It wasn’t pretty. The crowd was hostile. Nothing went right. And the Blazers leave Portland down 0-2 in their first-round NBA Playoffs series against the New Orleans Pelicans, after a demoralizing 111-102 loss. Here’s what went down.
- The Blazers got outplayed. There are other things to start, but let’s begin with the most important topic: The Blazers simply got beat, at home, by a team playing better than them. Twice. They out-shot the Blazers, 51.2% to 45.6% overall, and 50% to 38.7% from three. They made the big shots in the clutch when it counted.