Portland Trail Blazers Articles - Page 151

In case there was any doubt, Steph Curry is back from his knee injury and he’s looking just fine. In his first game back in just over two weeks, Curry led the Golden State Warriors to an exciting 132-125 win in overtime to help the Warriors take a 3-1 series lead and all but end […]

The MVP is back. Well, probably. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr announced ahead of Game 4 of the Warriors‘ Western Conference Semifinal matchup with the Trail Blazers that Stephen Curry is “active and he’ll play” under one condition: Steve Kerr on Stephen Curry's status for Game 4: "If all goes well with his warmup, he […]

Meyers Leonard has plenty of free time these days. Although his Portland Trail Blazers are currently in the midst of a tough series with the Golden State Warriors, Leonard won’t be a part of it—he’s out for the season due to a left shoulder injury that required surgery. Since Leonard won’t be a part of […]

There have been a lot of head coaches that have lost to the Golden State Warriors over the past two seasons. However, it is an exclusive club when it relates to playoff coaches. As everyone knows, the Warriors have won their last five playoff series. They’re currently in the semifinals after dispatching the Houston Rockets in the […]

There is no doubt LaMarcus Aldridge was a very good player for the Portland Trail Blazers. Before signing with the San Antonio Spurs, Aldridge had spent the first nine years of his career in Portland. Along the way, he became a four-time All-Star and was named to three All-NBA teams while a member of the […]

Stephen Curry who? The Golden State Warriors don’t seem to be missing his three-point shooting as initially thought, at least for the moment. In a competitive matchup on Saturday night, the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Warriors 120-108 at Moda Center, where a little bit of unnoticed history happened. According to ESPN Stats & Info, […]

Since spraining his MCL in his right knee against the Houston Rockets in the first round of the playoffs, Stephen Curry has not returned to action. His injury was reported to have him sidelined for at least a few weeks and now that the time has come, it is reported that Curry will still have […]

It took one heck of a monster performance to beat the Golden State Warriors, but Damian Lillard was up to the task. The Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Warriors for the first time in their best-of-seven series on Saturday, 120-108. Despite both Draymond Green and Klay Thompson scoring at least 35 points each, Lillard’s 40 points […]

After suffering a season-ending quad injury just two weeks prior, the Los Angeles Clippers have officially ruled Blake Griffin out for the 2016 Olympics. Griffin will not be able to play for Team USA after undergoing a bone marrow procedure in his left quad, according to a report from ESPN’s Marc Stein. The Clippers forward […]

When you’re on top of the league like the Golden State Warriors, critics and competitors are always going to find something to try and bring you down. One of the most common complaints about the Dubs is that they set, and get away with, illegal screens. The biggest culprit is supposedly the Warriors’ key glue […]

Warriors‘ star Steph Curry has been out for the passed two weeks due to a knee injury suffered in the Warriors’ opening playoff series versus the Houston Rockets. There have been rumors that he could possibly play in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Trail Blazers, but now it looks like that […]

The Golden State Warriors trailed the Portland Trail Blazers 87-76 entering the fourth quarter of their Game 2 Western Conference Semifinal matchup. Then they limited the Blazers to just 12 points in the final frame while scoring 34 of their to take a 2-0 series lead. Much of that comeback was due to Klay Thompson […]

The Portland Trail Blazers and the Golden State Warriors had a testy start to their series as Blazers’ Gerald Henderson And Warriors’ Anderson Varejao would end up getting ejected from the game. After some physical contact between Henderson and Varejao on a play, the two got into each others faces. Eventually both players would be […]

After finishing with the best regular season record in NBA history, the Golden State Warriors’ journey back to the Finals hit a bump in the road when guard Stephen Curry sprained his right MCL in Game 4 of his team’s first-round series against the Houston Rockets. With the Warriors beginning the Western Conference semifinals Sunday […]

With Paul Pierce at 38 years old and little left to give to the game of basketball, we may have seen the last of the 2008 Finals MVP. Following the Los Angeles Clippers‘ season-ending loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night, Pierce commented on his chances of returning for a 19th season. The […]

Although the Los Angeles Clippers were eliminated by Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night, they certainly gained the respect of many. While playing without their two All-Stars in Blake Griffin and Chris Paul, the Clippers nearly pulled off a Game 6 upset on the Blazers’ home court. Perhaps no player gained […]

