Post by SurferGirl on May 13, 2019 9:12:33 GMT -8
WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS:
Portland Trail Blazers vs. Golden St. Warriors
OVERVIEW
UPDATE: The Warriors have won this series, 4-0.
For the third time in four seasons, the Blazers and Warriors meet in the NBA Playoffs (see below). Each of those meetings come in a different round. This is being touted as a match up between two of the best backcourts in the NBA. The Blazers finished just four games behind the Warriors, who won the Pacific Division title. Portland is looking to advance to the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 2000 when it lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games. Golden St. is looking for its fourth NBA title in the past five years. The Blazers have now reached the Conference Finals five times in their history. They advanced three previous times to the NBA Finals, winning the NBA Championship in 1977. The Warriors are appearing in their 11th Conference Championship series. They have won six Championships. The teams faced each other four times over the course of the regular season, splitting those games, 2-2. Each team won once on the other's home court. Pictured above are Blazers guard Damian Lillard (top left) and guard CJ McCollum (bottom left), and Warriors guard Stephen Curry (top right) and guard Klay Thompson (bottom right). SCtoC graphic created by David .
SERIES SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
The following is the schedule for the series. Once games are completed, results include the final score, a headline link to the nba.com boxscore, and stat summary. All times are pacific standard time.
Game 1: Tue, May 14 (at Golden St.) - Warriors 116, Blazers 94
Poor shooting, turnovers cost Blazers game 1
Blazers - Damian Lillard 19 pts; Enes Kanter 16 reb; Damian Lillard 6 ast
Warriors - Stephen Curry 36 pts; Draymond Green 10 reb; Stephen Curry 7 ast
Game 2: Thr, May 16 (at Golden St.) - Warriors 114, Blazers 111
Warriors rally in second half to take game 2
Blazers - Damian Lillard 26 pts; Al-Farouq Aminu/Meyers Leonard 6 reb; Damian Lillard 10 ast
Warriors - Stephen Curry 37 pts; Draymond Green 10 reb; Stephen Curry 8 ast
Game 3: Sat., May 18 - (at Portland) Warriors 110, Blazers 99
Blazers 2nd half collapse gives Warriors game 3
Warriors - Stephen Curry 36 pts; Draymond Green 12 reb; Draymond Green 12 ast
Blazers - CJ McCollum 23 pts; Al-Farouq Aminu 7 reb; Damian Lillard 7 ast
Game 4: Mon, May 20 - (at Portland) Warriors 119, Blazers (H) 117 - OT
Cold shooting late in game ends series, season for Blazers
Warriors - Stephen Curry 37 pts; Draymond Green/Kevon Looney 14 reb; Draymond Green/Stephen Curry 11 ast
Blazers - Meyers Leonard 30 pts; Meyers Leonard 12 reb; Damian Lillard 12 ast
HOME ARENAS
Blazers - Moda Center at the Rose Quarter; Portland, Oregon (capacity for basketball: 19,393)
Warriors - Oracle Arena; Oakland, California (capacity for basketball: 19,596)
REGULAR SEASON RECORDS
Blazers - 53-29 overall; 32-9 home and 21-20 road (3rd in Western Conference; 2nd in Northwest Division)
Warriors - 57-25 overall; 30-11 home and 27-14 road (1st in Western Conference; 1st in Pacific Division)
HOW THEY GOT HERE
Blazers - Defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in the First Round, 4-1. Defeated the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Semifinals, 4-3.
Warriors - Defeated the Los Angeles Clippers in the First Round, 4-2. Defeated the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference Semifinals, 4-2.
HEAD-TO-HEAD REGULAR SEASON RESULTS
November 23 (at Golden St.) - Warriors 125, Blazers 97
Strong 2nd quarter propels Warriors to home win
Blazers - Damian Lillard 23 pts; Zach Collins 9 reb; Damian Lillard 8 ast
Warriors - Quinn Cook/Jordan Bell 26 pts; Kevin Durant 9 reb; Kevin Durant/Jordan Bell 7 ast
December 27 (at Golden St.) - Blazers 110, Warriors 109
Blazers skim Warriors by a single point in overtime
Blazers - Jusuf Nurkic 27 pts; Al-Farouq Aminu/Jusuf Nurkic 12 reb; Damian Lillard 5 ast
Warriors - Stephen Curry 29 pts; Draymond Green 11 reb; Kevin Durant 11 ast
December 29 (at Portland) - Warriors 115, Blazers 105
Warriors go up in first half; hold off Blazers in second half
Warriors - Klay Thompson 32 pts; Draymond Green 9 reb; Stephen Curry 8 ast
Blazers - Damian Lillard 40 pts; Jusuf Nurkic 10 reb; Jusuf Nurkic 7 ast
February 13 - (at Portland) - Blazers 129, Warriors 107
Eight Blazers hit double figure scoring in rout of Warriors
Warriors - Stephen Curry/Kevin Durant 32 pts; Jordan Bell 9 rec; Klay Thompson 8 ast
Blazers - Damian Lillard 29 pts; Jusuf Nurkic 11 reb; Damian Lillard 8 ast
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
CJ McCollum scored 37 points in the Blazers' game 7 win over the Nuggets in the Western Conference Semifinals.
Blazers guard Damian Lillard finished ninth in the league in scoring this season at 25.8 points per game, while backcourt mate CJ McCollum came in at 26th with 21.0 points per game. They will look for third and fourth possible options in forwards Maurice Harkless and Al-Farouq Aminu for boosts. Starting center Jusef Nurkic is out for the remainder of the playoffs with a compound fracture in his left leg suffered on March 27. Enes Kanter, who was picked up off waivers in late February, has been starting in the place of Nurkic. Kanter is a stellar offensive rebounder. The Blazers are supported off the bench by forward Rodney Hood and center Zach Collins. Hood went down with a knee bruise in their game 7 win over the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Semifinals, but is expected to play in this series.
