PORTLAND – During the fourth quarter of Portland’s 103-100 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday, the NBA announced the playoff schedule for the first round.

As the 8-seed, Portland will face top-seed Golden State in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. Game one of the best-of-seven series will be in Oakland on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. Game two is scheduled for Wednesday next week and then the series shifts to Portland for games three and four. Game three will be held Saturday, April 22 and game four on the following Monday.

If the series lasts longer than four games, game five will be held April 26, game six on April 28, and if necessary, game seven on April 30.

Blazers playoff games can be heard on 1490 The Score.