After five weeks of painting Michael Jordan’s dominance for public display, NBA filmmakers took a trip Northwest to commemorate one of the legendary teams just a tier under, during NBA TV’s “Rip City Revival” documentary, with the Portland Trail Blazers.
Talk about efficiency. In just an hour, the film sufficiently found time to capture the emotional connection between the Oregon fanbase and an on-the-rise Blazers team in its most nascent form, as well as parsing the heartbreak that came with oh-so-close losses over that three-year reign.
It isn’t quite LeBron James’ level dominance in say, advancing to eight straight NBA Final rounds, but there should absolutely be a documentary for any team who has three consecutive Western Conference Finals appearances, especially given just how rugged the West was in this time frame.