On Tuesday night, the Portland Trail Blazers put another feather in their Hella Week cap. Despite playing without Damian Lillard, the Blazers thumped the Oklahoma City Thunder, 117-106.
The victory, the Trail Blazers’ third in a row and sixth of their last eight, moved them into fifth place in the Western Conference at 22-18.
And Portland is now in second place in the Northwest Division, three games behind the Minnesota Timberwolves. (The Trail Blazers will end their hella week Sunday against the Timberwolves.)
But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.