Warriors top Blazers, head to 5th straight Finals

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The Golden State Warriors have earned their fifth straight trip to the NBA Finals after beating the Portland Trail Blazers 119-117 in overtime of Game 4 of the Western Conference finals on Monday night.

This is the first time a team has made five straight Finals appearances since the Boston Celtics went 10 straight times, from 1957-66.

The Warriors made it happen on Monday night by coming back from a double digit second half deficit for the third straight game, this time crawling all the way back from a 17 point hole. Once again, it was star guard Stephen Curry who led the Warriors all the way back. The two-time MVP finished with a triple double, racking up 37 points, 12…