Through five games, the Portland Trail Blazers (3-2) have already dealt with a number of issues in a season dictated in large part by the COVID-19 pandemic. They’re played in arenas with no fans, had to figure out how to prepare for games without being able to get together for meetings and had players miss games due to infections and quarantines.
And on Sunday, they’ll encounter another feature of the NBA’s unprecedented 2020-21 regular season schedule by playing their second consecutive game versus the same opponent in the same building.
After besting the Golden State Warriors Friday night at Chase Center in San Francisco, the Trail Blazers will try to repeat that performance Sunday afternoon versus the same opponent in the same building.