The Portland Trail Blazers are coming off a game where if they scored at the same rate for three more quarters and their opponent didn’t score another point, they still would have lost.
It’s hard to find words, phrases, or cliches that are useful for easing the transition from whatever we witnessed last night into a cogent aperitif for tonight’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
The fact is that the Blazers have been blown out in four of their last five games. Are they a bit short-handed? Sure, but so are many NBA teams in January.