Prior to game three the Warriors hadn’t lost to the same team twice all season, but the Blazers took easy care of that. Heading into game four, the Warriors still haven’t have lost back to back games. Can the Blazers become the first team to beat them twice in a row as well? According to […]
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Blazers vs. Warriors: Game Three Preview
This is it, the most important game of the series. Lose, and it’s time to start Photoshopping the gone fishin’ graphic. Win, and…well, it’s probably still time to get that graphic going. Here’s the thing—Steph Curry still isn’t playing. He’s practicing again, but he won’t be back until game four at the earliest. Even if […]
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Blazers Playoff Recap: So Close, Yet So So So So Far
The tide kept rising, and rising, and rising, until a sneaker wave came in and just dragged Portland out to sea. This loss was inevitable, as the Warriors are just relentless. Portland played three quarters of damn near flawless basketball and still lost by eleven points. For three quarters, it was beautiful. A lead as […]
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Blazers vs. Warriors: Game Two Preview
In case it hasn’t been made clear yet, the Warriors are the best team in the league. Even without Steph Curry, this team is still ridiculous. Just wave after smothering wave of attack on both sides of the ball. The Blazers brought a pair of dull scissors to a broadsword fight. Which is to say, […]
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Blazers Playoff Recap: Bring On the Second Round
The Blazers did it. They won the series. Give it as many asterisks as you want because of the lack of both Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, but that doesn’t change the fact that the Blazers are headed to Oakland on Sunday for the beginning of the second round of the playoffs. This season has […]
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Blazers vs. Clippers: Game Five Preview
This is now Portland’s series to lose. After game four it was announced Chris Paul would be out indefinitely due to a broken hand, and he has since had surgery on said hand. He is done. Could the Clippers take two of three without Chris Paul? Absolutely. Could they take two of three without Chris […]
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Blazers Playoff Recap: Paul Goes Down, Blazers Pop Up!
Wow. Just…wow. How quickly things can change. After the news that Steph Curry would be out for at least two weeks, the Clippers had to be looking towards the next round of the playoffs and salivating at the chance to face the Warriors without the MVP. And then, just like that, Chris Paul fractured his […]
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Blazers vs. Clippers: Game Four Preview
Put those brooms away, we’ve got ourselves a series. After Saturday night’s victory, the Blazers will get another shot tonight to even their matchup with the Clippers at two games a piece. Despite being ahead in the best of seven series, the pressure is now decidedly back on Los Angeles. For just the fifth time […]
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Blazers vs. Clippers: Game Three Preview
It’s fitting that after a week of pre-Summer heat in Portland, the Blazers will be playing their first home playoff game under today’s grey clouds. Gone from the glitz of Los Angeles, back into the cool embrace of the Moda Center. After dropping the first two games in the series, tonight is it. Lose and […]
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Blazers vs. Clippers: Game Two Preview
Well, that first game was a dud. After getting blown out and shut down by the Clippers, the Blazers will look to come up with any sort of answer for both their offense and defensive woes tonight. They sure as hell couldn’t find any on Sunday night. I mean, Chris Kaman played eight non-garbage time […]
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Blazers vs. Clippers: Game One Preview
After 82 long games, it’s finally time—the playoffs are here. No possessions off, win or go home, best out of seven for the right to lose to the Warriors in the next round. Someone call Pitbull, it’s about to get lit. As they’ve been doing all year, the Trail Blazers are playing with house money. […]
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Blazers Recap: Postseason Time
The night was over before tip-off. The only way the Blazers could have dropped to sixth in the playoffs was with a loss to Denver and a Dallas win. But, behind a solid outing from 2017 League MVP Boban Marjanovic, the short-handed San Antonio Spurs knocked off the Mavericks before the Blazers game got underway. […]