Blazers

Nikola Mirotic had a career playoff-best 30 points with 8 rebounds, The Pelicans have pushed Portland to the brink of elimination with a 119-102 victory.

Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum teamed up for 44 points for the red hot Trail Blazers to their 13th straight victory, with a 122-109 win over the LA Clippers.

He thought of it when he was a rookie, The other team's coaches say it. The team thinks it and the fans are chanting "MVP! MVP!" Damian Lillard in the MVP hunt .

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Portland center Jusuf Nurkic was out for Game 1 of the Trail Blazers' playoff series at Golden State after missing the last seven games of the regular season with a nondisplaced fracture in his right leg. Nurkic arrived at Oracle Arena on Sunday and made his way directly to the Blazers' locker room...

(AP) — The top two clubs in the Northwest Division of the NBA are facing off tonight in Oklahoma City as the Thunder entertain Utah. The first-place Jazz are 37-22 on the season, three games in front of the Thunder who are 34-25. Each team comes into the game riding a three game winning streak...