PORTLAND -- The Trail Blazers were closer to getting a win Tuesday night than they have been at any time in the last two weeks. But close, unlike in horseshoes and hand grenades, doesn’t matter much in the NBA.
After trailing by as many as 14 in the third quarter, the Trail Blazers took a lead late in the fourth only to eventually lose 111-107 to the Phoenix Suns in front of a crowd of 16,184 Tuesday night at Moda Center.
“It’s a tough loss, tough loss,” said head coach Chauncey Billups. “We played our butts off, couldn’t get over the hump, we just didn’t shoot it well.