The Portland Trail Blazers 2023-24 regular season schedule has been released. 80 of their 82 games are known, with two being left variable because of the new NBA Mid-Season Tournament the first week in December.
Having seen the schedule, here are three early observations.
The Win Gap
If you look at the schedule, 50 out of 80 pre-scheduled games for the Blazers will come against teams that finished .500 or above last season. At first, this doesn’t seem possible, but it is. It highlights the reality of the NBA in 2023: the gap between haves and have-nots is pretty clear.