The Golden State Warriors went 67-15 this season which was the best record in the entire NBA.The Portland Trail Blazers went 41-41 and barely captured the eighth seed in the Western Conference, finishing just one game in front of the Denver Nuggets.However, Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard likes his team’s chances heading into their first round matchup against Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson and company.And he didn’t shy away from his prediction, either.After a postgame interview on Wednesday night, a CSN Northwest reporter asked the Oakland native whether his team would win in six or seven games. Here was his response:

While the odds are stacked against them and he was clearly baited into predicting an upset, Lillard likes being the underdog. In fact, a major part of his basketball story stems from being just that, since he came from an untraditional basketball school where he put in the time and effort necessary to get drafted.

“We’re not going into the playoffs saying, ‘Hey we made it, let’s bow out gracefully and be happy with what we did,'” Lillard told reporters Tuesday. “We’re going in there to take a swing. We’re coming in there to try and shock the world.”

In 2007, the Warriors shocked the world. As the eighth seed who went 42-40 in the regular season, they took down the 67-15 Dallas Mavericks in six games in what is considered arguably the biggest playoff upsets in NBA history.

While Portland went 0-4 against the Warriors this season, the trade that sent away Mason Plumlee and acquired Jusuf Nurkic worked out in their favor. As a viable third offensive option behind Lillard and co-star C.J. McCollum, Nurkic showed off his skills on both ends of the floor before he suffered a displaced fracture in his right fibula on March 31st.

According to Jason Quick of CSN Northwest, he went through the team’s pregame warmup on Wednesday and is waiting for the green light from the team’s medical staff to return to action.

If Nurkic is able to get on the court, he will likely be limited and have his minutes monitored, but he’d certainly increase Portland’s chances of pulling off the unthinkable.

At this point, it’d be silly to consider Lillard’s comments as anything but confidence in himself and his teammates. Of course he wouldn’t publicly predict a loss even if he thinks that’ll happen.

The two teams square off at the Oracle Arena in Game 1 on Sunday at 3:30pm EST.