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The Portland Trail Blazers tip-off their 41st NBA season by hosting the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday, Oct. 26, marking the second straight year the team has opened the season at the Rose Garden.Continue Reading
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03/30/09
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The Portland Trail Blazers (46-27) came out strong from the tip Saturday night, soundly defeating the Memphis Grizzlies (18-54) 86-66 in front of 20,680 at the Rose Garden.
“We wanted to lean on them all night,” head coach Nate McMillan said. “We wanted to make them shoot from the top and keep them out of the paint, where they could get easier shots.”
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03/27/09
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LaMarcus Aldridge is steadily getting to where he - and Trail Blazers coach Nate McMillan - believes he can be.
Aldridge scored a season-high 29 points and added 12 rebounds to help Portland snap the Phoenix Suns' six-game winning streak with a 129-109 victory Thursday night. With the win, the Trail Blazers’ magic number stands at six. Any combination of Portland victories or Phoenix loses totaling that number will assure the Trail Blazers of their first playoff birth since 2003.
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03/26/09
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The Portland Trail Blazers (37-22) jumped out to an early lead, and cruised to a 102-84 victory over the San Antonio Spurs (39-19) in front of 20,627 at the Rose Garden Sunday evening.
The victory was Portland’s second against San Antonio of the 2008-09 campaign, and their ninth-straight home win.
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03/26/09
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Brandon Roy scored 24 of his team high 28 points in the second half, and connected on two clutch free throws with 1.7 seconds left on the clock, helping the Portland Trail Blazers (38-22) to a 107-105 victory over the Indiana Pacers (27-37) in front of 20,020 at the Rose Garden Wednesday night.
Portland beat Indiana for the first time in nine games, and put up over 100 points on the Pacers for the first time since January 3rd, 2000.
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03/26/09
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On the second night of a back to back in the Mile High City, the Portland Trail Blazers dug themselves a hole in the first half, climbed out in the third quarter, then dug an even deeper hole in the fourth on the way to a 106-90 loss to the Denver Nuggets Thursday night.
“We just looked like we had heavy legs from the start to finish,” said Nate McMillan. “They tipped off early and basically what they were doing was a lot of one-on-one, a lot of movement. We were able to score early, but we just seemed to be a step slow I thought all night long. It was a back-to-back and that could play a roll.”
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03/26/09
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The Portland Trail Blazers (39-23) swapped leads with the Minnesota Timberwolves (18-44) 25 times before pulling out a 95-93 victory in front of 20,535 fans at the Rose Garden Saturday night.
Portland finished their season series with the Timberwolves a perfect 4-0 for their eighth series sweep of the 2008-2009 campaign. The Trail Blazers have now won a season best 11 consecutive games at the Rose Garden.
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03/26/09
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The Portland Trail Blazers (40-24) struggled early and were unable to fully recover, falling to the Dallas Mavericks (40-25) 93-89 in front of 20,286 fans at the Rose Garden Wednesday night.
Portland lost to Dallas for the third time in 2008-2009. The Mavericks are the only Western Conference team Portland has not defeated this season. Wednesday night’s loss was also Portland’s first home loss in 13 games.
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03/26/09
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The Portland Trail Blazers (41-24) struggled in the early going, but used a big fourth quarter and some timely baskets by Nicolas Batum to overcome the New Jersey Nets (28-37) 109-100 in front of 20,634 fans at the Rose Garden Friday night.
Portland swept the two game series with New Jersey and completed their ninth series sweep of the 2008-2009 season. The Trail Blazer’s 41 wins have matched their total from the 2007-2008 season .
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03/26/09
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After staying close in the first half, the Portland Trail Blazers were outscored by 15 in the second half, eventually falling 98-90 to the Atlanta Hawks in an early road game Sunday morning. The game was the first of a crucial five-game road trip.
“You can’t be down on the road and make a comeback,” said Brandon Roy. “It’s just too tough. Today we didn’t really get off to too bad a start. We were only down three at halftime, but even then we weren’t playing well.”
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03/26/09
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Last season, the Portland Trail Blazers clawed their way back to respectability by finishing the year with a 41-41 record. This season, with 15 games remaining, Nate McMillan’s upstart squad has already eclipsed last year’s win total with a 103-92 victory against the Memphis Grizzlies at FedEx Arena. The win, Portland’s first during a five game road trip, assured the Trail Blazers a winning season for the first time in six years.
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03/26/09
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Brandon Roy scored 20 points, Greg Oden won his first pro game in his hometown, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Indiana Pacers 95-85 on Wednesday night. The win was Portland’s first at Conseco Fieldhouse since March 17, 2003.
The Trail Blazers jumped on the Pacers early, building a 20 point lead in the second quarter. Indiana drew to within 11 points before the intermission, but Portland, behind the play of Roy, Steve Blake and Joel Przybilla, push the lead back to 23 in the second half.
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03/26/09
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The Portland Trail Blazers (43-26) took the Cleveland Cavaliers (55-13), the team with the best record in the NBA, to overtime before falling 97-92 at the Quicken Loans Arena on Thursday night in Cleveland, Ohio.
Portland, playing the second game in a back-to-back, was without starting power forward LaMarcus Aldridge or starting small forward Nicolas Batum. Aldridge suffered a concussion and Batum a twisted ankle in the Trail Blazers victory over the Indiana Pacers Wednesday night.
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03/26/09
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Brandon Roy scored 30 points to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 96-84 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Saturday night.
The Trail Blazers finished their five-game road trip with a 3-2 mark and some momentum as they look to move up from their seventh spot in the Western Conference playoff scramble.
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03/24/09
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The Portland Trail Blazers (40-23) came out aggressive Monday night and never let up, leading by as many as 30 points, claiming a runaway 111-94 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers (50-13), the team with the best record in the NBA, in front of 20,573 screaming fans at the Rose Garden.
Portland has now defeated the Lakers seven consecutive times at home, and have pushed their season-high home win streak to 12 games, the third longest streak in the Rose Garden’s history. With the victory, the Trail Blazers move into a tie with the Utah Jazz for first place in the Northwest Division.
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03/24/09
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The Portland Trail Blazers (44-27) climbed back from a 16-point deficit before falling 114-108 to the Philadelphia 76ers (36-33) in overtime in front of 20,620 fans at the Rose Garden Monday night.
Portland lost to Philadelphia for the second time this season, making the 76ers only the third team that the Trail Blazers have failed to beat at least once in 2008-2009.
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