PORTLAND -- The Portland Trail Blazers entered Game Four versus the Golden State Warriors not even thinking about winning the first-round playoff series, but simply with the goal of extending their season by avoiding a sweep.
That hope was extinguished quickly.
The Warriors scored the first 14 points of the game and would lead by as many as 28 points in the first quarter, before going on to defeat the Trail Blazers 128-103 in front of a sellout crowd of 19,902 Monday night at the Moda Center. The Warriors have eliminated the Trail Blazers from the playoffs in each of the last two years.