On a quiet day, let’s roll back the clock 35 years. On May 19, 1990, the Portland Trail Blazers and San Antonio Spurs reached Game 7 of their Western Conference Semifinal series. The home team had won the first six games, and both teams knew what was on the line in Game 7: In the other half of the bracket, the fifth-seed Phoenix Suns had upset Magic Johnson and the dreaded top seed Los Angeles Lakers, both the Spurs and Blazers would have home court advantage, and the path to the 1990 NBA Finals was suddenly wide open.
The game was an instant classic in Portland, as the team came back late in the fourth quarter to force overtime, where they held on for the upset and a shot at the 1990 NBA Finals.