In what could be his last game in a Portland uniform, Ruben Patterson scored 25 points in a 110-106 loss against the Bobcats.

After the game, Patterson exclaimed to those gathered outside the Blazers' locker room" "Bang, bang! What a way to go out, hey?"

Patterson, however, would not formally confirm a deal was in the works to move him out of Portland.

"I just want to be happy," he said. "I'm tired of losing, man."

Also mentioned in numerous rumors has been Travis Outlaw who said: "You've got to wait and see."