Following a wild, firework-filled final day, the Portland Trail Blazers clinched the Western Conference’s No. 6 seed, setting a date with a familiar opponent: the Denver Nuggets.
After a wire-to-wire victory over the Denver to close out the 2020-21 regular season, the Portland Trail Blazers will be hoping those fortunes are a sign of things to come.
The Blazers had to take a bit of a wait-and-see approach, but after a Lakers win and Mavericks loss ensured a three-way tie at 42-30, Portland can now set their sights exclusively on Denver.