In doing so, the Blazers locked in the 8th seed in the playoffs and a play-in series with the Memphis Grizzlies.

He also dished out 12 assists.As for Nurkic, he finished with 22 points on 11-of-17 shooting to go along with 10 rebounds and three rebounds in 33 minutes of action.Heading into the final seeding game, Nurkic was averaging 17.0 points, 10.3 rebounds, and 41 assists in 31.4 minutes of work.That's a lot of minutes for a big fella just returning from a big injury. Honestly, I don’t think so, but we can't control that. Sources informed me McCollum actually suffered the injury in the first game of the Restart against Memphis when he dove for a loose ball and was kneed in the back by Jaren Jackson. He's playing out of his mind. Damian Lillard frustrates Nets into NSFW reaction after three pointer Sometimes the only words to describe Damian Lillard is to just give him credit and swear loudly, which is what Harris did in this instance. Blazers better get their three-point shooting touch back soon or they aren’t going to make it.All of these recent games for the Blazers have followed the same script…So far, just another Blazer bubble game — just trading baskets,Did this one feel familiar? They happened to play each other that night, with the Blazers earning the 140-135 overtime victory. “I had played the whole second half. Being the eight seed means Portland will need to win just one of the play-in games to advance to the playoffs.In Thursday’s victory, Lillard finished with 42 points and 12 assists despite the Nets throwing two defenders at him a majority of the game. Questo tipo di cookie consente di riempire il carrello, eseguire facilmente le operazioni di pagamento, risolvere problemi legati alla sicurezza e garantire la conformità alle normative vigenti.Questi cookie ci consentono di migliorare le funzionalità del sito tenendo traccia dell'utilizzo del sito Web stesso. It followed a script Portland fans are all too used to seeing.Damian Lillard continued an historic run, the Blazers defense continued to let opponents score at will, and when the buzzer sounded Portland had punched its ticket to the weekend’s play-in round. Try to get rest as I can, that’s all I can do, right?” Yep, bring on the ice and then... Bring on, the Grizzlies.The Trail Blazers won a game that came down to the wire on Thursday night. Only thing we can control is how, you know, we go out and attack each of these games before that decision is made. The Portland Trail Blazers clinched the eight-seed and have advanced to the play-in game for the right to the final spot in the Western Conference playoffs against the Memphis Grizzlies beginning Saturday.The win over Brooklyn didn’t come easy.

Kevin Durant and LeBron James have battled on the court for years. As the current team in eighth place, the Blazers have an advantage.

He has been treated daily. Nurkic mentioned after the win that he has been surprised at how good his conditioning has been in the seeding games after not having played in a game for more than 14 months. So once you get to the playoffs obviously the urgency or the care is going to be there but you’re not going into it like ‘Alright if we lose this Game 1 we’re going home.’ So I think it will be a little better.”Portland’s reward for making this far is likely more of what we’ve seen from them over the last two weeks. Portland led 73-67 at the break in big thanks to the Blazers backcourt duo of McCollum and Damian Lillard. — Zach Collins The winner of the play-in gets the reward, if it can be called that, of playing the No.1 Los Angeles Lakers. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. Back in October, Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant was asked on a local radio station who he thought would win the NBA Finals. Kevin Durant's reservations about playing NBA basketball near Orlando during a COVID-19 surge also ...[+] reverberate in MLS, where he is a partial owner of the Philadelphia Union. Of course, we'll never truly know what is going through Durant's head, so one of the above answers can/should be considered.

Not having fans in attendance has surely allowed for more player reactions, and this one is what all NBA players, as Lamar Hurd eluded to on the TV broadcast, are thinking. Fast forward to […]

The Blazers have played three straight nearly identical games to get to this point. If you try hard enough, perhaps you’ll find comfort in the Blazers’ predictable brand of chaos. ©2020 FOX News Network, LLC. — Zach CollinsIt has been a grind indeed. Price: Low-High. We just couldn’t get a rebound. Lillard will be awesome. The two have faced off in the NBA Finals three times, with Durant leading the series 2 …