CHARLOTTE -- The Trail Blazers started off their first extended road trip of the season, a three-game tour versus teams from the Eastern Conference, with a 125-113 loss to the Charlotte Hornets in front of a crowd of 14,960 Sunday night at the Spectrum Center.
“I thought we got caught up kind of playing their style, they kind of get up and down and run and play like you’re at the park,” said Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups. “It’s easy to get caught up like that because that’s fun. It’s fun to play that way.