The Portland Trail Blazers fell to the Boston Celtics 145-117 tonight, their second straight home loss this week after giving up only one the entire season prior. Portland’s defense was missing in action at the start of the game, recovered a bit in the second quarter, then took a permanent vacation in the second half. Boston ended up shooting 56.3% from the field and 56.8% from the arc on their way to an easy victory.
Damian Lillard remained sideline for the Blazers with an ongoing abdominal injury. In his absence, CJ McCollum scored 24 on 8-21 shooting.