No team is perfect. Even championship teams are flawed in some way. What matters is how you play once the opening bell rings in the playoffs. And since that’s how it goes, the Blazers have reason for optimism.
Here are some things that should have Rip City anticipating the arrival off the playoffs.
Damian Lillard
This one seems obvious, but it has a news hook: On Monday, the league named Lillard its Western Conference Player of the Week.
Lillard had the NBA’s highest scoring average (28.3 points) during the week of March 26 to April 1.