The Portland Trail Blazers fielded a starting lineup without Damian Lillard, Jusuf Nurkic, Anfernee Simons, Josh Hart, and Nassir Little against the Detroit Pistons today. Sadly, it didn’t work. Portland still won a 119-115 nail-biter, putting six players in double-figures, overcoming 25 points each from Pistons stars Cade Cunningham and Saddiq Bey.
If you missed the action, you can find our quarter-by-quarter recap here, along with plenty of commenters lamenting the victory, eager to avoid the Western Conference Play-In Tournament at all costs.
After you’ve caught up on the action, here are a few more bits of analysis from the game.