With a home court called the Rose Garden, one would assume the Portland Trail Blazers are an unimposing group. That person would be wrong. The current roster of Blazers are entering the 2011 NBA Playoffs with a ton of confidence, and pose matchup problems to most opponents at most positions. Young, hungry, athletic, and long, Portland is a very trendy pick amongst NBA analysts to pull at least one upset in the playoffs. Can they accomplish that feat?

Home Games Played At: Rose Garden

Key Players: LaMarcus Aldridge, Brandon Roy, Andre Miller, Gerald Wallace

Head Coach: Nate McMillan

How They Fared in 2010: Lost to the Phoenix Suns in 6 games in the Western Conference Quarter Finals

Portland Trail Blazers Playoffs Prediction For 2011: The Portland Trailblazers franchise never quite recovered from the 2001 Western Conference Finals, a series where they choked away a 15 point lead with one quarter until they reached the championship round. Had that Scottie Pippen, Steve Smith, Damon Stoudamire team defeated the Lakers, we may have been talking about the Portland dynasty of the early 2000s, not the one in LaLa land. Having shed their “Trail Gangsters” persona, the Blazers have been an up-and-coming group for a few years now. Its kind of weird, because, every post-season, they are typecast as that fearful first round opponent, yet, they never actually win a series. The rumblings are the same again this year, and the noise has been at that level all season, that Portland will cause matchup problems and defeat one of the elite teams in the Western Conference. The addition of Gerald Wallace, to go along with Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge’s career best year, has that noise at a fever pitch.  They have drawn Dallas in the first round, and yeah, while they could win the series, we just don’t see it happening. Once again this over-hyped group of Trail Blazers will blaze a trail right out of the 2011 Western Conference QuarterFinals.

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Portland Trail Blazers Playoffs Schedule For 2011: (Home Games) and Mavs 2011 Playoffs Matchups: (TBA)
April 21st Portland Trail Blazers vs Dallas Mavericks – 2011 NBA Playoffs Round 1 Game 3
April 23rd Portland Trail Blazers vs Dallas Mavericks – 2011 NBA Playoffs Round 1 Game 4
April 28th Portland Trail Blazers vs Dallas Mavericks – 2011 NBA Playoffs Round 1 Game 6
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