How was that for playoff intensity? With both teams jockeying for better seeding in their respective conferences, the Portland Trail Blazers and Boston Celtics went all out for last night’s contest. Both teams played hard, my man. Great offense, better defense, role players stepping up huge, a fiery crowd, rebounding, steals, three-pointers—this game hit every […]
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Blazers Recap: The Playoff Push
This is it, the final stretch. After last night’s contest against the Dallas Mavericks, there are just ten (!!) regular season games left. With spots six through nine in the Western Conference separated by just two games, it’s going to be a race for the right to be swept by the Warriors in the first […]
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Blazers Recap: Ugh
This is why we can’t have nice things. After a week of nothing but love for the Trail Blazers, after countless positive articles from the national media, after anointing Damian Lillard as the best player this side of Steph Curry, the Blazers went and laid a damn egg against the Houston Rockets. Did it have […]
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Blazers Recap: Crushing the Champs
There’s not much to say about this game. This was an all-timer. This one goes in the pantheon of Portland games. Wow. Just…wow. It starts and ends with Damian Lillard. This was his greatest game to date, and one of the best singular games from a Portland player of all time. Dame had a career-high […]
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Blazers Recap: .500!
The Blazers are .500! Heading into the All-Star break, Portland has chipped their way back to a respectable 27-27. Before we get into last night’s win against the Rockets, just let that sink in. Having lost four of their five starters, the Blazers were expected to be one of the worst teams in the Western […]
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Blazers Recap: Kings In The North
Just like that, Portland’s winning streak is over. After beating up on subpar competition for five games in a row, the Blazers finally got a true test against one of the elite teams from the Eastern Conference. Things didn’t go so well. The Raptors have two All-Stars in their backcourt in Kyle Lowry and DeMar […]
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Blazers Recap: Five Straight
If only the Blazers could play every game at home against teams with losing records. After last night’s relatively easy handling of the Milwaukee Bucks, the Blazers have now won five straight in the confines of the Moda Center against some mediocre competition. Five straight! Watch out Warriors, watch out ‘96 Bulls—Portland is this close […]
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Blazers Recap: Kobe’s Last Stand
Wow, people love Kobe Bryant. The Lakers fans showed out in full force for Bean’s final game in Rip City, the Moda Center decked out in a sea of purple and gold. The loudest cheers of the night weren’t from the hometown faithful. Last night was all about Kobe. After dude hit his first shot […]
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Blazers Recap: Boring Wins
At least the Hawks had their moment in the sun last year, what with the four All Stars and perfect January and trip to the Eastern Conference Finals. That team was fresh and exciting. Kyle Korver carried rocks underwater to train during the offseason! Dennis Schroder did kickflips into the hearts of America! Jeff Teague […]
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Blazers Recap: Gunnin’ For That #8 Spot
The start of this game had all the makings of a miserable slog, the kind of game reserved for tired legs in April. It was a land war in Asia, a bar fight, a slow motion rock toss between two teams hacking away while the refs stood by silently. The Blazers started the game 1-11, […]
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Blazers Recap: Clerical Error
Leave it to the Clippers to benefit from a clerical error. Their team should be so much more fun to watch than it is, but instead their games feel more like being stuck in bureaucratic hell. The whining, the flopping, the constant complaining to the refs, and the Hack-a-DeAndre fouls are less basketball and more […]
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Blazers Recap: No Dame, No Problem
On the list of possible ways the Trail Blazers could have ended 2015, winning three in a row without Damian Lillard had to have been near the bottom. This team is built around Dame. He’s the gas in the engine. Cut off the head and body will die. And yet somehow, inexplicably, here we are. […]