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Wednesday, May 22, 2019
East Oregonian
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Trail Blazers’ cohesiveness helped them to conference finals
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
PORTLAND — The
Portland Trail Blazers faced
a number of challenges on
the journey to their first
Western Conference finals
in 19 years.
But there was one they
couldn’t overcome: The
Golden State Warriors.
Portland’s run in the play-
offs, which captured fans’
imaginations after Damian
Lillard’s
buzzer-beat-
ing 3-pointer to clinch the
opening-round series over
the Thunder, ended with
a sweep by the defending
champions.
“We put together a great
season and we put our-
selves in position to go to
the Finals,” Lillard said. “I
think every other team in
the league would wish they
could be in our shoes; not
only making the playoffs
but playing for an opportu-
nity to get a chance to go to
the Finals. We just ran up on
a team who has been there
the last four years.”
Portland was coming
off two straight seasons
that ended with first-round
playoff sweeps. The team,
which had surprisingly little
turnover over those years,
came into the season unified
and determined to take the
next step.
But before the first game
was played, the Blazers
were hit by the death of
owner Paul Allen after a
battle with non-Hodgkins
lymphoma. The co-founder
of Microsoft was a hands-on
owner and a familiar face at
the Moda Center, and Port-
land dedicated its season to
him.
Injuries would chal-
lenge the Blazers down
the stretch. Lillard’s back-
court partner CJ McCol-
lum missed 10 games with a
knee injury.
But it was center Jusuf
Nurkic’s injury that caused
the most concern going
into the playoffs. Portland’s
7-foot big man broke his
left leg after crashing awk-
wardly in an overtime vic-
tory at home over the Brook-
lyn Nets on March 25.
Nurkic was averag-
ing 15.6 points and 10.4
rebounds a game and many
considered Portland’s play-
off prospects dim without
him.
Fortunately, the Blazers
were able to turn to Enes
Kanter, who was waived by
the New York Knicks fol-
lowing the trade deadline
and signed by Portland for
the rest of the season. Kanter
AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer
Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard, right, shoots near Golden State Warriors for-
ward Jordan Bell during the first half of Game 4 of the NBA Western Conference Finals on
Monday in Portland.
averaged 13.1 points and 8.6
rebounds in 23 regular-sea-
son games with the Blazers,
including eight starts.
Portland finished 53-29
and clinched the third seed
in the Western Conference,
earning home court for the
first round — and a series
with the Thunder. The Blaz-
ers wrapped that series up
in five games — capped by
Lillard’s walkoff 3-pointer.
But even in the playoffs
the Blazers couldn’t escape
misfortune. Kanter sepa-
rated his left shoulder in the
final game against Okla-
homa City. He was ques-
tionable for the conference
semifinals against Den-
ver but played, although he
often winced in pain.
Jonathan Yim, Portland’s
video coordinator and player
development coach, was in a
serious car accident before
the series with the Nuggets.
The Blazers coaching staff
wore bow ties in his honor
in Game 2.
That series went to
seven games, with the Blaz-
ers sealing their date with
Golden State on Denver’s
home court.
The Warriors were sim-
ply too much for the Blaz-
ers, climbing back from
double-digit deficits in each
of the final three games. Lil-
lard played with separated
ribs in the final two.
The team’s on-court
leader, Lillard averaged 25.8
points and 6.9 assists and
earned his fourth All-Star
nod during the regular sea-
son. He averaged 33 points
in the opening round against
the Thunder, but his produc-
tion fell against Denver and
Golden State when he was
double-teamed.
Lillard said the past few
seasons of relative stability
— after four of Portland’s
five starters moved on to
other teams in 2015 — have
bonded the team.
“Each year we’ve come
back with the right attitude,”
Lillard said Tuesday. “We’ve
been able to stick together
through a lot of adversity
and I think just what we’ve
hung our hats on, what
we’ve believed in, our cul-
ture, the togetherness, we’ve
been able to truly build on
that. And I think we should
be encouraged.”
Lillard could be in line
for a hefty raise in the off-
season. If he is named to
one of the postseason’s All-
NBA teams, he’ll qualify for
a supermax contract exten-
sion worth $191 million. Lil-
lard has two years remain-
ing on his current contract.
Asked about the pros-
pects of a big extension, Lil-
lard laughed and said: “I
don’t understand why that’s
even a question.”
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