The Portland Trail Blazers came into their first preseason game of the 2021-22 campaign with a new coach, a new look, and a whole bunch of new candidates auditioning for playing time off the bench. Their offense looked revamped, though in need of fine tuning. Their defense didn’t click. As a result, the Golden State Warriors ran away with the game, 121-107.
The Game
Scores and runs don’t matter much in preseason, so here’s the short version of the story.
The Blazers came out of the gate with a combo of slouch and ouch, falling behind early 18-8 to a Warriors team hitting deep shots.