With their season increasingly in jeopardy, the Portland Trail Blazers gave up another double-digit lead and fell to the New York Knicks at home on Tuesday, 107-123. We’ve seen this before. Too many times. If nothing changes, we are sure to see it again. Basketball being a game of runs is not enough to explain a 16-point lead turning into a 16-point loss.
That said, after the game, star point guard Damian Lillard was asked about how that happens. Specifically, how the Trail Blazers are able to get off to such impressive starts. Here is what he had to say.