After the Portland Trail Blazers knocked off the Denver Nuggets to advance to the Western Conference Finals on Sunday afternoon, Damian Lillard was understandably ecstatic, and confident
From any standpoint, tonight’s game was hard to watch. The shooting on both sides was dismal and there was a palpable funk surrounding two of the Western Conference’s best teams. Eventually, that funk sunk the Warriors in the weirdest of fashions.
Jordan Bell didn’t want to get his ears blistered by his coach again. It motivated the rookie to make the play of the night and sparked the Warriors’ seventh straight win.
The Warriors won their seventh straight after returning home from a six-game road trip, their longest of the season. They did it despite another explosive performance from Damian Lillard.