"This week's pair of games in Houston are almost certainly going to be defeats for Portland,"

Those two games are going to be tough to win, but there is no certainty. Just as Portland is tough at home but can still lose, it's the same with Houston. What about the chance of Yao having an off night? It happens. If you want to be the negative one, it will eventually pay off and you can say "I told you so," as the chances of winning the finals are very slim. Or, you could have been a positive supporter of Portlands team and looked for some actual insight of how they adjusted their play to win, and not written them off at 1-1. Perhaps you would be better off covering some kick ball tournament or something.

I agree with tw. That is some lame-ass insight and analysis. Apparently the Mercury is too hip to be into professional sports - so instead of leaving the coverage to other publications that can add real insight and analysis, they pooh pooh the entire team and cannot provide one shred of value to this article. I can get better sports commentary down at the corner bar. I'd expect better from the Mercury. You at least could've been funny, right?

Thanks for wasting five minutes of my life. I want a refund.

How can you want a refund? The Mercury is free!

remember when you put oden on your list of things not invited back, when the poor guy was hurt. you guys should stick to what you know, kareoke, gay shit, and whatever is going on at the doug fir. go fuck yourselves.

that is a great picture of travis though, standing way off in the distance on defense - with a surprised look on his face.

Yea the is just lazy, its clear you have little to no knowledge of the game, and the subtlties that are at play this season.

As far as the bashing goes, I understand the need to give a realistic reporting, but for fucks sake this is blazer maina. Try to ease back on completely comdemning them.

You should stick to giving mediocre, regurgitated music reviews