Bud Geracie is the executive sports editor for the Bay Area News Group, a position he has held since 2007. Before that, he wrote sports columns, including a popular Saturday feature called "In the Wake of the Week." Going way back, he covered the Oakland A's from 1985-1988, leaving the beat after Kirk Gibson's homer off Dennis Eckersley, still the most amazing thing he has witnessed in person.
The Golden State Warriors and the Portland TrailBlazers, who will meet Tuesday in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals, have played only once in 2019 -- and that was...