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The Portland Trail Blazers are having trouble sustaining last year's surprising success. They lost 126-109 to the Houston Rockets on Friday, two days after an even more dispiriting 113-88 loss to the Chicago Bulls. With a record of 7-6 and the second-worst defensive rating in the league, Blazers star Damian Lillard offered a blunt assessment of his team afterward, as did swingman Evan Turner.
"We kind of suck right now,'' Damian Lillard said.