There’s still plenty of time for Stephen Curry to return to action this postseason, but a number of his counterparts across the league aren’t so lucky. The Los Angeles Clippers lost their best two players, Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, to injuries that will keep them out for the rest of the playoffs. It’s part […]

Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers have won three straight playoff games to take a 3-2 lead over the Clippers in their opening round series. The devastating injuries to Chris Paul and Blake Griffin certainly helped tip the series in Portland’s favor, but the Blazers, led by their leader Lillard, have fought the whole […]

The Houston Rockets face elimination tonight as they battle with the shorthanded Golden State Warriors at Oracle Arena, and while their defeat in the series isn’t as certain as it was before Steph Curry‘s injury, there’s still little hope for Houston to win the next three games. After falling in the Western Conference Finals last […]

In a series that seemed over after two games, the tide has completely gone in the opposite direction. The Los Angeles Clippers were up 2-0 over the Portland Trail Blazers after winning both of their home games by a combined score of 217-176. However, the Blazers have now won two straight games after the series […]

As if things couldn’t get any worse for the Los Angeles Clippers, the team announced today that an MRI on Blake Griffin‘s quad revealed a reaggravation of the previous injury that held him out from December of 2015 to early April of 2016. Griffin will miss the rest of the postseason. CP will be out […]

The NBA Playoffs are great. It separates the great teams from the good teams. This is where a team’s strengths are vital and weaknesses are exposed. What does that mean for Los Angeles Clippers center, DeAndre Jordan? It’s not about post moves or lack of lobs, but his free throws. Through four games of the series between the Clippers and Portland Trail […]

The team formerly known as the “Jail Blazers” are making a documentary about themselves. Damon Stoudamire, a member of those early 2000’s Portland Trail Blazers teams, discussed details of the documentary, via Oregon Live’s John Canzano: “We’ve convinced people who haven’t talked really about this before to partake in this. It will be the good […]

It all came together for C.J. McCollum of the Portland Trail Blazers this year, as he became the unquestioned right-hand man of superstar Damian Lillard as the team shocked critics to reach the postseason. Now, he’s being honored for his incredible rise. This morning, it was announced that McCollum is the winner of the Kia […]

This is a reminder of what some of the great ones used to do. They were so confident their opponent couldn’t stop them, that they would tell them what shot they were about to take and dared them to stop it. In most cases it usually ended up with them taking and making that shot […]

The NBA playoffs are well underway, and the action has been red hot so far. Tempers have flared, emotions are running high, and a few finishes have come down right to the wire. To celebrate this joyous time of year for basketball fans, an artist named Asur has made each first round matchup look like something […]

Game one between the Portland Trail Blazers and the Los Angeles Clippers was testy on Sunday night, and if their postgame comments indicate anything, we can expect the high emotions to continue moving forward. Throughout the game, Blazers players complained about the Clippers’ whining, which is something they’ve grown a reputation for across the league. […]

Considering Blake Griffin was gone for more than three months, it’s easy to forget just how athletic this guy really is. The Los Angeles Clippers forward has won the Slam Dunk Contest by jumping over a car and has proven himself as one of the premier big men in the league, in all facets of […]

Once again, NBA fans were bored with the Hack-A-DeAndre strategy last night. In playoff games, where the magnitude of the moment exceeds all other times of the year, teams will do anything within the rules if they believe it will positively impact their ability to come out on top. From start to finish, the Portland […]

The 2016 NBA playoffs start today, and with it the “real season” begins as some would say. With a world championship on the line down the road, let’s take a look at each Western Conference playoff team’s biggest weakness, and why they probably won’t win the title. Let’s start with the teams most likely to […]

As Kobe Bryant put the icing on the cake of his incredible 20-year NBA career last night, a number of NBA stars paid their respects to the Mamba. From LeBron James to Dwyane Wade to stars from other sports such as Yasiel Puig and David Beckham, everybody seemed to be losing their collective minds by […]

The Portland Trailblazers lost a lot of firepower in the offseason when LaMarcus Aldridge signed with San Antonio, Wesley Matthews signed with Dallas, Robin Lopez and Arron Afflalo signed with New York, and Nicolas Batum was traded to Charlotte. However, they’ve overcome the odds and clinched a playoff spot for the third consecutive season with […]

The Portland Trailblazers were able to clinch a playoff spot for the third consecutive year with the win over OKC last night. The Blazers entered this season having lost four starters and a solid backup: LaMarcus Aldridge signed with the Spurs, Wesley Matthews signed with the Mavericks, Robin Lopez and Arron Afflalo signed with the […]