PORTLAND, Ore. — Like it has all season at the Moda Center, the most famous seat in the building — seat 2 in Section 118, row AA — was left empty Sunday.



The Trail Blazers players said they saw it. And Coach Terry Stotts said he noticed it.



It’s the seat where the late owner, Paul Allen, used to sit. And it’s where my mind went Sunday as Enes Kanter and Damian Lillard wrapped up the Blazers’ 104-99 victory over Oklahoma City in Game 1 of this best-of-seven series.



Sunday’s win was significant because it snapped the Blazers’ 10-game losing streak in the postseason. And it gave them leverage over a star-studded Thunder team that had swept them in the regular season.



But it was also significant because of that empty seat … and who sat right next to it Sunday, in seat No. 3.



It was there that Jody Allen, the sister of Paul Allen, sat as the team’s new owner. When Allen died...