You are looking at a ticket stub for the first playoff game in the 2000 NBA Western Conference First Round playoffs between the Portland Trailblazers and Minnesota Timberwolves, which took place on April 23, 2000 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon.

Kevin Garnett authored the first playoff triple double of his career with a 12/11/10 line.

Here is AP's account of the game:

"The trade that brought Scottie Pippen and his -six NBA championships to the Portland Trail Blazers never looked better than it did Sunday.

Pippen, showing the kind of playoff leadership the Blazers have lacked for years, scored a season high 28 points and helped hold the Minnesota Timberwolves to 13 points in the fourth quarter. Portland rallied for a 91-88 victory Game 1 of the best-of-five series.

“I tried to step up my game and put all my energy into coming out and being aggressive, and doing whatever it takes for us to win - by any means necessary," Pippen said.

The Blazers trailed 75-69 to start the fourth quarter, but came back when Minnesota, which had been making its jump shots all game, suddenly started forcing them.

Pippen, who spent a miserable season in Houston last year after helping Michael Jordan win six titles in Chicago, showed his old playoff grit late in the game. He drove to the basket and was hit across the right side of the face by Anthony Peeler with 1:26 left. Pippen grimaced in pain, but still made his foul shots for an 87-82 lead.

"I thought Pippen was unbelievable," Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders said. "I saw a lot of stuff in the paper about how they got Scottie for this situation, and he got them off to a great start. He was phenomenal."

The Timberwolves got within three twice, on two free throws by Malik Sealy and a drive by Terrell Brandon. But Pippen and Detlef Schrempf combined for four free throws in the final 16 seconds to seal it.

Sealy had 23 points to lead the Timberwolves. Garnett had 12 points, a career high-tying 11 assists, and 10 rebounds, but he shot just 6-of-20, including l-for-5 in the fourth quarter. Brandon had 17 points and 12 assists."

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