A quarter of the way through the 2021-22 NBA season and the Trail Blazers are one of 12 teams within one game of .500 that have been increasingly hard to get a read on despite a 20-plus game sample size thus far. Of all the teams on that list, Portland has the best record at home (9-1) and the worst record on the road (1-10), pointing to the one constant in an otherwise inconsistent season -- the discrepancy between home and away games. Last season, Portland had a better record on the road (22-14) than they did at home (20-16), and while there were many changes this offseason at which we could point fingers, the most glaring difference is the addition of fans in the arenas this season compared to the empty arenas last year.
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