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Page 2 May 1, 2019 Blazers guard Damian Lillard shoots over Denver center Nikola Jokic Monday in the first game of the second round playoff series. The Nuggets won 121-113. (AP photo) Blazers Begin Second Round Providing Insurance and Financial Services Home Office, Bloomington, Illinois 61710 Ernest J. Hill, Jr. Agent 311 NE Killingsworth St, Portland, OR 97211 503 286 1103 Fax 503 286 1146 ernie.hill.h5mb@statefarm.com 24 Hour Good Neighbor Service R State Farm R (AP) —The Denver Nuggets rode a 37-point performance from center Nikola Jokic to a 121-113 win over the well-rested Portland Trail Blazers Monday night in the opener of their second-round playoff series, despite Damian Lillard’s strong 39-point effort and Enes Katner’s formative re- turn. Lillard, who struck for 50 points, including a 37-footer at the Shout it out for the Franklin High Lightning. The southeast Portland school has made a decision on the likely name for their new mascot. A selection committee has picked Lightning over two other finalists, the Ambassadors and the Thunderbolts. The school board is expected to vote on the nickname Owner, Operator in June. Franklin had to cut its old nickname – Quakers – when the board updated school naming pol- icies last year, forbidding names deemed discriminatory or too re- ligious. The Lightning keeps a connec- tion with Benjamin Franklin, the school’s namesake. Established 1970 USPS 959 680 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 CALL 503-288-0033 • FAX 503-288-0015 A full service flower experience Cori Stewart-- P ublisher : e ditor : • Birthdays • Anniversaries • Funerals • Weddings Mark Washington, Sr. Michael Leighton A dvertising M AnAger : Office Manager/Classifieds: C reAtive d ireCtor : Open: Mon.-Fri. 7:30am til 5:30pm Saturday 9am til 2pm. Website: avalonflowerspdx.com email: avalonflowers@msn.com We Offer Wire Services points with nine minutes left, but Jokic sank a pair of free throws off CJ McCollum’s flagrant foul sandwiched by a pair of dunks by Mason Plumlee as Denver pushed its lead back to double digits at 107-96. Game two in the best-of-seven series is Wednesday at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Games three and four will be on Friday and Sunday in Portland. Franklin Picks Lightning for Mascot Avalon Flowers 520 SW 3rd Ave., Portland, OR 97204 • 503-796-9250 buzzer to oust Oklahoma City in five games, missed 8 of 12 3-point attempts and Gary Harris blocked his 3 from behind in the closing minute to keep the Trail Blazers from closing in. Kanter separated his left shoul- der in Game 5 against the Thunder but scored 26 points in his return to the lineup. Back-to-back layups by Lil- lard pulled Portland to within five r ePorter /W eb e ditor : Lucinda Baldwin Paul Neufeldt The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. Man- uscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed envelope. All creat- ed design display ads become the sole property of the newspa- per and cannot be used in other publications or personal usage without the written consent of the general manager, unless the client has purchased the composition of such ad. © 2008 THE PORTLAND OBSERVER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, RE- PRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT PER- MISSION IS PROHIBITED. The Portland Observer--Oregon’s Oldest Multicultural Publication--is a member of the National Newspaper Association--Founded in 1885, and The National Advertising Representative Amalgamated Publishers, Inc, New York, NY, and The West Coast Black Pub- lishers Association. Danny Peterson P ubliC r elAtions : Mark PO QR code Leonard Latin “Something that we felt to be very important part of the process is the connection Ben Franklin to the mascot name, and so knowing the impact he’s had regards to his experiments, in particular with electricity and lightning, we thought it was a definite connection,” said Prin- cipal Chris Frazier. Washington Jr. o ffiCe A ssistAnt /s Ales : Shawntell Washington news@portlandobserver.com • ads@portlandobserver.comn • subscription@portlandobserver.com Postmaster: Send address changes to Portland Observer , PO Box 3137 , Portland, OR 97208
