Last bastion of the NBA foray into the Pacific Northwest, the Blazers found early success with Bill Walton and have remained in contention nearly constantly since, thanks to superstars like Clyde Drexler and Damian Lillard.
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No one believed in us: 14 biggest upsets in NBA Finals history
NBA playoff tradition is that the better team typically wins, but in these 14 NBA Finals series, the lesser team on paper managed to pull off a stunner.
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- Conference Finals upset over Lakers (1977)
- Drafting Sam Bowie #2 overall
- Expansion draft picks (1970)
- In the 2000 Western Conference Finals (“Virtual NBA Finals”)
- Maurice Cheeks tenure as coach
- Name etymology
- NBA Finals appearance to break playoff drought (1977)
- Players feuding with Nate McMillan
- Playing games in Memorial Coliseum
- Subject of the book The Breaks of the Game
- Trading Clyde Drexler to the Rockets for Otis Thorpe
- Upset by the Kings in the 1981 playoffs first round
- Winning NBA Draft Lottery