These Magic Moments

You will indulge me here while I explain the backstory here. The Blazers have finished the regular season with the 6th worst record in the league. They actually tied the Minnesota Timberwolves and a coin flip determined how they would divy up the ping pong balls for the lotto. The NBA draft lottery is just like the PA state lotto with the ping pong balls and the pneumatic tubey things. There are a certain number of number combinations and they are divided amongst the teams in the lottery weighted by how bad your record is. They do all the balls and numbers stuff in a secret room and then have a show on ESPN where they announce the picks with Oscar-style envelopes. Boston and Memphis had the worst records so they had the best chances of getting the first pick. Portland had a 5 percent chance of getting the first pick. The worst we could do is drop from 6th place down to 9th place. So in this clip, you'll see all the important envelopes and the reaction of the crowd at the official blazers draft lotto party. When the 6th pick (our natural pick going by our regular season record) you hear Mike Barrett say "this is the one." That's because if the Blazers don't get the 6th pick, it means they've moved up into the top 3. When the final envelope is pulled and it is revealed that the Portland Trailblazers will get the first pick in the most hyped draft in years you will see a reaction that can only be described as pure transcendent ecstasy. Enjoy: