CLEVELAND -- After the Trail Blazers started a seven-game road trip with two comfortable wins against quality opponents, the third leg Monday night in Cleveland versus the Cavaliers, owners of the third-worst record in the NBA, had significant “trap game” potential.
That potential was nearly realized.
Despite scoring the first 14 points of the game and leading by 23 at the intermission from three, the Trail Blazers nearly fouled and fumbled the game away in the second half before going on a late fourth-quarter run to come away with a 123-110 victory in front of a sellout crowd Monday night at Quicken Loans Arena.