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Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic continues to show support for his teammates, who will attempt to win Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals against the Golden State Warriors Saturday night. Nurkic came into Moda Center tonight wearing a CJ McCollum-Game of Thrones jacket, signifying that he wants him to take the charge and […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have one mission in Game 3: avoid doing down 0-3 against the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference Finals. Head coach Terry Stotts emphasized that during his pre-game media availability, citing that they need to play with more urgency because going down to a three-to-nothing deficit doesn’t bode well for […]

The Portland Trail Blazers held a lead for the majority of crunch-time in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals, and, despite a final blow-out result, were well within striking distance of the Golden State Warriors entering the fourth quarter of Game 1. Yes, the heavily-favored Warriors currently lead the Blazers 2-0, but that hardly […]

Portland Trail Blazers guard Seth Curry recently said the Golden State Warriors are harder to guard without Kevin Durant because the ball moves more. Durant, who is currently sidelined with a right calf strain, saw the comment and reacted to it on Instagram. The two-time Finals MVP said “Hell no.” pic.twitter.com/awT9V5vVpO — Ali Thanawalla (@Ali_Thanawalla) […]

Despite leading the Western Conference Finals 2-0, Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr admitted that he’s having a hard time dealing with the Portland Trail Blazers backcourt of Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum. “They are one of the best backcourts in the league. They are a nightmare,” Kerr said, per NBC Sports Northwest. After […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr says DeMarcus Cousins is ahead of Kevin Durant in his rehab. Cousins suffered a torn left quad in Game 2 of the first round against the Los Angeles Clippers. Kerr says Cousins is ahead of Durant in terms of his ability to get out on the court and […]

Kevin Durant might be absent from the court during the last three games after suffering a strained calf injury in the third quarter of Game 5 of the Western Conference Semifinals, yet the Golden State Warriors leading scorer is still present in mind. According to Draymond Green, it was Durant’s outside perception that ultimately pepped-talked […]

Charles Barkley has been very gung-ho about the Milwaukee Bucks during these playoffs, and he once again made the prediction that the Bucks will be the 2019 NBA champions. This is a prediction he has made several times during this postseason: "I think they're going to win the world championship." —Charles Barkley on the Bucks […]

Thanks in large part to the outstanding second half play of Stephen Curry, the Golden State Warriors managed to walk away from Thursday night’s Western Conference Finals matchup against the Portland Trail Blazers with a 114-111 victory. As a result, the Dubs are now leading the series, 2-0. The Warriors were trailing the Blazers by […]

Draymond Green has been the catalyst he was expected to be for the Golden State Warriors this postseason, and no effort was more visible than his master class on defense in Game 2 against the Portland Trail Blazers. Enough to call himself the best defender of all time. Perhaps so: “The best ever defender?” Green […]

The endless mind games between siblings Seth Curry and Stephen Curry were on full display during the Golden State Warriors’ Game 2 win at Oracle Arena. The Portland Trail Blazers guard knocked down a clutch 3-pointer right in front of his brother and picked his pocket from behind, but his greatest attempt to get in […]

Thursday’s Game 2 was bound to be a disappointing night for the Golden State Warriors, who quickly saw themselves trailing the Portland Trail Blazers 65-50 at halftime and in need of answers. The Dubs got those answers in the next two quarters and pulled off a 114-111 win to defend their home court advantage and […]

Golden State Warriors center Kevon Looney has played a key role in these playoffs, and he was at it again in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals against the Portland Trail Blazers. Looney played 29 big minutes off the bench in a 114-111 Warriors victory, and he was part of a dominant lineup in […]

Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard wasn’t able to get a potential game-tying shot off in the final seconds of Game 2 against the Golden State Warriors thanks to Andre Iguodala’s savvy strip, which preserved a 114-111 Warriors victory. However, Lillard thinks there was plenty of contact made and that a foul should’ve been called: […]

Golden State Warriors veteran forward Andre Iguodala put the finishing touches on the Warriors’ come-from-behind victory over the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals, stripping Blazers star Damian Lillard in the final seconds to secure the 114-111 win. After the game, Iguodala was caught on ESPN making a NSFW exclamation […]

The Golden State Warriors were able to take a 2-0 series lead over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday, and head coach Steve Kerr feels his team got away with one. The Warriors managed to overcome a slow start to rally late and secure the 114-111 victory. According to Mark Medina of The Mercury News, […]

The biggest storyline surrounding the Western Conference Finals has been the matchup between brothers Stephen Curry and Seth Curry. The Golden State Warriors’ star admitted that while he is looking to put the Portland Trail Blazers away as soon as possible, he would not mind seeing his younger sibling put up some numbers. Fortunately, he […]

As Damian Lillard dribbled the ball with the fourth-quarter game clock ticking below 10 seconds and the Portland Trail Blazers trailing by three, Andre Iguodala knew what he had to do. Lillard might be more comfortable making deep, contested three-pointers than any player in the NBA, as he’s made abundantly clear this postseason, and the […]

New NBA viewers would be inclined to believe that the Western Conference Finals will be decided by who wins the battle between Stephen Curry and Seth Curry. The broadcast’s incessant focus on the Curry brothers and their family, in both Games 1 and 2, has occasionally made it hard for even more ardent fans to […]

After a Game 2 loss which put his team down 2-0 in the Western Conference Finals against the Golden State Warriors, Portland Trail Blazers star guard Damian Lillard believes the Blazers can extend the series and come back to Oracle Arena. In the postgame press conference, Lillard said this, per ESPN: “I doubt this will […]

