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Unselfishness Converts Close Games to Wins for Trail Blazers

The Portland Trail Blazers are off to a 10-4 start in their 2022-23 NBA schedule, a streak that—in honor of their new Portland Airport uniforms—has left them Blue Hot and Rollin’. We’ve talked about the basic reasons for their success: defense, rebounding, forcing opponent turnovers. Today we’ll look at another factor that’s more right-brained, but still important, courtesy of the Blazer’s Edge Mailbag.

Dave,

I understand how we’re playing so far and I’m glad for the style change. But I don’t understand how we’re winning. We’ve had so many close games and come out of them near perfect.