Reggie Miller believes Clippers point guard Chris Paul is “the best floor general” in the National Basketball Association. If Houston doesn’t finish in the top 14 slots, the Nuggets will have three first-round picks among the top 20.
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“Any time you break a record like that as a part of an organization like this, it’s an honor”, said Lillard.
Friday, they begin the process of trying to figure out the Portland Trail Blazers, who openly sought out a series with the Clippers.
The playoffs start Sunday night in Los Angeles.
Trail Blazers get the playoff series they want: the Los Angeles Clippers: The Trail Blazers and the Los Angeles Clippers – two teams that spent this season barking, barbing and bickering with each other – will meet in a first round playoff series. The 6-3 point guard in his fourth season out of Weber State claimed the record as his own with the first shot of the second half and would extend his career total to 828 before sitting out the entirety of the fourth quarter. The first game will take place this Sunday on TNT. He had six steals and seven assists, as well.
But even though the game didn’t matter in terms of the standings, Damian Lillard did have quite a bit of history to to attend to throughout the course of Portland’s 107-99 victory, their 44th of the season, in front of a sellout crowd of 19,571 on Fan Appreciation Night.
The Trail Blazers were assured of the fifth seed in the Western Conference when Dallas lost to San Antonio.
Still, Barry believes the postseason experience factor will work in the Clippers’ favor.
At this point, the Portland Trail Blazers are playing with house money. But when you look at all the progress we’ve made – we’ve won more games than a year ago, all of our young guys have gotten better, the culture has changed – there’s a lot to be excited about.
So yeah, not exactly fireworks for the last game of the season.
Mason Plumlee played in two playoff series with the Brooklyn Nets as a backup, Gerald Henderson was a starter for the Charlotte Bobcats in a series that lasted just four games in 2014 while Moe Harkless and Noah Vonleh have never played in a playoff game.
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The Trail Blazers will now head to LA to face the Clippers. In the event of Paul not being able to contain Lillard by himself, Doc Rivers has plenty of options to help out Paul and get some double teams on Lillard to slow him down. “I knew where we were and where we’re trying to go, and I think we’re well on our way”. With averages of 15.2 points and 7.3 rebounds per contest, Horford would boost the Blazers’ inside scoring and would give the team a stretch four or five. McCollum is averaging 20.7 points. “We didn’t play as consistent or as urgent as we needed to in the second and third and fourth quarter after a good start to the game, so I mean it was a little frustrating”, Lillard told reporters.
