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Ending the season with a second place finish in the Northwest Division and a trip to the playoffs, the 2008-09 season was good to the Portland Trail Blazers, and the 2009-10 season promises to be even better. Adding Andre Miller takes the pressure off of Brandon Roy and greatly improves their backcourt depth, and as long as Roy and Greg Oden stay healthy, the Blazers are predicted to make it all the way to the Western Conference Finals. Last year the Rose Garden Arena averaged over 100% capacity, so expect tickets to be scarce this year. If you want to see the Portland Trail Blazers live on the court, then score your tickets now!

The Portland Trail Blazers came into the NBA as an expansion team in 1970. The team used its early draft choices well in the first couple of campaigns. In the inaugural draft, the Blazers selected a six foot four inch shooter out of Princeton, Geoff Petrie. Petrie led the team to 29 wins in the first season en route to winning the NBA's Rookie of the Year award. The very next draft, the Blazers selected Sidney Wicks, a six foot nine inch forward out of UCLA. Wicks averaged nearly 25 points that season and succeeded his teammate Petrie, also winning Rookie of the Year honors.