Turn the lights out and say “goodnight” to the Portland Trail Blazers’ 2021-2022 season. Their campaign mercifully concluded in the most muted of fashions: a 111-80 beatdown at the hands of the Utah Jazz.
Blazers legend Bill Schonely’s retirement ceremony at halfitme was the brightest spectacle in an otherwise mundane 31-point loss.
During a year which began with Portland showcasing a rotation of NBA mainstays, the Blazers fielded a starting lineup of Brandon Williams, Keon Johnson, CJ Elleby, Didi Louzada, and Reggie Perry in the season finale.
The Jazz shot poorly, especially in the first half, but Portland’s cast of hopeful upstarts couldn’t capitalize in a game that was over by the end of the third quarter.