The underdog Portland Trail Blazers definitely don’t need any extra motivation to win the Western Conference Finals, and the heavily-favored Golden State Warriors definitely don’t need to hear anything that could spark more frequent bouts of on-court complacency. After the Warriors’ hard-fought Game 2 win over the Blazers on Thursday night, though, an injured Kevin […]

The Golden State Warriors mounted a comeback despite nailing just one 3-pointer in the final 15:48 of their Game 2 win over the Portland Trail Blazers in the Western Conference Finals. The last 3-pointer from the Warriors in the last 15:48 was from Alfonzo McKinnie, which he hit in the third quarter with 1:28 left. […]

Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard suffered an apparent rib injury in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals against the Golden State Warriors. The apparent injury occurred in the third quarter on a scramble for the loose ball. Kevon Looney ended up with the rock and passed it forward. But he landed on Lillard’s […]

There are many silver linings for the Golden State Warriors stemming from Kevin Durant’s ongoing absence. Chief among them, of course, is Steve Kerr’s team reverting back to the wide open, up-and-down style that caused an entire generation of basketball fans to see the game in a different light. Another, less obvious one? An expanded […]

Portland Trail Blazers All-Star point guard Damian Lillard is not only a scoring machine, but an aspiring Nostradamus as well, in relationship to the Golden State Warriors. Lillard predicted the Warriors’ epic Game 2 Western Conference Finals comeback against his Blazers a month ago. More specifically, he told Bleacher Report’s Taylor Brooks on April 10 […]

It goes without saying that Steph Curry’s performance in the Western Conference Finals will be more impactful, for better or worse, than that of his younger brother’s. But to ignore Seth Curry’s potential influence altogether would be remiss, as he’s making abundantly clear on Thursday night. Midway through the fourth quarter of a tightly-contested Game […]

Sonya Curry, mother of Seth Curry and Stephen Curry, changed her pregame routine in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Golden State Warriors. The information was shared by her husband Dell, who spoke for her as she was so nervous watching her sons play against each other. […]

Kevin Durant will be re-evaluated in a week and is not yet ready to resume on-court work following a mild calf sprain suffered in Game 5 of the Golden State Warriors’ series against the Houston Rockets, according to the team. ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne reportedly earlier Thursday that Durant wasn’t close to returning, and the Warriors […]

The Portland Trail Blazers have hardly had the greatest success against the Golden State Warriors. The Dubs bounced Portland in both the 2016 and 2017 playoffs, with Portland winning just one game over those two series. Then there was the “beef” between C.J. McCollum and Kevin Durant “beef” that escalated when Durant appeared on McCollum’s […]

Golden State Warriors star point guard Stephen Curry says he gets nervous watching his brother, Portland Trail Blazers guard Seth Curry, play on TV. Steph was watching Game 7 between the Blazers and Denver Nuggets and rooting for Portland. The Warriors guard says every time his brother shoots the ball, he gets some butterflies in […]

Portland Trail Blazers star point guard Damian Lillard says he doesn’t take pride in being exclusive and he wants to help kids from Oakland become successful like him. Lillard is a hero to a lot of kids in Oakland. The Blazers’ superstar has always used his platform for good and that will never change. “I’m […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are looking to tie the Western Conference Finals series against the Golden State Warriors tonight, after getting blown out 116-94 in Game 1. However, NBA analyst Skip Bayless believes that they will end up going down 0-2 once the game is over. Bayless, who has been impressed with the Warriors performance […]

Golden State Warriors star small forward Kevin Durant is reportedly not close to returning from his right calf injury, according to Ramona Shelburne of ESPN. Durant suffered the injury in Game 5 against the Houston Rockets: Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant will have his injured right calf re-evaluated before Game 2 of the Western Conference finals but […]

Seth Curry is fully aware the Portland Trail Blazers have a puncher’s chance to upset the favorite Golden State Warriors in these Western Conference Finals without their main scorer in Kevin Durant, but the bench cog noted the defending champions could be more difficult to guard when playing in their vintage motion offense. “I think […]

Stephen and Seth Curry became the first pair of siblings to play against one another in an NBA conference finals, but the younger brother isn’t expecting any brotherly love to come Steph’s way with his Portland Trail Blazers down 1-0 in this pivotal series. “I doubt it,” Seth said when asked if they’ll talk at […]

For Portland Trail Blazers guard Rodney Hood, his knee injury will be ‘an ongoing thing’ moving forward but remains focused on the task at hand. Per Joe Freeman of Oregon Live, Hood shared that his knee injury — which he suffered in Game 7 of the Western Semis — is still sore and would likely […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are in the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 2000 — when they infamously blew a 3-1 series lead against the Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant-led Los Angeles Lakers. Way back then, Golden State Warriors guard Klay Thompson was growing up in Oregon, so he was a Blazers fan. […]

Terry Stotts was clearly frustrated after his underdog team was blown out by Steph Curry and Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. Still, it was surprising to see the Portland Trail Blazers coach, one of the most affable and courteous interview subjects in the NBA, snap back at The Athletic’s […]

Portland Trail Blazers star point guard Damian Lillard told reporters on Wednesday his hamstring is “a little bit sore.” Lillard thinks he took a knee to his hamstring in Game 1 against the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday: Damian Lillard says his hamstring is “a little bit sore.” He thinks he took a knee to […]