The Blazers were founded in 1970 and are the first of the 1970-71 expansion teams to win an NBA Championship, which they earned in 1977. They played in the NBA Finals again in 1990 and 1992, but were defeated by the Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls, respectively. The Cleveland Cavaliers won their first championship in 2015-16. The third expansion team from that year, the Buffalo Braves, relocated to San Diego and then to Los Angeles as the Clippers and have yet to win an NBA title. The Blazers have been located in Portland during their entire 49-year tenure in the NBA. Lillard is the fourth Blazer to have been awarded NBA Rookie of the Year honors, winning unanimously following the 2012-13 season. The other Blazers to have that honor are Geoff Petrie (1970-71), Sydney Wicks (1971-72) and Brandon Roy (2006-07). The Blazers have qualified for the playoffs in 34 of their 48 seasons, including a 21-year streak from 1977 to 1997. Portland is making its sixth consecutive playoff appearance and 35th as a franchise. The Blazers and Portland are nicknamed "Rip City," after an exclamation made by original team broadcaster Bill Schonley following a swish made jumper by Jim Barnett against the Los Angeles Lakers early into their 1970-71 inaugural season. Former Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Bucks head coach Terry Stotts is in his seventh season at the helm of the Blazers. He has a 325-249 regular season record and is 19-27 in the playoffs with the team.
ROSTER
HEAD COACH
Terry Stotts (Oklahoma)
ASSISTANT COACHES
David Vanterpool (St. Bonaventure)
Nate Tibbetts (South Dakota)
Dale Osbourne (South Alabama)
John McCullough (Oklahoma)
Jim Moran (William & Mary)
ATHLETIC TRAINER
Geoff Clark (Oregon St.)
TEAM STATISTICS REGULAR SEASON - PER GAME
Points - 114.7
Rebounds - 48.0
Assists - 23.0
Steals - 6.7
Blocks - 5.0
Turnovers - 13.8
FG - 46.7%
3pt - 35.9%
FT - 80.0%
PLAYOFF STATISTICS - PER GAME
Points - 111.2
Rebounds - 46.7
Assists - 18.3
Steals - 6.9
Blocks - 5.6
Turnovers - 12.3
FG - 44.0%
3pt - 35.9%
FT - 76.4%
TEAM STATISTICS THIS SEASON VERSUS WARRIORS - PER GAME
Points - 110.3
Rebounds - 46.8
Assists - 21.0
Steals - 6.3
Blocks - 3.5
Turnovers - 11.3
FG - 41.4%
3pt - 35.6%
FT - 77.2%
INDIVIDUAL REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS
GOLDEN ST. WARRIORS
Stephen Curry scored all of his 33 points in the second half Warriors deciding game 6 win over the Rockets in the Western Conference Semifinals.
The Warriors were paced in the regular season by guard Stephen Curry's 27.3 points per game, Kevin Durant's 26.0 and Klay Thompson's 21.5. They ranked fifth, eighth and 18th in the league, respectively. Like the Blazers, the Warriors are no strangers to shooting the ball from beyond the three-point line. Durant missed the Warriors game 6 series-winning game against the Rockets in the Western Conference Semifinals with a calf injury. He already is listed out for game 1 of this series and possibly beyond. Center DeMarcus Cousins is expected to miss the beginning of this series with a quadriceps injury. Center Damian Jones expected back at some point early in the series. The Warriors will look for strong play from forwards Draymond Green and Andre Iguodala at least during the first part of this series and perhaps beyond.
The Warriors are one of the original NBA teams, having been founded in 1946 as the Philadelphia Warriors. The owners named the team after the Philadelphia Warriors, a former team which played in the American Basketball League in 1925. They won the Championship in that first season of the league, known then as the Basketball Association of America. They won the NBA Championship in 1956. The franchise relocated to San Francisco in 1962 and officially changed its moniker to the Golden St. Warriors in 1971. After having played for the past 48 seasons at Oracle Arena in Oakland, the team is expected to move to a new arena, the Chase Center, in San Francisco next season. In addition to their two championships in Philadelphia, the Warriors also won NBA titles in 1975, 2015, 2017 and 2018. Eighteen former Warriors players and four head coaches have been inducted into the NBA Hall of fame; most notably center Wilt Chamberlain, forwards Rick Barry and Chris Mullin, and guard Mitch Richmond, as well as head coach Don Nelson, who served two stints with the team. Former NBA guard Steve Kerr is in his fifth season as head coach of the Warriors. He has a 410-322 record during the regular season and 71-24 record in the playoffs (entering this series). Kerr won championships as a player in 1996, 1997 and 1998 with the Chicago Bulls, and in 1999 and 2003 with the San Antonio Spurs.
ROSTER
HEAD COACH
Steve Kerr (Arizona)
ASSISTANT COACHES
Ron Adams (Fresno Pacific)
Mike Brown (San Diego)
Jarron Collins (Stanford)
Chris MeMarco (Dominican U CA)
Bruce Fraser (Arizona)
Willie Green (Detroit Mercy)
HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER
Drew Yoder (Kansas St.)
