The Portland Trail Blazers have dropped two games in a row to two of the best teams in the NBA at the end of a long road trip, and there’s no shame in that. As they return to the comfy confines of the Moda Center at One Center Court, the Detroit Pistons will be waiting.
For those who haven’t been following the drama of the Eastern Conference this season, these are not the same Pistons who won a combined 74 games the previous four years. Free from the oddly disengaged coaching of the once-great Monty Williams, Detroit and current Head Coach J.