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Blazers Over Cavaliers – New Big Three Needs More Time
It’s going to take a while before the Cleveland Cavaliers in their big three era, which includes LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love, click and fulfill their enormous potential. The long road they need to go through was highlighted in a 101-82 loss against the Portland Trail Blazers, a much more ‘ready’ team, finally getting a big game out of Damian Lillard.
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Portland Trail Blazers – Russell Westbrook Alone Can’t Beat Them
It was very predictable to see Russell Westbrook trying to beat the Portland Trail Blazers on his own. It’s safe to say that the plan of him against the rest of the world isn’t going to work out on most occasions.
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Portland Trail Blazers – LaMarcus Aldridge Might Not be Telling the Truth
Without a lot of cap space to make new signings or any draft picks, the Portland Trail Blazers were focused on extending the contract of LaMarcus Aldridge as their big news of the offseason. The problem is that their big star wants to wait until he becomes a free agent next year, although he promises he’s not planning on playing anywhere else.
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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 – Delaying the Inevitable
The Portland Trail Blazers believe that they can become the first team in NBA history to overturn a 0-3 start to a playoff series and come out victorious. It certainly looked like that confidence was a driving force in their 103-92 win over the San Antonio Spurs, who still lead this series 3-1.
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San Antonio Spurs – Too Easy Means Boring
Things shouldn’t go so smoothly for anyone in the conference semifinals, but the San Antonio Spurs are made from a different mold. There’s been nothing the Portland Trail Blazers have been able to do to slow them down, specifically having problems with Tony Parker who is having an excellent series which might be the result of all that rest he got during the last month of the regular season, leading his team to a 118-103 win and a 3-0 lead in the series.
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San Antonio Spurs – Confident in Their Superiority
Right now? This is looking like a sweep. The San Antonio Spurs keep coming up with new ways to make the Portland Trail Blazers feel and look like they don’t belong at this stage of the playoffs, beating them 114-97 through a dominant performance from Kawhi Leonard and Manu Ginobili, taking a 2-0 lead in the series.
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Houston Rockets – Jeremy Lin Can’t Fix What James Harden Ruins
Leading your team in scoring doesn’t mean you aren’t hurting your team. James Harden was awful in overtime and too wasteful for most of the game as the Houston Rockets lost home court advantage with a series opening loss at home, that was almost prevented by Jeremy Lin, who once again wasn’t used enough which didn’t stop him from coming through in overtime, although it wasn’t enough.
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Portland Trail Blazers – LaMarcus Aldridge Makes Them Believe
The Golden State Warriors continue to look like a team that isn’t going very far no matter how many points Stephen Curry scores while the Portland Trail Blazers have been hit with a jolt of lightning named LaMarcus Aldridge, leading them to a 119-117 win and feeling a lot more confident heading into the playoffs.
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Portland Trail Blazers – Damian Lillard & LaMarcus Aldridge Carrying the Load
One of the goals this season for the Portland Trail Blazers was to improve as a team, which meant a better bench and obviously making the playoffs. Despite offseason changes and the postseason they’ll finally be back to, they’re still overly dependent on Damian Lillard and LaMarcus Aldridge, which isn’t such a bad thing against bad teams like the Los Angeles Lakers, coming away with the 124-112 win.