Billionaire
Vanport
Wipes Out Debt Mosaic Honors,
of Entire Class
Confronts Past
‘City
of
Roses’
Volume XLVIII • Number 19
A stunning gift
for Morehouse
College grads
See story, page 2
Series of events
to kick off annual
observance
See Metro, page 8
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Wednesday • May 22, 2019
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Parkrose Coach Keanon Lowe
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry celebrates as he runs next to Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum at the
end of Game 4 of the NBA basketball playoffs Western Conference finals on Monday at the Moda Center. The Warriors won
119-117 in overtime. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
West Finals Finish
Blazers test champions, but still get swept
The Golden State Warriors swept their
way to a fifth straight NBA Finals, getting
triple-doubles from Stephen Curry and
Draymond Green in a 119-117 overtime
victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on
Monday night at the Moda Center.
Green had 18 points, 14 rebounds and 11
assists, and made a key 3-pointer in over-
time. Curry added 37 points, 12 rebounds
and 11 assists. He and Green became the
first teammates to have triple-doubles in
the same playoff game.
Damian Lillard, playing with separated
ribs, had 28 points and 12 assists for Port-
land. He missed a 3-point attempt as time
ran out in the extra period. Meyers Leonard
added a career-high 30 points along with
12 rebounds.
The Warriors were up 114-113 in the ex-
tra period after Green missed the first of a
pair of free throws. CJ McCollum’s jump-
er from out front briefly gave Portland the
lead but Alfonzo McKinnie’s basket put
Golden State back ahead and Green made
a 3-pointer to push it to 119-115 with 39
seconds left.
Lillard made a layup and Curry missed a
jumper to give Portland back the ball. Fac-
ing stifling defense from both Green and
Klay Thompson, Lillard couldn’t get off a
shot but the ball went out of bounds in the
scramble. The Blazers got it back with 3.3
seconds left but Lillard’s final shot didn’t
fall.
For the third straight game the Trail
Blazers led at the half. They stretched the
lead to 17 points in the third quarter, but
the Warriors went on a 12-0 run to close
within 95-90 early in the final period.
Green’s long baseline jumper gave the
Warriors a 108-106 lead with 3:30 left.
Lillard’s 3-pointer put the Blazers back
ahead and Leonard’s dunk extended it
to 111-108 with just under 2 minutes to
go.
After Thompson’s 3-pointer tied it up
again both Curry and Lillard missed 3s.
Curry made a 3 from the corner with 10.7
seconds left but he was called for travel-
ing first and it didn’t count.
Lillard’s layup bounced around the rim
and out and the game went to overtime.
Lillard separated his ribs in Game 2
but was playing through the pain. He av-
eraged 33 points in the first-round play-
off series against Oklahoma City, hitting
a series-clinching 3-pointer in Game 5,
but he struggled against Golden State’s
defensive focus on him.
--Associated Press
Parkrose
Coach a
True Hero
Brave response averts
school shooting
d anny P eterson
t he P ortland o bserver
The shock was
still in the air as
students at Park-
rose High School
returned to cam-
pus this week
even as one of its
staff members is
being hailed as a
hero for tackling
an armed student
Angel Granados-Diaz
at the northeast
charged
Portland school
Friday, prevent-
ing what could have been a tragic school
shooting.
Though no injuries came of the incident,
a team of counselors and extra police offi-
cers were on hand to help put students at
ease as classes resumed Monday morning.
by
C ontinued on P age 4