But the team's cohesiveness especially on defense is awful

Box ScoreShorthanded and struggling emotionally, Portland begins their road trip with a loss in New York City. Poor three point shooting coupled with even worse perimeter defense left Portland "out-shot from three" 13 to 1.The GoodBrandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge were effective in this game. Those two outcomes will have to continue as the road trip moves on.Jerryd Bayless was also a nice spark towards the end of the game. He put forth his best effort to get back in the game with his season high tying 14 points, but it wasn't enough as the Knicks continued to nail threes shooting 13 of 26 overall on the night.The BadThe outcome of this game and the statistics aren't going to coincide very well to the untrained eye. The Blazers won almost every battle other than three-pointers and turnovers But those were the most glaring. Obviously New York was tremendous from three but it's the 18 turnovers that are most concerning.

The Knicks barely play defense so 18 turnovers is mostly unforced or "barely forced." It was really a frustrating game to watch, at times it looked like five guys on a court instead of a team.Someone is going to have to help Przybilla defensively to fill the void left by Oden. Too often we took for granted Greg's shot blocking ability or simply his jedi ability to keep people out of the paint. His presence, which cannot be quantified, was too important on defense. Our inflated defensive numbers so far this season will surely plummet as the season goes on.Another thing that was bad was that the Blazers played poorly in front of Rhianna .The UglyIt's tough to harp on them too much with so many guys out, including the head coach. But the team's cohesiveness, especially on defense, is awful. Spacing is bad on both ends, blocking out seems nonexistent, it is just tough to watch at times.

I hope this gets turned around quickly, otherwise my nightmare of December will come true and Blazer fans won't be happy come Christmas. This article is also featured on Bust a Bucket - A Portland Trail Blazers Blog. SAN JOSE, Calif.(Business Wire)Holiday season channel activity for the US electronics retailers (like Best Buy)finished down 25 over last year for consumer IT and electronics products, whiletraditional retailers (like Wal-Mart) finished up 20 percent over last year forthe same product categories. Tech Channel Index will be running a multi-week Channel Tracker series,Technology Channel Sales in the US: The Road to Recovery, starting January 12th.This tracker series will compare performance of Traditional, Online, OfficeSupply and Electronics retail sales channels in the US. Please register as a user on to review this articleseries, download free articles and see how the story unfolds. This week, Tech Channel Index will conclude the current Channel Tracker serieswith the article, US Electronics Retailers Navigated a Perfect Storm thisHoliday Season http:// holiday season US electronics retailers faced a "perfect storm" conditionwhere channel activity was rapidly dropping and inventory levels weresimultaneously rising.