With Chicago Bulls, outside of Robin Lopez, looking every bit like the anti-Cheers team (where nobody knows your name), the Portland Trail Blazers got through their post-Nurkic hangover for a very easy 118-98 victory (Box score). There are no throwaway games in March, but this was as close as it gets. Nonetheless, here are a few initial thoughts.
- We learned little tonight. With these Bulls being utterly awful, we learned nothing. Kanter started in place of Nurkic, but there is no telling if that is a successful move against a team that looked like a D-League squad plus Lopez.