Shakespeare had some bangers in his day, including this gem:
If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?
The Portland Trail Blazers - pricked, tickled, poisoned, and wronged - ought to feel a bit revenge-y as they flittered away a 12-point lead late in the third Friday to lose to the New Orleans Pelicans 103-105. Most of that lead was blown during a stretch early in the fourth that turned a nine-point Blazers lead into a two-point deficit in under 200 seconds; despite that, there were reasons both before and after that for Blazers fans to have hope.