Schedule and 2015-16 Results
Regular Season Records: Golden State 73-9, Portland 44-38
Game 1 on Sunday, 01 May: Portland loses at Golden State, 118-pts-106
Game 2 on Tuesday, 03 May: Portland loses at Golden State, 110-pts-99
Game 3 on Saturday, 07 May: Golden State loses at Portland, 120-pts-108
Game 4 on Monday, 09 May: Golden State wins at Portland, 132-pts-125
Game 5 on Wednesday, 11 May: Portland loses at Golden State, 125-pts-121

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Golden State Warriors hosted and topped the Portland Trailblazers 125-pts-121 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1312 victory. With the series 1312 win, the Golden State Warriors improve their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record to 13-10 (with an active six-series winning streak befitting a defending NBA champion) overall and 5-7 in the Quarterfinals round. With the series 1312 loss, the Portland Trailblazers see their best-of-7 NBA playoff series record fall to 12-15 overall and 6-5 in the Quarterfinals round. The win order for the victorious Golden State Warriors in series 1312 was WWLWW: Series 1312 thus becomes the 25th NBA Quarterfinals-round series, the 56th NBA series (all rounds), and the 116th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion.

After Game 4: The Golden State Warriors visited and defeated the Portland Trailblazers 132-pts-125 in overtime to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1312 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 4-0 and a Game 5 record of 2-2. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Portland Trailblazers have a series record of 0-10 and a Game 5 record of 5-5. Golden State trailed Portland on the road by 10 points at halftime. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games since 1947, inclusive, road teams down 10 points after one half had a game record of 14-82 (.146).

After Game 3: The Portland Trailblazers hosted and vanquished the Golden State Warriors 120-pts-108 to reduce the Golden State Warriors best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL series 1312 lead to 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 5-1 and a Game 4 record of 3-3 (with an active three-Game 4 winning streak). When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Portland Trailblazers have a series record of 2-8 (with the eight losses sandwiched by the two wins) and a Game 4 record of 5-5 (with an active three-Game 4 winning streak). The Portland Trailblazers trailed series 1312 Game 3 at home by six points after the first quarter. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games since 1947, inclusive, home teams down six points after one quarter had a game record of 44-50 (.468).

After Game 2: The Golden State Warriors hosted and defeated the Portland Trailblazers 110-pts-99 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1312 lead of 2-games-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 4-0 and a Game 3 record of 3-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-nil, the Portland Trailblazers have a series record of 2-7 (with the two victories sandwiching the seven defeats) and a Game 3 record of 3-6. Golden State trailed Portland at home by 13 points after one quarter and by 11 points after three. In the history of best-of-7 NBA playoff games since 1947, inclusive, home teams down 13 points after one quarter had a game record of 3-15 (.167), while home teams down 11 points after three quarters had a game record of 4-34 (.118).

After Game 1: The Golden State Warriors hosted and bested the Portland Trailblazers 118-pts-106 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1312 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Golden State Warriors have a series record of 10-3 (with an active five-series winning streak) and a Game 2 record of 4-9. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Portland Trailblazers have a series record of 3-13 and a Game 2 record of 7-9 (with an active four-Game 2 losing streak).

Pre-series assessment: In the 2015-16 NBA regular season, the Golden State Warriors finished 29 games ahead of the Portland Trailblazers. From 1947 through the 2016 NBA Preliminary round, when NBA teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by 29 regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 1-0 (1.000) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1312 is the 23rd best-of-7 NBA playoff series for the Golden State Warriors, and the 27th for the Portland Trailblazers. In best-of-7 NBA playoff series, the Golden State Warriors have an all-rounds series record of 12-10 (with an active five-series winning streak befitting a defending NBA champion), a Quarterfinals-round series record of 4-7, and a Game 1 record of 13-9 (with an active six-Game 1 winning streak), while the Portland Trailblazers have an all-rounds series record of 12-14, a Quarterfinals-round series record of 6-4, and a Game 1 record of 10-16 (with an active three-Game 1 losing streak). Series 1312 is the first best-of-7 NBA playoff series meeting between the Golden State Warriors and the Portland Trailblazers. The only previous best-of-7 NBA playoff series pitting two teams with a 29-game regular-season differential against each other was series 1038, in which the Boston Celtics (66-16) defeated the Atlanta Hawks (37-45) 4-games-3 in the 2008 NBA Preliminary-round en route to the 2008 NBA championship. The 29 regular-season games separating the Golden State Warriors from the Portland Trailblazers tie for the second-largest such differential since series 1306, in which Golden State finished 32 games ahead of the Houston Rockets in their just-completed 2016 NBA Preliminary round.