Another up and down week, which featured back-to-back road losses to the Nuggets and Kings followed up by home victories versus the Cavaliers and Pelicans, results in the Trail Blazers making little progress in the latest round of NBA Power Rankings.
But with a huge road win versus the Jazz on Martin Luther King Jr. day, another Northwest Division showdown Tuesday versus the Thunder in Oklahoma City and two games in which they're likely to be favored versus the Suns and Hawks to round out the week, the Trail Blazers have an opportunity to make a move, both in the standings and the weekly rankings, before starting a stretch in which they play just once over the course of nine days.