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May 4, 2016
S Blazers
PORTS
Home for Games 4 and 5
Trail Blazers
guard Damian
Lillard drives
against Golden
State Warriors
guard Klay
Thompson
Sunday in Game
1 of the West-
ern Conference
Semiinals
in Oakland,
Calif. The
series moves
to Portland for
Games 4 and 5
on Saturday and
Monday.
After defeating the Los An-
geles Clippers in the irst round
of the NBA playoffs with a vic-
tory at home on Friday, coming
from a 2 game deicit to win
the series with 4 straight vic-
tories, the Portland Trail Blaz-
ers began the Western Confer-
ence Semiinal series Sunday
against top seeded Golden
State in Oakland.
Klay Thompson scored a
career-playoff-high 37 points,
Draymond Green notched
the second triple-double of
his postseason career, and the
Warriors dominated on the
glass and on the defensive end
to beat the Blazers, 118-106,
taking a 1-0 lead in the best-of-
seven series.
Golden State was scheduled
to host Game 2 Tuesday with
the series coming to Portland
for Games 3 and 4, Saturday,
May 7 at 5:30 p.m. and Mon-
day, May 9 at 7:30 p.m. If nec-
essary, remaining games will
be held Wednesday, May 11 at
Golden State; Friday, May 13
in Portland; and Monday, May
16 a Golden State.
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