NBA Playoffs 2017: Warriors vs. Trail Blazers Game 1 live stream: Watch online
By Dre Elder
The No. 1 seed Golden State Warriors and the No. 8 seed Portland Trail Blazers will collide on Sunday afternoon. Here is how to watch Game 1 of this playoff series online.
Portland won 12 of their last 16 regular season games to secure the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference. Five of those wins came against playoff teams, including two over the No. 2 seed San Antonio Spurs. The Blazers were 0-4 against the Warriors in the regular season, losing by an average margin of 19.5 points per game. Portland went 16-25 on the road this season.
Golden State won 15 of their final 16 games by an average margin of 15.7 points per game. The streaking Warriors also got superstar forward Kevin Durant back in time for the playoffs. Golden State went 36-5 in Oracle Arena this season.
Projected starting lineups
Portland Trail Blazers
F – Noah Vonleh
F – Maurice Harkless
C – Jusuf Nurkic (game-time decision)
G – C.J. McCollum
G – Damian Lillard
Golden State Warriors
F – Draymond Green
F – Kevin Durant
C – Zaza Pachulia
G – Klay Thompson
G – Steph Curry