Tag: Portland Trail Blazers
Chris Paul and Blake Griffin were both injured in Game 4, giving Portland the edge in the series.
The Trail Blazers found their groove in Game 3. Can the Clippers bounce back with a better effort in Game 4?
Portland Trail Blazers guard C.J. McCollum, whose scoring average jumped from 6.8 points per game during the 2014-15 season to 20.8 points this season, was named the NBA’s Most Improved Player on Friday. McCollum, in his third season since being selected with the 10th overall pick of the 2013 draft, received 101 first-place votes and […]
The Clippers’ bench propelled Los Angeles to a victory in Game 2 against the Portland Trail Blazers.
Portland will need to control the boards and beat the Clippers’ defensive pressure to take Game 2.
An Eastern Conference executive told me this week that (Blazers’ GM Neil) Olshey explored trades for (Gerald) Henderson at the All-Star break, but wanted too much. Instead, Olshey used the trade deadline and all that cap space to turn a future second-round pick into a future first. Source: John Canzano of The Oregonian
Jesse Blancarte previews Game 1 between the Los Angeles Clippers and Portland Trail Blazers.
The Clippers are favored in the first round, but the Trail Blazers have a puncher’s chance.
The fifth-seeded Blazers will play the fourth-seeded Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs and everybody — from the players to the fans — have embraced what promises to be an emotional, intriguing and drama-filled best-of-seven series. “It’s the series we wanted,” backup big man Ed Davis said Wednesday night. […]
Though the Golden State Warriors ran away from the Portland Trail Blazers, 136-111, the blowout did not detract from what has become a reliably thrilling matchup rivalry. Stephen Curry vs. Damian Lillard is more show than game, a fireworks display disguised as point guard duties as the two launch pull-up jumper after pull-up jumper. These […]
