in a dreadful, dreadful display of basketball, the tired and Damian Lillard-less Portland Trail Blazers put up a fight for 18 minutes, then rolled up into a ball and played dead for the rest of the night, losing 115-89.
Minus Damian Lillard for the second straight game, the Portland Trail Blazers were no contest for the Pelicans in New Orleans Wednesday evening, completing a winless five-game road trip in a 115-89 loss. This is somewhat historically significant, as the Blazers had not finished a road trip 0-5 in over 40 years: In February 1974, Portland lost to the Suns, Knicks, Bulls, Rockets and the Capital Bullets to complete an 0-5 road trip, mere weeks after previously completing an 0-6 road trip.