10-05-2008, 08:55 AM
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Pleased to meet you, Portland
A record scrimmage crowd of 11,021 is on hand to greet the Blazers at the Rose Garden
Saturday, October 04, 2008 JASON QUICK
The Oregonian Staff
They came to see Greg Oden on Friday, the first chance to witness why so much of a fuss has been made over the Trail Blazers' physically imposing center.
But by the time the record crowd of 11,021 left the Rose Garden for the team's 11th annual free scrimmage, chances are they will remember more about the shooting and passing of Rudy Fernandez, the dominance of LaMarcus Aldridge and the hasn't-missed-a-step play of Brandon Roy.
Oden, on the other hand, was rather nondescript during his first game since undergoing knee surgery last September, which caused him to miss all of last season. Admitting he was playing with an abundance of nerves, Oden made 2 of 5 shots from the field and finished with five points, two rebounds and one block.
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