It’s been a long time coming, but after five months of regular season play and a week of preparation, the Portland Trail Blazers begin their 2021 postseason Saturday night.
In a rematch of the 2019 Western Conference Semifinals, the six-seed Trail Blazers will face the six-seed Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of their best-of-seven first round playoff series Saturday night at Ball Arena. Tipoff is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
SERIES HISTORY
REGULAR SEASON ALL-TIME: Trail Blazers lead, 100-87
IN PORTLAND: Trail Blazers lead, 70-24
AT THE NUGGETS: Nuggets lead, 63-30
PLAYOFFS ALL-TIME: Trail Blazers lead, 9-8
IN PORTLAND: Trail Blazers lead, 5-3
AT THE NUGGETS: Nuggets lead, 5-4
SEASON SERIES NOTES
• In three games against the Nuggets this season, Damian Lillard averaged 23.