After spending the better part of last week picking on Eastern Conference bottom feeders, the Portland Trail Blazers finally met a match their own size in the Milwaukee Bucks. On a night where Portland’s bench combined to shoot 6-of-31 and another brilliant offensive performance from Damian Lillard went unrequited, Portland fell in convincing, 127-109 fashion.
The suddenly-healthy Blazers had a chance to send a message by defeating a team with a winning record — something they’ve done only four times in the last two months — in this home game. Instead they drop to 29-19, a full game back of the Denver Nuggets.