Tomorrow night, before a sold-out audiences and a national television audience, the Portland Trail Blazers will be commemorative "Rip City" jersey, a tribute to over 40 five-year bonds between the team and its fans.
"Since the day that Bill Schonely first uttered the words in 1971, ‘Rip City' has become synonymous with Portland and Blazermania," Chief Marketing Officer Sarah Mensah said. "These jerseys were our way of using the 40th anniversary platform to celebrate and recognize the role our fans have played in the success the Trail Blazers franchise."On February 18, 1971, Schonely yelled the first ‘Rip City!' cry in response to a long-distance field goal by Trail Blazer Jim Barnett. The rest, as they say, is history.The most famous of many terms coined by the former Trail Blazers voice, Rip City grew to become synonymous with the basketball fervor that enveloped the city when the team won the 1977 NBA Championship and make 26 playoff appearances in a 27-year stretch from 1977-2003.
Return to Rip City, marked 74 consecutive sellouts, and last spring in Rip City Uprise Rally approximately 15,000 fans, it was clear throughout the recovery group.
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