Game 5 was one of the best games of the series. Point guard Lionel Hollins is calm and steady throughout. Barry calls it a “total breakdown” by the 76ers. Blazer rookie Johnny Davis makes thrilling drives to the basket that draw fouls to become three-point plays. J performance, but the Blazers execute smooth, pass-first basketball in the third quarter. The Sixers rally before halftime, behind another great Dr. They ran away with the game in third quarter, pouring in 41 points. They went on to tie the series, winning 130-98. Portland didn’t slow down, starting Game 4 on a 17-4 run. “There’s no wondering now: this is going to be a marvelous showdown.”
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“I think all of us wondered what might happen in this series after those first two games at Philadelphia,” Musburger says with just over a minute left before the Blazers claim their first victory of the series. Things were finally looking up for the Trail Blazers, now only trailing in the series 2-1. Prior to the game, Lucas went up to the Philadelphia bench to make nice with Dawkins and the rest of the team. Led by 27 points from Lucas, the Trail Blazers blew out the Sixers, 129-107. Then the Trail Blazers turned the series upside down in Game 3.
The Sixers win by 18 as the game ends on a strange, charged note. Lucas shadowboxes Dawkins before teammates and police drag them apart. As Dawkins backs away, the Blazers’ Maurice Lucas smacks him with a forearm to the back of the head, and they square off. Dawkins goes after Gross, swinging at him but striking a teammate instead. “They can’t allow this to happen.” With five minutes left and the 76ers up 20, Philly’s Darryl Dawkins wraps up Gross under the basket, then throws him to the ground. “They’ve gotta get on top of these fouls,” commentator Rick Barry says as Philly’s George McGinnis and Blazer Lloyd Neal begin pushing each other. Lucas showed the fire that would ignite the Trail Blazers for the rest of the season. The game was chippy as Darryl Dawkins and Lucas got into it and the police had to break them apart. Bill Walton led Portland once again with 17 points, while Doug Collins led the Sixers with 27. In Game 2, the Trail Blazers failed to show up to play, dropping the second straight to the Sixers, 107-89. Portland’s downfall came when starters Maurice Lucas, Lionel Hollins, and Bob Gross fouled out in the fourth quarter. Sixers guard Doug Collins scored 30 as well. Julius Erving led the Sixers with 33 points.
Bill Walton had a monster performance for the Trail Blazers, scoring 28 points, while grabbing 20 rebounds. Game 1 of the series was in Philadelphia, with the Sixers taking a 1-0 series lead on a 107-101 win. After falling 0-2 in the series, the Trail Blazers mounted one of the best comebacks in NBA history, pulling off four straight victories to win their first NBA championship.Ĭasey Jarman of Portland Monthly chronicles those six memorable games in his article “The Spirit of ’77: How the Blazers Won Portland.” The series featured three Hall-of-Famers: Julius Erving, George McGinnis, and Trail Blazers great Bill Walton. Facing the Philadelphia 76ers, the Trail Blazers were going for their first NBA title in the history of the organization. The 1977 NBA Finals was one for the ages for the city of Portland.
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