The Portland Trail Blazers return from the NBA All-Star Break tonight to face the Sacramento Kings in what is supposed to be the start of their push for the 2023 NBA Playoffs. Momentum may be delayed like a snowed-in plane on the tarmac, however, as the Blazers will be playing without Damian Lillard, Jerami Grant, Jusuf Nurkic, and Anfernee Simons. For those counting, that’s four-fifths of their starting lineup, and the only four-fifths that they didn’t just trade for at the recently-completed NBA Trade Deadline.
But that’s ok. They’re going to play the game anyway, which means you can talk about it right here in our GameDay Open Thread.