in the second round, the blazers needed seven games to get past the san antonio spurs as the home team won all seven games. in the western conference finals, the trail blazers continued to defend their home court well, jumping out to a 2–0 lead over the phoenix suns. the suns rebounded to take the next two in phoenix as the blazers won game 5 at home 120–114. however, there would be no need for a seventh game, as the blazers knocked off the suns with a 112–109 win in game 6 to reach the nba finals for the second time in franchise history.