With the 2018 NBA Playoffs on the horizon and a decent seed guaranteed, the Portland Trail Blazers can consider this season a success. How many people actually thought Portland had a chance to finish in the top half of the Western Conference this season, close to 50 wins?
(Side note: I actually had a friend say this very same thing before the season and I called them crazy. I’m a bad friend.)
The Blazers can thank their 13-game win streak for getting them in the West’s top four. But could they have had more?