On this week’s edition of Blazer’s Edge Radio, the main topic of discussion was the Portland Trail Blazers’ dwindling playoff chances. The team currently sits four games back of the Memphis Grizzlies for the eighth seed, with 26 games remaining on the schedule. Add in the fact that Damian Lillard will miss an undetermined amount of time due to a groin injury, and a bleak situation turns even bleaker.
The Blazers haven’t missed the NBA postseason since 2013, Lillard’s rookie year. While they are technically still in the hunt, last week’s losses to the Grizzlies and New Orleans Pelicans were particularly damning—independent of Lillard’s injury.