Live from the warm and cozy Rose Garden, it’s another thrilling live-blog. Blazers vs the Indiana Pacers. We’re fifteen minutes from tip-off and the arena is bumping with Steve Blake’s musical selections. Who knew Gummo liked hiphop from the Dirty Dirty?

It's "Civil War Night" at the arena tonight, in which fans choose sides between the noble Union troops or the cowardly Southern forces with their curly mustaches and gangrene limbs, oh, oops, my mistake. Evidentially it has something to do with two rival Oregon universities.

Three mascots? A "trail cat," a Beaver and a Duck. Shit's getting crazy and we haven't even started yet. There better be three times the t-shirt gun action tonight.

First Quarter:
11:16 - LaMarcus scores first thanks to an odd bounce. Roy follows with an easy lay-up and we have ourselves and 4-2 Blazers lead.

7:15 - CLANK! So many missed shots by both teams, it's ugly out there. 6-3 Portland. Jeez.

5:12 - Timeout Portland. 15-11 Blazers lead in a sloppy first quarter, but the real news is that Antonio Harvey just yelled "THAT'S BULLSHIT" during the commercial break of the radio broadcast. Wow.

2:36 - Coach's son, Mike Dunleavy Jr., travels and we have a timeout, 18-13 Blazers. Blaze the mascot is now dancing in his "urban" outfit (flannel, top button only buttoned, baggy shorts and crooked cap) to Salt-n-Pepa's "Push It." This is offensive in so many ways, I don't even know where to start.

0:17 - Roy tips it in.. for the Pacers. 22-17 Blazers at the end of the first half.

Second Quarter:
10:302 - Blazers start their no scoring/no defense lineup: Jack, Rodriguez, Webster, LaFrenz, Outlaw. Four quick Pacers points, three quick missed shots by the red and black. 22-22, we're all tied up.

9:17 - Outlaw is fouled hard and stumbles into the camera crew. Jeff Foster gets a technical and nearly gets punched by a pissed Outlaw. That was almost my first basketball fight, but alas, nothing. Were is Ron Artest when you need him? 27-24 Blazers.

6:34 - Jamal Tinsley falls in the near vicinity of Aldridge and gets a very generous foul call. Jack makes a smooth move on the other end and ties the score back up, 33-33.

5:51 - Oh! It's Toyota Half-Court Shot™ time. Dude is gonna win himself a truck. Here it goes... short. Way short. He should lose his current ride for that shot. Take the bus home, dude.

4:45 - Pryz gets stuffed by David Harrison (who?) and gets a lucky foul out of it. He makes up for his lack of jumping ability by hitting both shots. 37-35 Blazers.

2:12 - Happy birthday Tauren Green. All attempts by the PA system to coax a Soulja Boy "Crank That" dance out of him do not work, but it draws a hearty laugh from Greg Oden on the bench.

Halftime: 46-42 Blazers. Halftime is a cheerleader dodgeball game, Civil War style. Why not just have a pillowfight?

Third Quarter:
10:20 - Webster from downtown, that's worth three points. 49-42 Blazers.

7:46 - Again! Pryz tips the ball in... for the other team. That is four free points for Indiana. 49-47 Blazers.

5:59 - Ugh, that was ugly. Blazers settle for a few lazy shots (they don't fall) and Pryz shuffles down the court about a half dozen streps behind his man. Pacers get a whole slew of points and suddenly lead 55-49.

4:49 - Boos from the crowd, but they don't last too long as Aldridge throws down a one-handed dunk. 59-51 Pacers.

3:30 - Jack gets swatted on a great fast break, it's not looking good.

0:36 - This quarter cannot end soon enough. The Blazers have scored all of 11 points this quarter. Christ. 67-55 Pacers.

Fourth Quarter:
Civil War slam-off, the mascots are now dunking the ball, at least someone is scoring points. With the Blazers shooting a pathetic 37.5%, it's safe to say there won't be any post-game free Chalupas.

10:05 - Indiana suddenly has a case of the turnovers and Jamal Tinsley gets a technical for throwing an elbow out of frustration. Blazers making a comeback? 69-66 Pacers.

9:02 - Shit's getting good now. The Rose Garden is loud and the Pacers cough it up again. Outlaw gets fouled at (actually, above) the rim and heads to the line with a chance to take the lead.

8:20 - Outlaw makes his SportsCenter moment with a H-U-G-E defensive block and then assist on the other end to a Rodriguez three-pointer. Suddenly everything changes. 72-69 Portland.

5:13 - Roy to Aldridge for a big dunk and a 77-76 lead. Laser sound effects follow. Now shirts are fired into the crowd at a high rate of speed via an air-gun. Despite the lack of Chalupas, the crowd is pumped.

2:45 - Back and forth they go and Indiana takes advantage of some sloppy Blazers turnovers. 82-82 tie as the officials take away a point from Indiana after a three-pointer was ruled a long two.

1:24 - Pacers bring the D and after Jack airballs it, Aldridge comes up with the ball and later Roy gets swatted at the rim. Meanwhile Pacers score with ease. 87-82 Indiana. Not looking good, Portland.

0:24 - Tinsely ices it with a sweet jumper over Roy. 91-86 Pacers and barring a miracle of Virgin Mary on a corn tortilla proportions, this game is finished.

And that'll do it. The Blazers offense falls stagnant when it counts the most. 95-89 Pacers.