Give the Portland Trail Blazers this: They aren’t going to roll over.
No, there isn’t a high likelihood they’ll win their second-round series against the Golden State Warriors—especially with Stephen Curry getting ever closer to a return, which could come as soon as Monday’s Game 4.
But in Saturday’s 120-108 win at the Moda Center, which cut the Warriors’ series lead to 2-1, they proved themselves a worthy opponent to the defending champions.
After they previously blew a 17-point lead in Oakland on Tuesday, the Blazers knew they had missed an opportunity. A win in that game would have stolen home-court advantage from the Warriors and put some serious pressure on Steve Kerr to either rush Curry back or over-adjust his rotations to react.
“I was pretty hot about that one,” Lillard said after that game, per Erik Gundersen of the Columbian. “Not only was it a great opportunity but we had it. It was right there.”
That comeback win gave the Warrior ...
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