Los Trail Blazers de Portland se impusieron en uno de los partidos mas fisicos y duros de la serie ate los Clipers de los Angeles, 106-103 para ganar la serie 4-2 y avanzar a semifinales de Conferencia del Oste en la NBA, despues de haber perdido los 2 primeros partidos de la serie.
Con esa victoria los Trail blazers se enfrentaran en semifinales a los Campeones defensores los Guerreros de Golden State…
Un 106-103 es lindo, dijo el tecnico de Portland Terry Scotts, quien se convierte en el cuarto tecnico de ese equipo en superar la primera ronda de playoffs en mas de una oportunidad…ahora tienen marca de 10-0 en partidos de playoffs y se convierten en el primer equipo desde el 2000 en ganar 4 partidos consecutivos de playoffs y apenas el equipos 16 en la historia de la liga en ganar una serie despues de perder los primeros 2 partidos.
PORTLAND — It wasn’t easy, but usually that’s the way things go in an elimination game.
Though it came down to the final seconds, the Portland Trail Blazers were able to defeat an undermanned Clippers team 106-103 Friday night at the Moda Center in Game Six of their first round playoff series. With the win, the Trail Blazers take the series 4-2 and move on to face the Golden State Warriors, the reigning NBA champions, in the Western Conference semifinals.
“Hey, 106-103 is beautiful,” said Trail Blazers head coach Terry Stotts, who become just the fourth Portland head coach to get his team out of the first round more than once. “Look, it was a grind it out game. They have some players who can put the ball in the basket and play off the dribble. Honestly, we lost so many of these type of games early in the season, to keep our composure and make the plays, get a rebound, make some free throws, trust your teammates. It’s not going to be a beautiful 48 minutes. But what I have a problem with is that when you don’t score, it’s considered ugly basketball – when two teams are really competing and playing hard and defending, to me, that’s a thing of beauty as well.”
With the win, the Trail Blazers improve to 10-0 all-time at home potential playoff series-clinching games. The Trail Blazers are the first team since 2000 to win four-consecutive playoff games in the same series. What’s more, the Trail Blazers are just the 16th team in NBA history to win a series after starting off losing the first two games.
And after failing to win a playoff series for 14-straight season, the Trail Blazers have now advanced to the second round in two of the last three seasons.