Portland 4 – 1 Sacramento

 

Game 1

Sacramento 107 – 109 Portland

Opening the series with a tight contested game Portland took control of the series with a 2 point win behind a team effort with 4 players scoring over 15 points and the bench all chipping in. James Harden lead the Blazers with a 27 point, 10 assist performance. LeBron James was dominant all night in taking this game down to the wire finishing with 47 points, 9 assists and 9 rebounds. The series is looking like a tight one.

 

Game 2

Sacramento 111 – 118 Portland

Game 2 Portland made the change to have Kawhi Leonard guard LeBron after his monster game 1 that saw the Kings nearly take home court advantage. The move paid off slowing LeBrons scoring output with LeBron only able to muster 32 points. James Harden once again lead the Trail Blazers to victory with 26 points and 10 assists. Portland lead 2-0 with the series heading to Sacramento.

 

Game 3

Portland 115 – 123 Sacramento

Sacramento takes game 3 in another high scoring affair at home behind an evenly spread offense with 6 players scoring in double figures. LeBron shot 50% for the game finishing with 32 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists. Where the unlikely scorer for Portland, Rudy Gay kept the Blazers close with 27 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists.

 

Game 4

Portland 140 – Sacramento 113

Huge game from Portland to take control of the series with the opportunity to end the series on home court in game 5. The Blazers shot a scorching 54% for the game with 6 players scoring in double figures and another big game from Rudy Gay. Gay finished the game with 26 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists with 3 steals and a block. The Kings also had 6 players scoring in double figures but the team efficiency wasn’t on their side in this one Bledsoe lead the Kings with 23 points and 6 assists. Series heads back to Portland with the Blazers getting a chance to advance to the NSL finals.

 

Game 5

Sacramento 130 – 137 Portland

Portland advances to the NSL finals with another huge efficient game with the team shooting 60% from the field behind James Hardens 32 point, 10 assist effort and having 6 players scoring in double figures. The Kings were just as impressive in this game and in this series but Portland have proved to be to strong for them. LeBron fought hard to avoid elimination finishing with 35 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists.

Portland moves on to face the Chicago Bulls in the inaugural NSL finals.