The Portland Trail Blazers entered Wednesday’s game against the Golden State Warriors as heavy underdogs, but you wouldn’t know it the way they played them for much of the night. Missing franchise pillars Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum, along with rotation players Anfernee Simons and Cody Zeller due to injury, Portland gave an inspiring effort against the NBA’s top team in what ended up being a much closer game than many anticipated.
Despite holding the high-powered Warriors well below their seasonal scoring average, the Blazers ultimately fell short of the upset in San Francisco, 104-94.