OAKLAND, Calif. — They came here as a sweet, likable, over-achieving team. But by the time the Trail Blazers left Game 1 of the Western Conference finals on Tuesday night, they resembled little of the storybook team that surprised many by getting here.



Their leader, Damian Lillard, was hounded throughout the night with one, two, sometimes three defenders. It left him tired. Dead tired.



Maurice Harkless was mad. Crumple-the-stat-sheet-and-throw-it mad.



And Evan Turner was so perplexed at the team’s game plan he harkened back to a childhood catchphrase to describe the team’s defense.



Yes, there was a different sound, a different feel to the Blazers, and that’s what happens when a team such as Golden State administers a 116-94 beatdown.



It all points to what amounts to the most important Wednesday of the Blazers’ season: the film session and practice in San Francisco to repair and regroup for Thursday’s Game...