INDIANAPOLIS -- After playing their first three post All-Star break games at home, the Portland Trail Blazers (26-33) head out for three straight on the road, all versus teams from the Eastern Conference. Their first stop is in Indianapolis, where they’ll face the Pacers (34-24) Thursday night at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in the second and final game of the season series. Some pregame notes…
• Portland’s 2019-20 season has largely been defined by injuries, so we might as well get to those first.
The big news: starting point guard Damian Lillard did not travel with the team to Indianapolis for the first game of a three-game trip starting Thursday versus the Pacers.