The Portland Trail Blazers are playing perhaps their best basketball of the season. They defeated the Golden State Warriors by 22 points and Philadelphia 76ers by 15 points. New additions Rodney Hood and Enes Kanter have fit like a glove and given the Blazers, perhaps, their most talented roster since LaMarcus Aldridge departed in free agency. As a result, many sites have elevated the Blazers in their weekly power rankings. Here a few.
NBA.com (6)
NBA.com had the Blazers rising up two spots to number 6 overall in their power rankings. Author John Schuhmann also named the Blazers his team of the week citing the strong play of their big men in the following excerpt:
“Neither of the Blazers’ starting guards scored more than 21 points in either of their two games last week.