The Portland Trail Blazers stuck around for a while, but couldn’t slay the dragon, falling on the road 116-94 to the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals.
Minus one Durant, Kevin, the Warriors rode the hot shooting of Stephen Curry, who torched the Blazers with 36 points, including 9 threes - more than Portland had as a team.
Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum both endured poor shooting nights, combining to go just 11-31 from the field, which is just not going to cut it.