Back to the Portland Trail Blazers Newsfeed

Trail Blazers Fail To Slow Warriors In Game 1 Loss At Oracle Arena

OAKLAND -- If defense wins championships, then the Trail Blazers are going to need to make some strides on that side of the ball before their next game versus the Warriors.

Golden State shot 50 percent from the field and 52 percent from three to defeat Portland 116-94 in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals in front of a sellout crowd of 19,596 Tuesday night at Oracle Arena.

The Warriors lead the series 1-0 with Game 2 scheduled for Thursday night in Oakland.

In a game in which the Trail Blazers went 36 percent from the field, made just seven of 28 three-point attempts and turned the ball over 21 times for 31 Warriors points, one might not think that their defense was necessarily the issue.