PHOENIX -- In a game with significant playoff implications, the Trail Blazers went down big in the first quarter, rallied in the second, went down by even more in the third before falling 127-117 to the Phoenix Suns in front of a crowd of 15,522 Friday night at Talking Stick Resort Arena.
The Trail Blazers are now 28-36 overall and 11-23 on the road this season. Portland had a chance to make up ground in the race for the eighth-seed with the Grizzlies losing to the Mavericks earlier in the evening, but with the loss, Portland remains 3.