The Portland Trail Blazers are in a late-season race for 2022 NBA Draft Lottery position. They are dueling with the Sacramento Kings, Indiana Pacers, and Oklahoma City Thunder to see how the lower echelons of the NBA standings will sort out between now and the end of the season on Sunday.
The Blazers currently own a 27-52 record with three games remaining on their schedule: tonight versus the New Orleans Pelicans, Friday against the Dallas Mavericks, then home on Sunday for the season finale against the Utah Jazz.