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Dan Woike: Damian Lillard and teammates carry out the Trail Blazers' blueprint for success

Damian Lillard calmly dribbled, one of the NBA's best three perimeter defenders staring right at him. He stepped back and to the right, launching a shot that will be replayed as long as there's professional basketball in Portland, Ore., the ball swishing through the basket while Lillard calmly and coldly waved goodbye to the Oklahoma City Thunder bench.

It was the biggest three points of the game, three points that have the Portland Trail Blazers moving on to the conference semifinals, three points that have the Thunder

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