Playoffs 27

  The Portland Trail Blazers had a choice to make: 3rd or 4th seed? They could lose (or win with a Denver loss) and play the Utah Jazz in the first round of the playoffs or win and take on the Oklahoma City Thunder instead. They decided in dramatic fashion. Terry Stotts opted to rest […]

Maybe it was the air up there. The Trail Blazers were in mile high city for game one of the semi finals vs the Denver Nuggets and it showed. Damian Lillard had 39 points, but he didn’t look himself at all. He surely wasn’t the take no prisoners Damian we saw in game 5 of […]

  The Portland Trail Blazers came to Oklahoma City for game 3. They got a taste, to remind themselves what the Thunder were like on their home court. The stuck their foot in the water. It was cold. They took their time getting in. OKC got the better of them while they acclimated. The Blazers […]

The last time the Portland Trail Blazers won game 1 of the western conference first round, was 5 years ago, 6 days from now, on April 20th, 2014 against the number four Houston Rockets, on the road. The last time the Blazers won a game 1 on their home court, in 2000 vs the Minnesota […]

The Denver Nuggets were the best home team in the NBA. They were the most winningest team in games where the point margin is four or less. They had the altitude. They were the healthier of the two teams. They had every advantage. It wasn’t enough. Portland had fate on it’s side. The Blazers had […]