Tag: Portland Trail Blazers
After missing the previous two games with a calf strain, Kevin Durant returned to the Golden State Warriors’ lineup and started Monday night’s Game 4 against the Portland Trail Blazers. Durant scored 10 points and added three rebounds, two assists and three turnovers in 20 minutes as the Warriors beat the Blazers 128-103 to sweep […]
After another improbable comeback, the Warriors are poised for a sweep, Dennis Chambers writes.
Portland saw the return of Jusuf Nurkic, who had missed the final seven games of the regular season and the first two playoff games at Golden State because of a nondisplaced fracture in his right leg, started at center. Nurkic, known as the Bosian Beast, played limited minutes and contributed two points and 11 rebounds. […]
Kevin Durant said he felt ready to play in Golden State’s Game 2 playoff win Wednesday, yet the Warriors opted to be cautious with their superstar as he nurses a strained left calf. Durant posted an update about his injury during a livestream on his personal YouTube channel Thursday evening. He is hopeful of playing […]
Dennis Chambers examines Golden State’s stranglehold on this series heading into Game 3.
Wednesday night’s Game 2 of their first-round series against the Portland Trail Blazers because of a strained left calf. Durant experienced some cramping during Sunday’s Game 1, a 121-109 win in which Durant finished with 32 points and 10 rebounds. Warriors coach Steve Kerr said Durant didn’t practice on Tuesday, noting, “If he didn’t practice, […]
After controlling the fourth quarter of Game 1, Golden State is poised for an easier Game 2 win, writes Dennis Chambers.
The first-round playoff matchup between the Golden State Warriors and Portland Trail Blazers is almost certain to be a high-scoring series, and it also appears it will be a trash-talking series. Warriors forward Draymond Green, known for being verbally provocative, had a few verbal confrontations with Trail Blazers guards Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum in […]
Dennis Chambers previews Game 1 between the Golden State Warriors and Portland Trail Blazers.
Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard told ESPN that his “lighthearted” response predicting an upset of the Golden State Warriors in six games in the first round of the playoffs has spiraled out of control. “I was asked in six or seven [games], and I said six. It was a lighthearted exchange,” Lillard told ESPN […]
