These were the Trail Blazers that bounced back from an embarrassing first-round playoff sweep last year to win 53 games. That lost center Jusuf Nurkic to a broken leg three weeks before the end of the regular season yet won two playoff series, anyway. That faced elimination in the second round, only to win two games, including a Game 7 on the road, to advance to the franchise’s first West finals in 19 years.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 19, 2019 04:50 UTC