The Portland Trail Blazers and Cleveland Cavaliers met on Friday night as two teams going in opposite directions. The Blazers entered the season with high expectations and have failed to meet them. The Cavaliers came into the year with almost none, yet have become one of the NBA’s brightest, and most surprising, stories. Portland features one of the smallest lineups in the league, the Cavaliers the biggest...you get the idea.
As it turns out, the two divergent teams were fairly equally matched, engaging in a nip-and-tuck battle that saw the Cavaliers retain the lead, but not by much.