The Warriors kicked the Blazers out of Portland

Chance The Rapper doesn’t have to reschedule his show at Oracle Arena after all. Much was made of the fact that his show was scheduled the same night as a potential Warriors vs. Blazers Game 5. While there was an innocent explanation, we all kind of knew the Warriors would have no problem wrapping up the series.

The logistics staff at Oracle can count their blessings: Kevin Durant came back in Game 4 in Portland. How great Golden State looked all night. Now the Blazers can go hang out with summer friends while the Warriors continue toward the finish line. In the West’s second round, right now the Warriors are all we got.

The Warriors dropped 45 in the first quarter on Monday and never looked back. Durant looked incredible. By the end of the night, the Blazers were not just on summer vacation, but I think the Warriors actually took physically ownership of the Moda Center and the city of Portland. I think the Warriors legitimately evicted the Blazers for the summer.

I predicted Golden State would go 16-0 on their way to winning the title. Friends, that is absolutely still in play.

Bucks 93, Raptors 118 (TOR leads 3-2)

Wizards 101, Hawks 111 (Series tied 2-2)

Warriors 128, Blazers 103 (GSW wins 4-0)

The Raptors took control of their weird series with Milwaukee on Monday. But it wasn’t DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry who showed out. It was Norman “The God” Powell and Serge Ibaka! As an avowed Norm fan, this pleases me. Look at this dunk! Giannis Antetokounmpo was quite good in defeat, but the Bucks’ defense wasn’t able to stop Toronto’s assault. And also, Serge put Giannis on a poster. All of Giannis’ victims smile in unison.

The Hawks evened up their series with the Wizards — the home team has won all four games. How’d Atlanta do it in Game 4? The only thing that stands out much is that the Hawks were awesome when Jose Calderon (?!) and Kent Bazemore were on the floor together (+24 in 14 minutes). That might have something to do with the Wizards bench, of course ... anyways, check out Marcin Gortat tying his shoe in the middle of a possession!

Tuesday’s schedule (all times ET):
Thunder at Rockets, 8 p.m., TNT (HOU leads 3-1)
Grizzlies at Spurs, 9 p.m., NBA TV (Series tied 2-2)
Jazz at Clippers, 10:30 p.m., TNT (Series tied 2-2)

There is nothing more NBA In 2017 than two teammates accidentally wearing matching $990 dinosaur sweaters to a game.

New Ricky O’Donnell mock draft with the Sixers winning No. 1 overall, as it should be, frankly.

I wrote about how the Clippers should run it back ... if Blake Griffin is willing to return to Los Angeles.

Charlotte Wilder broke out 17 takeaways from the tense Russell Westbrook-Steven Adams press conference following Game 4. Sean Fennessey used it as part of the basis for his piece delving into his anti-Westbrook feelings.

Henry Abbott goes long on LeBron’s mileage and whether this is the beginning of the end for his peak.

It turns out it’s not fun watching Andre Roberson brick free throws, just like it isn’t fun watching anyone brick free throws.

Kawhi Leonard is having the best statistical postseason in NBA history so far.

How interesting! Given that All-NBA status matters so much for contracts and cap sheet management these days, the league has decided to announce those honors before the late June awards show so teams can plan around it.

Isaiah Thomas credits his teammates with lifting him up during an emotional time.

Rachel Nichols on what we lose when we lose Steve Kerr’s voice.

Nene almost retired last summer. Now he’s an integral part of Houston’s playoff run.

Whoops! Joe Ingles should have been a Clipper. Instead he’s helping to hurt L.A.

And finally: an adult Clippers fan was quite rude to a tiny Jazz fan during a bubble race, so the Jazz mascot avenged him by viciously attacking said Clippers fan. All is fair in love and bubble races.