Word: portlanders
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...comeback by the Philadelphia '76ers fell two points short in the closing seconds of their game at Portland yesterday, as the Trailblazers hustled their way to a 109-107 victory and their first NBA championship in the sixth game of the NBA playoff finals...
...well-oiled Portland machine was running in fine form in the second half, leading 91-80 after three periods and 102-90 with six minutes to go. Then came the explosion...
...Portland blazed back, holding the Sixers at bay, 108-101, with two minutes left. But then it was time for the Doctor J show. Erving clicked for a pair of buckets to make it 108-105 with 51 seconds left...
Maurice Lucas sunk a free throw at 0:27 to give Portland a 109-105 lead, but McGinnis responded with a 25-foot onehander at the 18-second mark...
...unaccustomed was the town to the heady, rarified atmosphere created by a winning team that the city council had to pass an anti-scalping law last month, tacitly admitting that such legislation had never before been needed. Blazermania descended on the town. After Portland took the Lakers on their home court in Los Angeles, where they had been virtually unbeatable, radio dispatchers for the Portland police department cut through the static: "Information to all cars. The Trail Blazers just...