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Maybe Monta Ellis is ready to shoulder a heavier load, after all. The guard carried the Warriors to a 108-94 win over streaking Portland, recording a season-high 34 points and adding eight assists, six rebounds and six steals in front of 18,630 fans at Oracle Arena on Friday night.

Martell Webster had 21 points and 13 rebounds, Brandon Roy added 18 points, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat Minnesota 106-78 on Saturday night, handing the Timberwolves their 12th straight loss.

The Portland Trail Blazers aim for their 11th straight win over the hapless Minnesota Timberwolves tonight when the Northwest Division rivals meet at the Rose Garden.

Get in-game updates from your mobile phone or PC on startribune.com . Preview : The Timberwolves meet Portland for the third time in 13 days, unfortunate timing since the first two games were both 23-point Blazer victories.

The excitement in the air was palpable. These Blazers were coming off a 4-1 road trip that included a road win over the Hornets.

Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge each scored 20, and Portland nearly blew a 20-point lead in the final quarter before holding off Detroit, 87-81, at the Rose Garden.

Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen, who already has overcome cancer once, has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Travis Outlaw led Portland in scoring in its season-opening win at the Rose Garden and was the Blazers' top scorer off the bench before being hurt in a game at Charlotte Saturday.

Brandon Roy goes for a layup as the Portland Trail Blazers face the Atlanta Hawks at the Rose Garden.

Guard Brandon Roy #7 of the Portland Trail Blazers in Game Six of the Western Conference Quarterfinals during the 2009 NBA Playoffs at Toyota Center on April 30, 2009 in Houston, Texas.

When the Trail Blazers and Atlanta Hawks meet tonight at Philips Arena, the similarities between the two teams go beyond their winning streaks.

Blazers guard Brandon Roy is looking to make his third consecutive Western Conference All-Star team.

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While the Portland Trail Blazers have regrouped after a slow start, the Charlotte Bobcats have taken a step back since opening their season on a positive note.

LaMarcus Aldridge had 20 points and 13 rebounds, helping Portland to an 86-78 victory over a New Orleans team on Friday night that lost Chris Paul to a sprained ankle while trying to adjust to new head coach Jeff Bower.

TV on CSN ; radio on KXTG Portland's probable starters No. Player Ht. Pos. Statistics 24 Andre Miller 6-2 PG 2 Steve Blake 6-3 SG 7 Brandon Roy 6-6 SF 12 LaMarcus Aldridge 6-11 PF 52 Greg Oden 7-0 C New Orleans' probable starters No.

By the looks on the faces of the Trail Blazers, coach Nate McMillan might as well have been speaking Chinese on Wednesday night in Minneapolis.

First there was the panic. When the Portland Trail Blazers' two-win, three-loss opening to the 2009-2010 season mirrored a similar pattern repeated eight of the past nine years, a shrill call for something to be done resonated throughout town.

Brandon Roy scored 20 points, LaMarcus Aldridge added 16 points and 12 rebounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers won their third straight with a 93-79 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night.