They came to watch the Portland Trail Blazers play basketball.  But when they saw the Mercy Corps volunteers … with their buckets … collecting money for the people of Haiti, basketball took a backseat for a moment.  Instead ..  men, women and children … reached into their wallets/purses/pockets and dropped change and bills into the buckets.  One after the next.  After the next.  And by the time this good deed was done, $65,000 was raised.  $65,000 that will help Mercy Corps as they focus their attention on providing vital clean water to survivors of the earthquake. 

The Blazers won the game.  But this night belonged to the fans.