TEAM STATISTICS REGULAR SEASON - PER GAME
Points - 117.7
Rebounds - 46.2
Assists - 29.4
Steals - 7.6
Blocks - 6.4
Turnovers - 14.3
FG - 49.1%
3pt - 38.5%
FT - 80.1%
TEAM STATISTICS PLAYOFFS - PER GAME
Points - 118.1
Rebounds - 42.8
Assists - 28.3
Steals - 7.2
Blocks - 5.8
Turnovers - 14.1
FG - 48.6%
3pt - 37.2%
FT - 81.9%
TEAM STATISTICS THIS SEASON VERSUS BLAZERS - PER GAME
Points - 114.0
Rebounds - 48.3
Assists - 29.5
Steals - 7.8
Blocks - 8.0
Turnovers - 12.8
FG - 46.7%
3pt - 39.6%
FT - 74.0%
INDIVIDUAL REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS
FRANCHISES' HEAD-TO-HEAD PLAYOFF HISTORY
Despite the Warriors and Blazers each being around for several decades, they did not meet in the playoffs until three seasons ago. Perhaps ironically, this will be the third playoffs meeting between the teams in four seasons. The Warriors defeated the Blazers in five games in the Western Conference Semifinals in 2016, and swept the Blazers in the First Round in 2017. Below are the individual game results from those two series.
2015-16 Western Conference Semifinals - Warriors win series 4-1
Game 1 (May 1 at Golden St.) - Warriors 118, Blazers 106
Game 2 (May 3 at Golden St.) - Warriors 110, Blazers 99
Game 3 (May 7 at Portland) - Blazers 120, Warriors 108
Game 4 (May 9 at Portland) - Warriors 132, Blazers 125 - OT
Game 5 (May 11 at Golden St.) - Warriors 125, Blazers 121
2016-17 Western Conference First Round - Warriors win series 4-0
Game 1 (April 16 at Golden St.) - Warriors 121, Blazers 108
Game 2 (April 19 at Golden St.) - Warriors 110, Blazers 81
Game 3 (April 22 at Portland) - Warriors 119, Blazers 113
Game 4 (April 24 at Portland) - Warriors 128, Blazers 103
SERIES NOTES
-The Blazers Seth Curry and the Warriors Stephen Curry are the first set of brothers to ever face off in a NBA Conference Finals.
-This is the Blazers first trip to the Western Conference Finals since 2000 when they were defeated by the Los Angeles Lakers, 4-3.
-Two former Blazers head coaches, Rick Adelman and P.J. Carlisemo, have gone on to serve as head coaches of the Warriors.
-Warriors current head coach, Steve Kerr, played for the Blazers from 2001 to 2002.
-The Warriors have made the Western Conference Finals each of the past five seasons. They've won the NBA Championship three of the past four seasons.
-Warriors guard Kay Thompson's father, Mychal Thompson, was the first overall pick by the Blazers in the 1978 NBA Draft.
-Warriors forward Kevin Durant began his career with the Seattle Supersonics/Oklahoma City Thunder; the team the Blazers defeated in the First Round of this year's playoffs, four games to one.
-The Portland nickname, "Rip City" was coined by former Blazers radio play-by-play broadcaster and current team ambassador Bill Schonley during the team's inaugural season. During the Blazers first home game against the Los Angeles Lakers, on November 3, 1970, forward Jim Barnett swished a jumper, prompting Schonley to exclaim "RIP CITY!" to the radio audience. The name has stuck for nearly five decades. Barnett is now the color analyst for the Warriors in-house television broadcasts.
2019 NBA PLAYOFF SERIES SCHEDULES AND RESULTS
Western Conference
CONFERENCE FINALS
Golden St. Warriors (1) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (3) - Warriors win series 4-0
Game 1: Tue, May 14 - Warriors (H) 116, Blazers 94
Game 2: Thr, May 16 - Warriors (H) 114, Blazers 111
Game 3: Sat., May 18 - Warriors 110, Blazers (H) 99
Game 4: Mon, May 20 - Warriors 119, Blazers (H) 117 - OT
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
Golden State Warriors (1) vs. Houston Rockets (4) - Warriors win series 4-2
Game 1: Sun, April 28 - Warriors (H) 104, Rockets 100
Game 2: Tue, April 30 - Warriors (H) 115, Rockets 109
Game 3: Sat, May 4 - Rockets (H) 126, Warriors 121 - OT
Game 4: Mon, May 6 - Rockets (H) 112, Warriors 108
Game 5: Wed, May 8 - Warriors (H) 104, Rockets 99
Game 6: Fri, May 10 - Warriors 118, Rockets (H) 113
Denver Nuggets (2) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (3) - Blazers win series 4-3
Game 1: Mon, April 29 - Nuggets (H) 121, Blazers 113
Game 2: Wed, May 1 - Blazers 97, Nuggets (H) 90
Game 3: Fri, May 3 - Blazers (H) 140, Nuggets 137 - 4OT
Game 4: Sun, May 5 - Nuggets 116, Blazers (H) 112
Game 5: Tue, May 7 - Nuggets (H) 124, Blazers 98
