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Portland Trail Blazers – It’s Next Year or Never
This was a good season for the Portland Trail Blazers, but not a great one. Having LaMarcus Aldridge and Damian Lillard wasn’t enough without bench or an offensive plan that didn’t involve taking contested jump shots. While young teams usually seem like they’ll stick around forever and just improve, this franchise is going to have some big decisions to make over the next couple of seasons in order to try and remain on the upward curve, which hopefully ends up with them contending for a title.
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Portland Trail Blazers – Damian Lillard Does More Than Score
The Portland Trail Blazers are incomplete as long as LaMarcus Aldridge remains injured, but they’re close to their best when Damian Lillard changes his game a bit to become more of a passing point guard, as it seemed to make quite the difference in a 116-103 win over the Washington Wizards.
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Portland Trail Blazers – Looking Nice While Stopping the Slide
Win or lose, the Portland Trail Blazers are a fun team to watch, and it’s a good thing to have them back in the playoffs, trying to succeed with the odds stacked against them because their playing style, especially when LaMarcus Aldridge isn’t playing, simply isn’t going to be good enough to make it far in the postseason. At least Damian Lillard, Wesley Matthews and Nicolas Batum make it worth watching.
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Portland Trail Blazers – The Best Season Ever
This season is turning into a very special one for the Portland Trail Blazers: They’ve already matches their win total from last season at 33, and have reached that mark faster than any other season in franchise history.
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Portland Trail Blazers – LaMarcus Aldridge Proving a Point
It doesn’t really matter what it was that energized LaMarcus Aldridge to put on a special performance to lead the Portland Trail Blazers in a 110-105 win over the Denver Nuggets, which also included Damian Lillard pulling off the best dunk of the season so far.
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Blazers vs Spurs – Still Impossible to Decide Who the Best in the West is
Another big game from the Portland Trail Blazers against a potential playoff rival on the road, showing that they’re more than just a passing trend. Beating the San Antonio Spurs 109-100 is something of a declaration of intent, and it shouldn’t be surprising to anyone if we see this bunch still hanging around in late May and early June.
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Clippers vs Trail Blazers – Nothing to Cry About This Time
Sometimes a loss is exactly what it seems to be. No unlawful ejections, no fouls that Doc Rivers whines about when the game is over. Nicolas Batum hit one big shot to send the game between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Los Angeles Clippers into overtime, before LaMarcus Aldridge sealed the deal despite a huge night from Chris Paul and Blake Griffin.
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Damian Lillard Won’t Stop Hitting Game Winning Shots
When you’re hot, you’re hot, and it has nothing to do with set plays, schemes or a coaches plan. Damian Lillard pulled up from very deep in order to give the Portland Trail Blazers another last second victory, this time knocking a game-winning three pointer over Kyrie Irving to put his foot down and decide the duel between the two point guards, while the Blazers left with the 119-116 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Portland Trail Blazers – LaMarcus Aldridge Keeps Rising to The Occasion
The Portland Trail Blazers keep relying on their excellent offense to pull them through the big games, but more than anyone else it’s LaMarcus Aldridge who is getting the job done, putting up another huge night of scoring and rebounding, carrying a misfiring Damian Lillard to the finish line, beating the Houston Rockers 111-104.
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Portland Trail Blazers – LaMacrus Aldridge Isn’t Slowing Down
The Utah Jazz haven’t been the easiest team to get wins against since Trey Burke got injured, but they didn’t have enough against the Portland Trail Blazers, easily relying on LaMarcus Aldridge who never disappoints, leading the team to their best start in over 20 years.