Blazers clinch playoffs

Went on the road with the Portland Trail Blazers to photograph them clinching their spot in the playoffs for the first time since 2003. There was talk about great locker room access if all went as planned. Well, it didn't go as planned. In fact -- worse case scenario happened. The spot was clinched with the Suns getting blown out by Dallas before Portland even played.

Since it was not a Blazers win that clinched it for them, the PR folks decided not to let me into the locker room. What made it worse is that Portland lost to Houston. So, I had to try to get pictures of the team making the playoffs in a game that they lost. Ugh.

Anyway, I photographed this picture of Steve Blake on the trip.

Access is so important and so difficult to get in professional sports. For that reason alone I think photographing professional sports is way overrated.