Game 6: Thu, May 9 - Blazers (H) 119, Nuggets 108
Game 7: Sun, May 12 - Blazers 110, Nuggets (H) 96
FIRST ROUND
Golden St. Warriors (1) vs. Los Angeles Clippers (8) - Warriors win series 4-2
Game 1: Sat, April 13 - Warriors (H) 121, Clippers 104
Game 1: Mon, April 15 - Clippers 135, Warriors (H) 131
Game 3: Thu, April 18 - Warriors 132 Clippers (H) 105
Game 4: Sun, April 21 - Warriors 113, Clippers (H) 105
Game 5: Wed, April 24 - Clippers 129, Warriors (H) 121
Game 6: Fri, April 26 - Warriors 129, Clippers (H) 110
Denver Nuggets (2) vs. San Antonio Spurs (7) - Nuggets win series 4-3
Game 1: Sat, April 13 - Spurs 101, Nuggets (H) 96
Game 2: Tue, April 16 - Nuggets (H) 114, Spurs 105
Game 3: Thu, April 18 - Spurs (H) 118, Nuggets 108
Game 4: Sat, April 20 - Nuggets 117, Spurs (H) 103
Game 5: Tue, April 23 - Nuggets (H) 108, Spurs 90
Game 6: Thu, April 25 - Spurs (H) 120, Nuggets 103
Game 7: Sat, April 27 - Nuggets (H) 90, Spurs 86
Portland Trail Blazers (3) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (6) - Blazers win series 4-1
Game 1: Sun, April 14 - Blazers (H) 104, Thunder 99
Game 2: Tue, April 16 - Blazers (H) 114, Thunder 94
Game 3: Fri, April 19 - Thunder (H) 120, Blazers 108
Game 4: Sun, April 21 - Blazers 111, Thunder (H) 98
Game 5: Tue, April 23 - Blazers (H) 118, Thunder 115
Houston Rockets (4) vs. Utah Jazz (5) - Rockets win series 4-1
Game 1: Sun, April 14 - Rockets (H) 122, Jazz 90
Game 2: Wed, April 17 - Rockets (H) 118, Jazz 98
Game 3: Sat, April 20 - Rockets 104, Jazz (H) 101
Game 4: Mon, April 22 - Jazz (H) 107, Rockets 91
Game 5: Wed, April 24 - Rockets (H) 100, Jazz 93
Eastern Conference
CONFERENCE FINALS
Milwaukee Bucks (1) vs. Toronto Raptors (2) - Bucks lead series 2-1
Game 1: Wed, May 15 - Bucks (H) 108, Raptors 100
Game 2: Fri, May 17 - Bucks (H) 125, Raptors 103
Game 3: Sun, May 19 - Raptors (H) 118, Bucks 112 - 2OT
Game 4: Tue, May 21 - Bucks at Raptors, 5:30 p.m (TNT)
Game 5: Thr, May 23 - Raptors at Bucks, 5:30 p.m. (TNT)
*Game 6: Sat, May 25 - Bucks at Raptors, 5:30 p.m. (TNT)
*Game 7: Mon, May 27 - Raptors at Bucks, 5:30 p.m. (TNT)
*if necessary
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
Milwaukee Bucks (1) vs. Boston Celtics (4) - Bucks win series 4-1
Game 1: Sun, April 28 - Celtics 112, Bucks (H) 90
Game 2: Tue, April 30 - Bucks (H) 123, Celtics 102
Game 3: Fri, May 3 - Bucks 123, Celtics (H) 116
Game 4: Mon, May 6 - Bucks 113, Celtics (H) 101
Game 5: Wed, May 8 - Bucks (H) 116, Celtics 91
Toronto Raptors (2) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (3) - Raptors win series 4-3
Game 1: Sat, April 27 - Raptors (H) 108, 76ers 95
Game 2: Mon, April 29 - 76ers 94, Raptors (H) 89
Game 3: Thu, May 2 - 76ers (H) 116, Raptors 95
Game 4: Sun, May 5 - Raptors 101, 76ers (H) 96
Game 5: Tue, May 7 - Raptors (H) 125, 76ers 89
Game 6: Thu, May 9 - 76ers (H) 112, Raptors 101
Game 7: Sun, May 12 - Raptors (H) 92, 76ers 90
FIRST ROUND
Milwaukee Bucks (1) vs. Detroit Pistons (8) - Bucks win series 4-0
Game 1: Sun, April 14 - Bucks (H) 121, Pistons 86
Game 2: Wed, April 17 - Bucks (H) 120, Pistons 99
Game 3: Sat, April 20 - Bucks 119, Pistons (H) 103
Game 4: Mon, April 22 - Bucks 127, Pistons (H) 104
Toronto Raptors (2) vs. Orlando Magic (7) - Raptors win series 4-1
Game 1: Sat, April 13 - Magic 104, Raptors (H) 101
Game 2: Tue, April 16 - Raptors (H) 111, Magic 82
Game 3: Fri, April 19 - Raptors 98, Magic (H) 93
Game 4: Sun, April 21 - Raptors 107, Magic (H) 85
Game 5: Tue, April 23 - Raptors (H) 115, Magic 96
Philadelphia 76ers (3) vs. Brooklyn Nets (6) - 76ers win series 4-1
Game 1: Sat, April 13 - Nets 111, 76ers (H) 102
Game 2: Mon, April 15 -76ers (H) 145, Nets 123
Game 3: Thu, April 18 - 76ers 131, Nets (H) 115
Game 4: Sat, April 20 - 76ers 112, Nets (H) 108
Game 5: Tue, April 23 - 76ers (H) 122, Nets 100
Boston Celtics (4) vs. Indiana Pacers (5) - Celtics win series 4-0
Game 1: Sun, April 14 - Celtics (H) 84, Pacers 74
Game 2: Wed, April 17 - Celtics (H) 99, Pacers 91
Game 3: Fri, April 19 - Celtics 104, Pacers (H) 96
Game 4: Sun, April 21 - Celtics 110, Pacers (H) 106
All times Pacific. Home team in series is first one listed in the series header. Teams' conference rankings listed in the header in parenthesis. Some times and dates are subject to change. This will be updated as games become final.
