The Portland Trail Blazers clinched homecourt advantage in the first round of the playoffs last night against the Los Angeles Lakers in epic fashion. Maurice Harkless hit a game-winning three from the corner to give the Blazers the lead as time expired.
With homecourt already clinched, there is not much on the line in tonight’s regular-season finale against the Sacramento Kings.
According to Casey Holdahl of the Trail Blazers official site, the Blazers have wisely chosen to not deploy Damian Lillard or CJ McCollum due to load management.
Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum are both OUT due to "load management" for tonight's regular season finale vs.