Last night brought a sense of finality to the Portland Trail Blazers’ three-game losing streak, which seems to have sucked out all the positive momentum the team carried into All-Star Weekend following several crucial victories over Western Conference contenders.
Narrowly defeating the Detroit Pistons at home at a one-possession margin of 107-104, Rip City might have more questions left to answer now than ever before.
It took a combined 73 points from the pair of CJ McCollum and Carmelo Anthony to lift the team over this Blake Griffin and Andre Drummond-less Pistons squad, who now face their own six-game losing streak.