The Blazers-Clippers Series By The Numbers

By Bradley W. Parks (OPB)
Portland, Oregon April 30, 2016 8:31 p.m.

The Portland Trail Blazers wrapped up their opening round series with the Los Angeles Clippers Friday night with a narrow 106-103 victory.

Four was perhaps the number of the series, as the Blazers started the opening round with two lopsided defeats, but rattled off four straight wins to advance.

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Here is a look at the team's opening round by the numbers:

305

While L.A.'s DeAndre Jordan was far and away the best rebounder in the first round of the playoffs with 98 boards, Portland's Mason Plumlee was the closest to him with 79 rebounds.

But hey, teamwork makes the dream work, right? As a team, the Blazers had the most rebounds in the first round with 305.

230

Blazers guard CJ McCollum played 230 minutes, which is more than any other player in the series on either team. Damian Lillard played 229 minutes.

Only two Clippers players — Jamal Crawford and DeAndre Jordan — made it within 40 minutes of McCollum and Lillard. That means the two Blazers guards played almost an entire game more than Crawford and Jordan.

As of Friday, only one player in the league, Kyle Lowry of the Toronto Raptors, had more playing time than McCollum so far in the playoffs.

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132

Lillard was the series' leading scorer with 132 points over the course of six games. He did this despite being held to less than 20 points in two games during the series.

48

Tallied with the 2015-16 regular season, Portland has now won 48 games.

11

One unfortunate elbow from the Blazers' Al-Farouq Aminu in the first quarter gave Clippers point guard Austin Rivers 11 stitches. Even with purple swelling encircling his eye, Rivers returned to play for an already hobbled L.A. team to score 21 points.

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Portland was an 8-point underdog heading into the series with the Clippers.

6

Oddsmakers in Vegas were nearly right. Though the Blazers won the series 4-2, the team was outscored 590-584.

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Portland's second-round opponent, the Golden State Warriors, are the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference Playoffs and finished the regular season with the most wins in NBA history — 73.
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