Blazers Play the Suns, Game One on Sunday

From the team on updated scheduling, ticket sales which are today, and viewing parties:

Tickets for First Two Home Games on Sale Thursday at 2 p.m.

PORTLAND, Ore. - The Portland Trail Blazers, in the postseason for the 28th time in their 40-year history, will begin the NBA Playoffs with a First Round series against the Phoenix Suns beginning SUNDAY at 7:30 p.m. (PT) at the U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix.

The best-of-seven series continues in Phoenix on Tuesday, April 20, at 7:00 p.m. before returning to Portland for games at the Rose Garden on Thursday, April 22, at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, April 24, at 1:30 p.m.

All games that aren't carried exclusively by NBA national broadcast partner ABC will be televised locally by KGW.

Complete game schedule:

Game Date Location Time (PT) TV
Game 1 Sun. 4/18 @ Phoenix 7:30 p.m. KGW/ESPN
Game 2 Tue. 4/20 @ Phoenix 7:00 p.m. KGW/TNT
Game 3 Thu. 4/22 @ Portland 7:00 p.m. KGW/NBA TV
Game 4 Sat. 4/24 @ Portland 1:30 p.m. KGW/TNT
Game 5* Mon. 4/26 @ Phoenix TBD TBD
Game 6* Thu. 4/29 @ Portland TBD TBD
Game 7* Sat. 5/1 @ Phoenix TBD TBD
*if necessary

All available tickets to be sold online

Available tickets for the first two home games will go on sale on Thursday, April 15, at 2:00 p.m. Tickets will not be available at the Rose Garden box office. Tickets will be available only via trailblazers.com. Fans who have not previously ordered online are encouraged to set up an account in advance of the on-sale time to expedite the ordering process. A maximum of four tickets are available per customer per game, subject to availability. Fans without internet access can call 1-888-716-5510, but are strongly encouraged to order online for the best chance to get tickets.

Game 1 Viewing Party Scheduled

Fans wanting to celebrate the Trail Blazers "Rip City Uprise" are encouraged to attend a Game 1 viewing party on Sunday night. A more detailed announcement on that event, including venue information, will follow on Thursday.

In Review

The Trail Blazers finished the 2009-10 season as the #6 seed in the Western Conference, with a record of 50-32. Portland finished with back-to-back 50+ win seasons for the first time since 1999-2001.

Portland won the season series vs. Phoenix, 2-1. The teams are meeting in the postseason for the first time since the First Round of the 1999 Playoffs, a series won by the Trail Blazers, 4-1. In six previous playoff series, each team has won 3 times.

The Trail Blazers enter the playoffs with an all-time postseason record of 93-107. Last season, the fourth-seeded Trail Blazers lost the best-of-seven series to the fifth-seeded Houston Rockets, 4 games to 2.