The Portland Trail Blazers have been reborn this season, rising from the ashes of lottery chasing to at least a modicum of respect. An improved defense has been one of the hallmarks of their resurrection. Could it get even better, though? That’s what one reader wonders in today’s Blazer’s Edge Mailbag.
When you depend on threes, the old saying (If you depend on the threes you can win or die with them ) applies. Playing against a team that depends on them, I’m wondering why the blazers are spending so much of their time in zone defenses ?