The Portland Trail Blazers have been struggling as of late.
Over the past 10 games, the Blazers are 2-8 and have fallen back to .500 after a 9-3 start. A lot of the struggles can be pointed to Damian Lillard’s injury, which has altered both the offense and defense in Portland.
Kirk Goldsberry posted his most recent Efficiency Landscape, a graph that tracks every team’s efficiency on offense and defense. The Blazers’ placement on the graph doesn’t look very good.
— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) December 2, 2022
The Blazers are placed all the way down on the vertical axis, which symbolizes poor defense.