PLAYOFF BRACKET
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(via CBS Sports/updated by SCtoC staff)
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Portland Trail Blazers vs. Golden St. Warriors
OVERVIEW
UPDATE: The Warriors have won this series, 4-0.
For the third time in four seasons, the Blazers and Warriors meet in the NBA Playoffs (see below). Each of those meetings come in a different round. This is being touted as a match up between two of the best backcourts in the NBA. The Blazers finished just four games behind the Warriors, who won the Pacific Division title. Portland is looking to advance to the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 2000 when it lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games. Golden St. is looking for its fourth NBA title in the past five years. The Blazers have now reached the Conference Finals five times in their history. They advanced three previous times to the NBA Finals, winning the NBA Championship in 1977. The Warriors are appearing in their 11th Conference Championship series. They have won six Championships. The teams faced each other four times over the course of the regular season, splitting those games, 2-2. Each team won once on the other's home court. Pictured above are Blazers guard Damian Lillard (top left) and guard CJ McCollum (bottom left), and Warriors guard Stephen Curry (top right) and guard Klay Thompson (bottom right). SCtoC graphic created by David .
SERIES SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
The following is the schedule for the series. Once games are completed, results include the final score, a headline link to the nba.com boxscore, and stat summary. All times are pacific standard time.
Game 1: Tue, May 14 (at Golden St.) - Warriors 116, Blazers 94
Poor shooting, turnovers cost Blazers game 1
Blazers - Damian Lillard 19 pts; Enes Kanter 16 reb; Damian Lillard 6 ast
Warriors - Stephen Curry 36 pts; Draymond Green 10 reb; Stephen Curry 7 ast
Game 2: Thr, May 16 (at Golden St.) - Warriors 114, Blazers 111
Warriors rally in second half to take game 2
Blazers - Damian Lillard 26 pts; Al-Farouq Aminu/Meyers Leonard 6 reb; Damian Lillard 10 ast
Warriors - Stephen Curry 37 pts; Draymond Green 10 reb; Stephen Curry 8 ast
Game 3: Sat., May 18 - (at Portland) Warriors 110, Blazers 99
Blazers 2nd half collapse gives Warriors game 3
Warriors - Stephen Curry 36 pts; Draymond Green 12 reb; Draymond Green 12 ast
Blazers - CJ McCollum 23 pts; Al-Farouq Aminu 7 reb; Damian Lillard 7 ast
Game 4: Mon, May 20 - (at Portland) Warriors 119, Blazers (H) 117 - OT
Cold shooting late in game ends series, season for Blazers
Warriors - Stephen Curry 37 pts; Draymond Green/Kevon Looney 14 reb; Draymond Green/Stephen Curry 11 ast
Blazers - Meyers Leonard 30 pts; Meyers Leonard 12 reb; Damian Lillard 12 ast
HOME ARENAS
Blazers - Moda Center at the Rose Quarter; Portland, Oregon (capacity for basketball: 19,393)
Warriors - Oracle Arena; Oakland, California (capacity for basketball: 19,596)
REGULAR SEASON RECORDS
Blazers - 53-29 overall; 32-9 home and 21-20 road (3rd in Western Conference; 2nd in Northwest Division)
Warriors - 57-25 overall; 30-11 home and 27-14 road (1st in Western Conference; 1st in Pacific Division)
HOW THEY GOT HERE
Blazers - Defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder in the First Round, 4-1. Defeated the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Semifinals, 4-3.
Warriors - Defeated the Los Angeles Clippers in the First Round, 4-2. Defeated the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference Semifinals, 4-2.
HEAD-TO-HEAD REGULAR SEASON RESULTS
November 23 (at Golden St.) - Warriors 125, Blazers 97
Strong 2nd quarter propels Warriors to home win
Blazers - Damian Lillard 23 pts; Zach Collins 9 reb; Damian Lillard 8 ast
Warriors - Quinn Cook/Jordan Bell 26 pts; Kevin Durant 9 reb; Kevin Durant/Jordan Bell 7 ast
December 27 (at Golden St.) - Blazers 110, Warriors 109
Blazers skim Warriors by a single point in overtime
Blazers - Jusuf Nurkic 27 pts; Al-Farouq Aminu/Jusuf Nurkic 12 reb; Damian Lillard 5 ast
Warriors - Stephen Curry 29 pts; Draymond Green 11 reb; Kevin Durant 11 ast
December 29 (at Portland) - Warriors 115, Blazers 105
Warriors go up in first half; hold off Blazers in second half
Warriors - Klay Thompson 32 pts; Draymond Green 9 reb; Stephen Curry 8 ast
Blazers - Damian Lillard 40 pts; Jusuf Nurkic 10 reb; Jusuf Nurkic 7 ast
February 13 - (at Portland) - Blazers 129, Warriors 107
Eight Blazers hit double figure scoring in rout of Warriors
Warriors - Stephen Curry/Kevin Durant 32 pts; Jordan Bell 9 rec; Klay Thompson 8 ast
Blazers - Damian Lillard 29 pts; Jusuf Nurkic 11 reb; Damian Lillard 8 ast
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS
CJ McCollum scored 37 points in the Blazers' game 7 win over the Nuggets in the Western Conference Semifinals.
Blazers guard Damian Lillard finished ninth in the league in scoring this season at 25.8 points per game, while backcourt mate CJ McCollum came in at 26th with 21.0 points per game. They will look for third and fourth possible options in forwards Maurice Harkless and Al-Farouq Aminu for boosts. Starting center Jusef Nurkic is out for the remainder of the playoffs with a compound fracture in his left leg suffered on March 27. Enes Kanter, who was picked up off waivers in late February, has been starting in the place of Nurkic. Kanter is a stellar offensive rebounder. The Blazers are supported off the bench by forward Rodney Hood and center Zach Collins. Hood went down with a knee bruise in their game 7 win over the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Semifinals, but is expected to play in this series.
