One of the last (and best) memories that Brandon Roy left for the Portland Trail Blazers franchise was his Herculean Game 4 performance in the 2011 NBA Playoffs against the Dallas Mavericks. While the gist is known to many, the minute details could only be told by someone close to the whole thing. And as part of a roundtable for The Athletic on the best game their writers have ever covered, The Athletic’s Jason Quick (subscription to The Athletic required) went at length on Roy’s magical night.
Quick starts with his value of the game in retrospect:
For me, in 20 years of covering the Trail Blazers, that game stands above the rest, but not necessarily because of what happened on the court.