The 2023-24 Portland Trail Blazers have been built around a core of young guards, huge names expected to assume places in All-Star, and perhaps All-NBA circles before their careers are over. Despite fielding lottery picks Scoot Henderson and Shaedon Sharpe, plus young phenom Anfernee Simons before his injury, Portland started off the season without a victory to their name.
Until tonight, that is.
Portland walked into Toronto and vanquished a veteran Raptors team 99-91. The Blazers shot just 44.7% from the field and 31.4% from the three-point arc. Henderson went 4-12 and committed 4 turnovers before fouling out in 34 minutes.