May 15, 2019
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INSIDE L O C A L N E W S
The
Week in Review
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CJ McCollum was unstoppable as the Blazers beat the Denver Nuggets on Sunday in Denver to
advance to the NBA Western Conference Finals against the Golden State Warriors. (AP photo)
Blazers in West Finals
Viewing party set
up at Rose Quarter
A surprise trip to the NBA Western Conference
Finals has Blazermania in overdrive.
The series has Portland’s sensational guard Da-
mian Lillard returning to his hometown of Oakland;
and two brothers from opposing sides named Curry
facing each other in a NBA conference finals for the
first time, highlighting some key matchups.
The best-of-seven series was scheduled to begin
Tuesday evening in Denver with the outcome too
late for press time. The series continues in Denver
Thursday night before moving to Portland for games
three and four on Saturday and Monday.
The Blazers advanced to the Western Conference
finals for the first time since 2000 with an incredi-
ble road win in the seventh game of the conference
semi-finals. CJ McCollum scored 37 points to help
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Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
M ETRO
the Trail Blazers overcame a 17-point first-half defi-
cit to beat the Denver Nuggets 100-96 on Sunday.
In the new series, Golden State’s Stephen
“Steph” Curry, one of the NBA’s biggest stars, faces
his brother, Seth Curry of the Trail Blazers a key
contributor off the Portland bench who has been
shooting from the three-point line better in the play-
offs than his older and more famous brother. The
matchup has the Curry parents, Sonya and Dell, en-
joying the series from the sidelines and having the
times of their lives.
Fans were given an opportunity to watch the first
two road games from a big TV screen and viewing
party at the Rose Quarter for free. The entire West-
ern series will be on ESPN and not available to over-
the-air broadcasts.
If the best-of-seven series goes beyond four
games, they will be played Wednesday, May 22 at
Golden State; Friday, May 24 at Portland and Sun-
day, May 26 at Golden State.
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C ALENDAR
O PINION
C LASSIFIEDS
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Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors (left) faces his brother Seth Curry of the Portland Trail
Blazers in the NBA Western Conference Finals. (AP photo)
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