Roy Named To All-NBA Third Team

Portland Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy was named to the 2009-10 All-NBA Third Team, the NBA announced today. Roy, named to the All-NBA Second Team in 2008-09, becomes the third Trail Blazer in franchise history to earn multiple All-NBA Team honors, joining Clyde Drexler (four) and Bill Walton (two). He is the only Trail Blazer to be named to both the All-Rookie Team and All-NBA Team during his career. Roy, 25, averaged a team-best 21.5 points to go with 4.4 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 37.2 minutes in 65 games (all starts) during the 2009-10 season. He was one of just four NBA players to average at least 21.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.7 assists (Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade). The fourth-year guard scored 23 points or more in 15 straight games from Dec. 1-Jan. 2, the longest stretch of 23-point outings in franchise history.

Roys Plans

At the end of last season, Brandon Roy was adamant that he would set aside a significant amount of time in the offseason to rest. After playing 2,903 regular season minutes during the 2008-09 season and an extra 238 physically-punishing playoff minutes in six games against the Houston Rockets, Roy was in need of some down time.

So he headed back to Seattle to relax, and hang out with his family, and lounge poolside and relax some more. Sometimes he road the bike and every now and then he lifted some weights, but when it came to basketball, Roy went cold turkey. Didn't shoot. Didn't play pick up games. Didn't camp out at the Trail Blazers practice facility. And that was fine.

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The Season Comes To An End

Jason Richardson scored 28 points, including five 3-pointers, and the Phoenix Suns advanced to the second round of the playoffs with a 99-90 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 6 on Thursday night.

The Suns went up 53-41 at halftime and led by as many as 16 points in the second half. The Trail Blazers tied it at 76 midway through the fourth quarter, but could not pull ahead.

Suns Down Three to Two

A blast-right-by-them style has served the Suns well against the Trail Blazers. And tempo will likely be a deciding factor on Thursday night when Phoenix visits Portland with a 3-2 advantage and a chance to advance to the next round of the playoffs. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 PM on KGW, TNT and 95.5. While the Trail Blazers have home court for Thursday's game, Portland coach Nate McMillan is counting on the intangibles to force a Game 7. Namely, the Trail Blazers have faced their share of obstacles this season and far exceeded expectations. "It's a huge challenge to win the series," McMillan said. "But not an impossible challenge."

Throughout the regular season, the Portland Trail Blazers rarely found themselves on the bad end of blowout losses. But in their first round series against the Phoenix Suns, the Blazers have been unable to keep the losses close. Game 5 was no exception, as the Trail Blazers fell to the Suns 107-88 in Phoenix. Also down 3-2 in the series, the Trail Blazers now face elimination as the series heads back to Portland for Game 6 on Thursday. The Trail Blazers jumped out to a quick start in the first quarter, taking an early 23-9 lead six minutes into the game, but the early success came with a cost.