The Blazers were founded in 1970 and are the first of the 1970-71 expansion teams to win an NBA Championship, which they earned in 1977. They played in the NBA Finals again in 1990 and 1992, but were defeated by the Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls, respectively. The Cleveland Cavaliers won their first championship in 2015-16. The third expansion team from that year, the Buffalo Braves, relocated to San Diego and then to Los Angeles as the Clippers and have yet to win an NBA title. The Blazers have been located in Portland during their entire 49-year tenure in the NBA. Lillard is the fourth Blazer to have been awarded NBA Rookie of the Year honors, winning unanimously following the 2012-13 season. The other Blazers to have that honor are Geoff Petrie (1970-71), Sydney Wicks (1971-72) and Brandon Roy (2006-07). The Blazers have qualified for the playoffs in 34 of their 48 seasons, including a 21-year streak from 1977 to 1997. Portland is making its sixth consecutive playoff appearance and 35th as a franchise. The Blazers and Portland are nicknamed "Rip City," after an exclamation made by original team broadcaster Bill Schonley following a swish made jumper by Jim Barnett against the Los Angeles Lakers early into their 1970-71 inaugural season. Former Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Bucks head coach Terry Stotts is in his seventh season at the helm of the Blazers. He has a 325-249 regular season record and is 19-27 in the playoffs with the team.
ROSTER
HEAD COACH
Terry Stotts (Oklahoma)
ASSISTANT COACHES
David Vanterpool (St. Bonaventure)
Nate Tibbetts (South Dakota)
Dale Osbourne (South Alabama)
John McCullough (Oklahoma)
Jim Moran (William & Mary)
ATHLETIC TRAINER
Geoff Clark (Oregon St.)
TEAM STATISTICS REGULAR SEASON - PER GAME
Points - 114.7
Rebounds - 48.0
Assists - 23.0
Steals - 6.7
Blocks - 5.0
Turnovers - 13.8
FG - 46.7%
3pt - 35.9%
FT - 80.0%
PLAYOFF STATISTICS - PER GAME
Points - 111.2
Rebounds - 46.7
Assists - 18.3
Steals - 6.9
Blocks - 5.6
Turnovers - 12.3
FG - 44.0%
3pt - 35.9%
FT - 76.4%
TEAM STATISTICS THIS SEASON VERSUS WARRIORS - PER GAME
Points - 110.3
Rebounds - 46.8
Assists - 21.0
Steals - 6.3
Blocks - 3.5
Turnovers - 11.3
FG - 41.4%
3pt - 35.6%
FT - 77.2%
INDIVIDUAL REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS
GOLDEN ST. WARRIORS
Stephen Curry scored all of his 33 points in the second half Warriors deciding game 6 win over the Rockets in the Western Conference Semifinals.
The Warriors were paced in the regular season by guard Stephen Curry's 27.3 points per game, Kevin Durant's 26.0 and Klay Thompson's 21.5. They ranked fifth, eighth and 18th in the league, respectively. Like the Blazers, the Warriors are no strangers to shooting the ball from beyond the three-point line. Durant missed the Warriors game 6 series-winning game against the Rockets in the Western Conference Semifinals with a calf injury. He already is listed out for game 1 of this series and possibly beyond. Center DeMarcus Cousins is expected to miss the beginning of this series with a quadriceps injury. Center Damian Jones expected back at some point early in the series. The Warriors will look for strong play from forwards Draymond Green and Andre Iguodala at least during the first part of this series and perhaps beyond.
The Warriors are one of the original NBA teams, having been founded in 1946 as the Philadelphia Warriors. The owners named the team after the Philadelphia Warriors, a former team which played in the American Basketball League in 1925. They won the Championship in that first season of the league, known then as the Basketball Association of America. They won the NBA Championship in 1956. The franchise relocated to San Francisco in 1962 and officially changed its moniker to the Golden St. Warriors in 1971. After having played for the past 48 seasons at Oracle Arena in Oakland, the team is expected to move to a new arena, the Chase Center, in San Francisco next season. In addition to their two championships in Philadelphia, the Warriors also won NBA titles in 1975, 2015, 2017 and 2018. Eighteen former Warriors players and four head coaches have been inducted into the NBA Hall of fame; most notably center Wilt Chamberlain, forwards Rick Barry and Chris Mullin, and guard Mitch Richmond, as well as head coach Don Nelson, who served two stints with the team. Former NBA guard Steve Kerr is in his fifth season as head coach of the Warriors. He has a 410-322 record during the regular season and 71-24 record in the playoffs (entering this series). Kerr won championships as a player in 1996, 1997 and 1998 with the Chicago Bulls, and in 1999 and 2003 with the San Antonio Spurs.
ROSTER
HEAD COACH
Steve Kerr (Arizona)
ASSISTANT COACHES
Ron Adams (Fresno Pacific)
Mike Brown (San Diego)
Jarron Collins (Stanford)
Chris MeMarco (Dominican U CA)
Bruce Fraser (Arizona)
Willie Green (Detroit Mercy)
HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER
Drew Yoder (Kansas St.)
