Trail Blazers arena blimp crashed into fans

Everyone loves when NBA arenas roll out the remote controlled blimps that drop T-shirts and gift cards onto waiting fans, but things took an unfortunate turn in Portland last night when the Trail Blazers' floating Ford crashed into the stands.

Everyone loves when NBA arenas roll out the remote controlled blimps that drop T-shirts and gift cards onto waiting fans, but things took an unfortunate turn in Portland last night when the Trail Blazers' floating Ford crashed into the stands.

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No one was hurt, but the staff did have a very difficult time getting the giant inflatable SUV out of the way of fans in section 209.

Luckily for everyone involved, the blimp eventually fit through the passageway so people could see theTrail Blazers dispatch the Pacers 88-82 and improve to 15-4 on the year.

- Brendan Maloy