis Grizzlies at the Rose Garden.

PORTLAND - Zach Randolph scored 21 points and Marc Gasol and O.J. Mayo added 19 each and Memphis withstood a second-half rally by Portland to beat the Trail Blazers 106-96 Friday night.

Staring down double barrels of a dubious losing streak, the Timberwolves sound blissfully ignorant about a possible date with infamy.

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Thanks to new best friend of BaB Teri! -ed.] Since nobody did a preview for this game, as a semi Blazer fan, I did a brief preview of tonight's game.

Martell Webster had 21 points and 13 rebounds, Brandon Roy added 18 points, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat Minnesota 106-78 on Saturday night, handing the Timberwolves their 12th straight loss.

Portland Trail Blazers forward Travis Outlaw has a stress fracture of the fifth metatarsal bone in his left foot, according to the team.

Travis Outlaw led Portland in scoring in its season-opening win at the Rose Garden and was the Blazers' top scorer off the bench before being hurt in a game at Charlotte Saturday.

LaMarcus Aldridge, who was at the center of late-game altercation in Charlotte, led the Trail Blazers in rebounding on their five-game road trip.

Rookie guard Jeff Teague said coach Mike Woodson encouraged him to play more aggressively.

In tonight's victory in Charlotte, the Blazers suffered a major personnel loss.A Travis Outlaw has a stress fracture to his fifth metatarsal, which is the same injury Martell Webster had last season.

Greg Oden would like this out of his kitchen, please. Same story different day as the Blazers hand the hapless Timberwolves another 23-point loss.

The Portland Trail Blazers rocked the three-guard set for the second time Sunday, with the following odd results: &#8226 Blazers points: 116 &#8226 Fantasy-relevant quote of the night: "Having two point guards on the floor makes it easier when I run the floor.

LaMarcus Aldridge scored 19 points and grabbed 10 rebounds against Minnesota Sunday night.

Andre Miller scored 21 points, and LaMarcus Aldridge and Travis Outlaw each had 19 as Portland built a big first-half lead and beat Minnesota 116-93 Sunday night.

Jamal Crawford, the former Rainier Beach star, scored 27 points off the bench and Atlanta outlasted Portland 97-91 Tuesday night.