TEAM STATISTICS REGULAR SEASON - PER GAME
Points - 117.7
Rebounds - 46.2
Assists - 29.4
Steals - 7.6
Blocks - 6.4
Turnovers - 14.3
FG - 49.1%
3pt - 38.5%
FT - 80.1%
TEAM STATISTICS PLAYOFFS - PER GAME
Points - 118.1
Rebounds - 42.8
Assists - 28.3
Steals - 7.2
Blocks - 5.8
Turnovers - 14.1
FG - 48.6%
3pt - 37.2%
FT - 81.9%
TEAM STATISTICS THIS SEASON VERSUS BLAZERS - PER GAME
Points - 114.0
Rebounds - 48.3
Assists - 29.5
Steals - 7.8
Blocks - 8.0
Turnovers - 12.8
FG - 46.7%
3pt - 39.6%
FT - 74.0%
INDIVIDUAL REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS
FRANCHISES' HEAD-TO-HEAD PLAYOFF HISTORY
Despite the Warriors and Blazers each being around for several decades, they did not meet in the playoffs until three seasons ago. Perhaps ironically, this will be the third playoffs meeting between the teams in four seasons. The Warriors defeated the Blazers in five games in the Western Conference Semifinals in 2016, and swept the Blazers in the First Round in 2017. Below are the individual game results from those two series.
2015-16 Western Conference Semifinals - Warriors win series 4-1
Game 1 (May 1 at Golden St.) - Warriors 118, Blazers 106
Game 2 (May 3 at Golden St.) - Warriors 110, Blazers 99
Game 3 (May 7 at Portland) - Blazers 120, Warriors 108
Game 4 (May 9 at Portland) - Warriors 132, Blazers 125 - OT
Game 5 (May 11 at Golden St.) - Warriors 125, Blazers 121
2016-17 Western Conference First Round - Warriors win series 4-0
Game 1 (April 16 at Golden St.) - Warriors 121, Blazers 108
Game 2 (April 19 at Golden St.) - Warriors 110, Blazers 81
Game 3 (April 22 at Portland) - Warriors 119, Blazers 113
Game 4 (April 24 at Portland) - Warriors 128, Blazers 103
SERIES NOTES
-The Blazers Seth Curry and the Warriors Stephen Curry are the first set of brothers to ever face off in a NBA Conference Finals.
-This is the Blazers first trip to the Western Conference Finals since 2000 when they were defeated by the Los Angeles Lakers, 4-3.
-Two former Blazers head coaches, Rick Adelman and P.J. Carlisemo, have gone on to serve as head coaches of the Warriors.
-Warriors current head coach, Steve Kerr, played for the Blazers from 2001 to 2002.
-The Warriors have made the Western Conference Finals each of the past five seasons. They've won the NBA Championship three of the past four seasons.
-Warriors guard Kay Thompson's father, Mychal Thompson, was the first overall pick by the Blazers in the 1978 NBA Draft.
-Warriors forward Kevin Durant began his career with the Seattle Supersonics/Oklahoma City Thunder; the team the Blazers defeated in the First Round of this year's playoffs, four games to one.
-The Portland nickname, "Rip City" was coined by former Blazers radio play-by-play broadcaster and current team ambassador Bill Schonley during the team's inaugural season. During the Blazers first home game against the Los Angeles Lakers, on November 3, 1970, forward Jim Barnett swished a jumper, prompting Schonley to exclaim "RIP CITY!" to the radio audience. The name has stuck for nearly five decades. Barnett is now the color analyst for the Warriors in-house television broadcasts.
2019 NBA PLAYOFF SERIES SCHEDULES AND RESULTS
Western Conference
CONFERENCE FINALS
Golden St. Warriors (1) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (3) - Warriors win series 4-0
Game 1: Tue, May 14 - Warriors (H) 116, Blazers 94
Game 2: Thr, May 16 - Warriors (H) 114, Blazers 111
Game 3: Sat., May 18 - Warriors 110, Blazers (H) 99
Game 4: Mon, May 20 - Warriors 119, Blazers (H) 117 - OT
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
Golden State Warriors (1) vs. Houston Rockets (4) - Warriors win series 4-2
Game 1: Sun, April 28 - Warriors (H) 104, Rockets 100
Game 2: Tue, April 30 - Warriors (H) 115, Rockets 109
Game 3: Sat, May 4 - Rockets (H) 126, Warriors 121 - OT
Game 4: Mon, May 6 - Rockets (H) 112, Warriors 108
Game 5: Wed, May 8 - Warriors (H) 104, Rockets 99
Game 6: Fri, May 10 - Warriors 118, Rockets (H) 113
Denver Nuggets (2) vs. Portland Trail Blazers (3) - Blazers win series 4-3
Game 1: Mon, April 29 - Nuggets (H) 121, Blazers 113
Game 2: Wed, May 1 - Blazers 97, Nuggets (H) 90
Game 3: Fri, May 3 - Blazers (H) 140, Nuggets 137 - 4OT
Game 4: Sun, May 5 - Nuggets 116, Blazers (H) 112
Game 5: Tue, May 7 - Nuggets (H) 124, Blazers 98
Game 6: Thu, May 9 - Blazers (H) 119, Nuggets 108
