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Portland Trail Blazers – Logo Lillard Ends Oklahoma City’s Season, Sends Portland To The Second Round

April 25, 2019 Casey Mabbott Comments Off

Well dear readers, your fighting Portland Trail Blazers are officially playoff series winners and are on to the semi-finals! With Damian Lillard’s impossibly long range shot (37 feet!) over Paul George finding the net as […]

And Then He Waved – Damian Lillard’s Retribution Story

April 24, 2019 Katie Thompson Comments Off

I was 20 years old when the Portland Trail Blazers drafted Damian Lillard in 2012, the 6th pick in the draft and retribution for the Greg Oden and Brandon Roy heartbreak from years before. The […]

“Forget Those Guys, And Go Blazers” – Why Every Seattle NBA Fan Should Root For Portland Over Oklahoma City

April 19, 2019 Nick Bartlett Comments Off

So it’s that time of year again. The NBA playoffs are in full swing, and the city of Seattle is still left without a basketball franchise to root for. For die-hard Seattle SuperSonics fans, this […]

Portland Trail Blazers – With Rip City Up 2-0, Series Shifts To Oklahoma City For Pivotal Game 3

April 18, 2019 Casey Mabbott Comments Off

Well dear readers, your fighting Portland Trail Blazers are not just back in the playoffs, but they are back as playoff winners and as a result must be taken seriously. If you turned 30 this […]

A Series Of Mind Games – Previewing Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Portland Trail Blazers

April 12, 2019 Jared Wright Comments Off

After an arduous and punishing season of 82 games, the 2019 NBA Playoffs are about to begin. The field includes the Portland Trail Blazers as the Western Conference’s third seed, and their opponent is a […]

Betting Blazers 101 – How Vegas Sees Portland vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

April 12, 2019 Bryant Knox Comments Off

The Portland Trail Blazers will host the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday in Game 1 of the 2019 NBA Playoffs, and while the basketball world at large will have eyes for Damian Lillard vs. Russell […]

Portland Trail Blazers Western Conference And Championship Playoff Odds

April 11, 2019 Sam Shefrin Comments Off

Can Portland Blaze a Trail to the NBA Finals, and Win? The problem for NBA Western Conference playoff seeds two through five isn’t whether or not they have a strong chance to win the NBA […]

2018-19 NBA Season Review, Part II – Blazers, Rockets, Nuggets Among West’s Ready To Challenge Warriors

April 10, 2019 Jared Wright Comments Off

Welcome to Part 2 of the end-of-season NBA Review. Part 1 is here, if you like laughing at losers as much as I do. The 15 teams that have clinched playoff spots as of Tuesday […]

LeBron x Jay-Z, PG x J. Cole – 2018-19 All-NBA Teams And Their Rap Comparisons

April 10, 2019 Jarreau Brown Comments Off

Each year a group of writers come together to decide who mattered in the NBA. The All-NBA team really is the telltale sign of who had great seasons. More importantly, it’s the deciding factor not […]

2018-19 NBA Season Review, Part I – D-Wade’s Goodbye, LeBron-less Playoffs & Other Storylines For 15 Of League’s 30 Teams

April 9, 2019 Jared Wright Comments Off

As the jockeying for playoff position, tanking for lottery ping-pong balls, and strategic “load management” goes on during the final three days of the NBA regular season, it seems like a good time to reflect […]