1993 vs Chicago- last game MJ played in Portland before the first retirement and his last in the Memorial Coliseum.
1995 vs Chicago- first game MJ played in Portland after his return and his first game in the Rose Garden.
(That 1993 stub is barely hanging on…)
by Nfidel
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That 1993 game was the same day rookie Shaq broke the backboard in Phoenix which was the first game of a NBA on NBC doubleheader with our game, which delayed our start time substantially. Shaq was a terror that year on backboards.
What a time to be a kid. The NBA and the atmosphere around it were at their finest in this era.
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I don’t think I have any stubs from the Rose Garden but I am sure I have some Buckaroo, Winterhawk, and Blazer stubs, from the Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum in my storage unit. My concert stubs from that era are pretty cool too. I saw Def Leppard, 4th row floor level, in 1983. Ticket price was $12.50, no damn fee’s, and free parking!
I didn’t get to the finals in that era but got to go to lots of great playoff victories. I’ll never forget the first round game 5 intensity inside memorial coliseum when it was do or die against Seattle. I had no idea that wasn’t forever, I thought my Blazers were always going to
Be that good. We truly loved that team, it was a special time. RIP Jerome Kersey and Kevin Duckworth, pillars of Trail Blazers basketball.
I still have a lot of my ticket stubs from the late 90s and early 2000s as well. Bummer it’s all digital now.