Game 7: Sun, May 12 - Blazers 110, Nuggets (H) 96
FIRST ROUND
Golden St. Warriors (1) vs. Los Angeles Clippers (8) - Warriors win series 4-2
Game 1: Sat, April 13 - Warriors (H) 121, Clippers 104
Game 1: Mon, April 15 - Clippers 135, Warriors (H) 131
Game 3: Thu, April 18 - Warriors 132 Clippers (H) 105
Game 4: Sun, April 21 - Warriors 113, Clippers (H) 105
Game 5: Wed, April 24 - Clippers 129, Warriors (H) 121
Game 6: Fri, April 26 - Warriors 129, Clippers (H) 110
Denver Nuggets (2) vs. San Antonio Spurs (7) - Nuggets win series 4-3
Game 1: Sat, April 13 - Spurs 101, Nuggets (H) 96
Game 2: Tue, April 16 - Nuggets (H) 114, Spurs 105
Game 3: Thu, April 18 - Spurs (H) 118, Nuggets 108
Game 4: Sat, April 20 - Nuggets 117, Spurs (H) 103
Game 5: Tue, April 23 - Nuggets (H) 108, Spurs 90
Game 6: Thu, April 25 - Spurs (H) 120, Nuggets 103
Game 7: Sat, April 27 - Nuggets (H) 90, Spurs 86
Portland Trail Blazers (3) vs. Oklahoma City Thunder (6) - Blazers win series 4-1
Game 1: Sun, April 14 - Blazers (H) 104, Thunder 99
Game 2: Tue, April 16 - Blazers (H) 114, Thunder 94
Game 3: Fri, April 19 - Thunder (H) 120, Blazers 108
Game 4: Sun, April 21 - Blazers 111, Thunder (H) 98
Game 5: Tue, April 23 - Blazers (H) 118, Thunder 115
Houston Rockets (4) vs. Utah Jazz (5) - Rockets win series 4-1
Game 1: Sun, April 14 - Rockets (H) 122, Jazz 90
Game 2: Wed, April 17 - Rockets (H) 118, Jazz 98
Game 3: Sat, April 20 - Rockets 104, Jazz (H) 101
Game 4: Mon, April 22 - Jazz (H) 107, Rockets 91
Game 5: Wed, April 24 - Rockets (H) 100, Jazz 93
Eastern Conference
CONFERENCE FINALS
Milwaukee Bucks (1) vs. Toronto Raptors (2) - Bucks lead series 2-1
Game 1: Wed, May 15 - Bucks (H) 108, Raptors 100
Game 2: Fri, May 17 - Bucks (H) 125, Raptors 103
Game 3: Sun, May 19 - Raptors (H) 118, Bucks 112 - 2OT
Game 4: Tue, May 21 - Bucks at Raptors, 5:30 p.m (TNT)
Game 5: Thr, May 23 - Raptors at Bucks, 5:30 p.m. (TNT)
*Game 6: Sat, May 25 - Bucks at Raptors, 5:30 p.m. (TNT)
*Game 7: Mon, May 27 - Raptors at Bucks, 5:30 p.m. (TNT)
*if necessary
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
Milwaukee Bucks (1) vs. Boston Celtics (4) - Bucks win series 4-1
Game 1: Sun, April 28 - Celtics 112, Bucks (H) 90
Game 2: Tue, April 30 - Bucks (H) 123, Celtics 102
Game 3: Fri, May 3 - Bucks 123, Celtics (H) 116
Game 4: Mon, May 6 - Bucks 113, Celtics (H) 101
Game 5: Wed, May 8 - Bucks (H) 116, Celtics 91
Toronto Raptors (2) vs. Philadelphia 76ers (3) - Raptors win series 4-3
Game 1: Sat, April 27 - Raptors (H) 108, 76ers 95
Game 2: Mon, April 29 - 76ers 94, Raptors (H) 89
Game 3: Thu, May 2 - 76ers (H) 116, Raptors 95
Game 4: Sun, May 5 - Raptors 101, 76ers (H) 96
Game 5: Tue, May 7 - Raptors (H) 125, 76ers 89
Game 6: Thu, May 9 - 76ers (H) 112, Raptors 101
Game 7: Sun, May 12 - Raptors (H) 92, 76ers 90
FIRST ROUND
Milwaukee Bucks (1) vs. Detroit Pistons (8) - Bucks win series 4-0
Game 1: Sun, April 14 - Bucks (H) 121, Pistons 86
Game 2: Wed, April 17 - Bucks (H) 120, Pistons 99
Game 3: Sat, April 20 - Bucks 119, Pistons (H) 103
Game 4: Mon, April 22 - Bucks 127, Pistons (H) 104
Toronto Raptors (2) vs. Orlando Magic (7) - Raptors win series 4-1
Game 1: Sat, April 13 - Magic 104, Raptors (H) 101
Game 2: Tue, April 16 - Raptors (H) 111, Magic 82
Game 3: Fri, April 19 - Raptors 98, Magic (H) 93
Game 4: Sun, April 21 - Raptors 107, Magic (H) 85
Game 5: Tue, April 23 - Raptors (H) 115, Magic 96
Philadelphia 76ers (3) vs. Brooklyn Nets (6) - 76ers win series 4-1
Game 1: Sat, April 13 - Nets 111, 76ers (H) 102
Game 2: Mon, April 15 -76ers (H) 145, Nets 123
Game 3: Thu, April 18 - 76ers 131, Nets (H) 115
Game 4: Sat, April 20 - 76ers 112, Nets (H) 108
Game 5: Tue, April 23 - 76ers (H) 122, Nets 100
Boston Celtics (4) vs. Indiana Pacers (5) - Celtics win series 4-0
Game 1: Sun, April 14 - Celtics (H) 84, Pacers 74
Game 2: Wed, April 17 - Celtics (H) 99, Pacers 91
Game 3: Fri, April 19 - Celtics 104, Pacers (H) 96
Game 4: Sun, April 21 - Celtics 110, Pacers (H) 106
All times Pacific. Home team in series is first one listed in the series header. Teams' conference rankings listed in the header in parenthesis. Some times and dates are subject to change. This will be updated as games become final.
PLAYOFF BRACKET
(via CBS Sports/updated by SCtoC staff)
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