It's been a pretty good start to 2019 for the Portland Trail Blazers. Jusuf Nurkiu0107 is playing easily the best basketball of his career, are one of four teams that are 3.5 games back in the Western Conference playoff race and have won four of their last five after defeating the New York Knicks Monday night. They've also reached the midway point of the regular season with a record of 24-17, which is their best mark at this point of the season since 2014-15. They're not yet where they need to be, but they could be doing a whole lot worse.
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