Zombie TRAIL BLAZERS DEFEAT CLIPPERS; BEGIN NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS SUNDAY AT GOLDEN STATE

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    TRAIL BLAZERS DEFEAT CLIPPERS; BEGIN NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS SUNDAY AT GOLDEN STATE

    Tickets for Games 3, 4 and 6 (if necessary) in Portland available tomorrow (Saturday) at 10 a.m. at trailblazers.com


    PORTLAND, Ore. (April 29, 2016) – After defeating the Los Angeles Clippers, 4-2, in the First Round, the No. 5 seed Portland Trail Blazers begin a series against the top seed Golden State Warriors in the 2016 NBA Western Conference Semifinals. All games in the series will be broadcast by Rip City Radio 620-AM and the Trail Blazers Radio Network, in addition to national television carriers.


    Golden State will host Games 1 and 2 at ORACLE Arena – Sunday, May 1 at 12:30 p.m. (PDT) and Tuesday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m. (PDT). The Moda Center will be the site for Games 3 and 4 – Saturday, May 7 at 5:30 p.m. (PDT) and Monday, May 9 at 7:30 p.m. (PDT). If necessary, remaining games will be held Wednesday, May 11 (Golden State), Friday, May 13 (Portland) and Monday, May 16 (Golden State).


    After falling behind the Clippers, 2-0, the Trail Blazers won four consecutive games to reach the Western Conference Semifinals for the second time in three seasons and 11th appearance in team history. Portland won four straight games in a series for the first time since the 1977 NBA Finals against Philadelphia.


    Tickets for Games 3, 4 and 6 (if necessary) at the Moda Center will be available at 10 a.m. tomorrow (Saturday) at trailblazers.com (listed as Games A, B and C). A maximum of four tickets for each game are available to each customer, subject to availability. To guarantee access to playoff tickets, become a season ticket holder today. The NBA Playoffs bring an increase in ticket fraud on the secondary market. Fans are encouraged to protect themselves by purchasing tickets directly from the team.


    Dr. Jack’s at the Rose Quarter will host Trail Blazers viewing parties throughout the series. Moda and your local Toyota Dealers are the presenting partners of Portland’s 2016 NBA Playoffs.

    Game 1 Sunday, May 1 Golden State 12:30 PM ABC

    Game 2 Tuesday, May 3 Golden State 7:30 PM TNT

    Game 3 Saturday, May 7 Portland 5:30 PM ABC

    Game 4 Monday, May 9 Portland 7:30 PM TNT

    Game 5* Wednesday, May 11 Golden State TBD TNT

    Game 6* Friday, May 13 Portland TBD ESPN

    Game 7* Monday, May 16 Golden State 6:00 PM TNT
     
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    Strenuus Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Sunday, Tuesday

    SATURDAY.

    If that's not wanting to take time for Curry to get back healthy, I don't know what is. Shady as fuck.
     
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    A home game on ABC. That is awesome. I think it's been years since we've had that. Go Blazers!
     
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    Excerpts from Zach Harper.
    http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on...-now-look-ahead-to-warriors-7-things-to-watch

     
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    Go Blazers! Shock the world!
     
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  6. Chris Craig

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    Rip Cittttttyyyy!!!!!
     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    They always do this in the playoffs. Weekend games get higher ratings, so they string the series out to get more weekend games on the schedule. Even if Steph Curry was 100% healthy, the schedule wouldn't change. They'd still want their brightest star playing as many weekend games as possible.

    BNM
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Then why are all the other games on weekdays with only 2 days apart?\

    As a matter of fact it looks like the only other already scheduled 2nd round matchup which has a delay of more than 2 days is the time between game 6-7 of the Spurs-Thunder, which has 3 days off.
     
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    Wonder what secondary market game 3 tix might look like. I will be in town for mother's day weekend.
     
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  10. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    That's also why they are rushing us to start our series against GSW Sunday at 12:30. They want as many games on the weekends as possible. If they were really delaying things for Curry to get healthy, they would have pushed back the start of this series until Tuesday or Wednesday.

    I actually think the long layoff between between Games 2 and 3 works in our favor. Hopefully, with Curry out we can steal a game at GSW, but if not those extra days off mean more time for Stotts and his staff to make adjustments and work on them in practice. We're still a young team learning as we go. We played our best ball this season after two breaks in the schedule that allowed increased practice time.

    The first was in January, when the team had a stretch of only 4 games, all at home, over the course of 10 days. That gave the team a rare chance to get in a lot off practice time mid-season. Stotts focused on team defense during those extra practices and it paid off.

    The second break was all star weekend. Yeah Dame gto snubbed but he used the time off to work on his shot. He'd been in a shooting slump but came out of the break on fire. He scored 30+ point in 7 of the next 9 games including 50+ two times. The snub may have provided the motivation, but results were due to the work he put in over the break.

    As a result, we went 18-4 during that part of the schedule and played, by far, the best ball of the season. It was the turnaround at that time that transformed us from a lottery team to the 5th seed in the West. So, I'm thinking a little extra time off during a tough playoff series isn't necessarily a bad thing.

    BNM
     
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    I'm not going to feel sorry for them... but the Clippers really are a cursed franchise.
     
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    Doesn't TNT routinely show NBA on Tuesdays?
     
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    Even without Curry the Warriors should be favored to beat us. But if Draymond Green goes down...
     
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    If you're talking about the regular season, TNT shows games on Thursdays.
     
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    Denny Crane It's not even loaded! Staff Member Administrator

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    I looked it up, sometimes Tuesdays. Monday telecasts of games is rare, if any, inthe regular season.

    In any case, a day off between games isn't a big deal.
     
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    Conspiracy theory: NBA wants to add one more accolade to the Warriors' dream season--first team to come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a series.
     
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    How do you figure? They haven't attempted to be a franchise until they got Chris Paul. Before that they kept trading away their stars for draft picks to keep the salary low and the team profitable.

    That's not a curse, that's self-inflicted.... unless you count having Sterling as owner as a curse :)
     
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    Uhh... Wtf?
     
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    Turner....horrible alley oop pass.
     
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