The Portland Trail Blazers open their 2018-19 NBA Regular Season Schedule tonight against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers. Season openers are a Blazers specialty. They haven’t lost one since Dwight Eisenhower was president...or close enough. This one carries special meaning being at home, against a traditional rival fielding the best player in the league, also honoring the passing of owner Paul Allen. For all those reasons, a victory would be nice.
Unfortunately, the Blazers don’t have room for much “nice” in the current campaign. The NBA Western Conference runs 9 deep, perhaps expanding to 11.