PORTLAND – The Trail Blazers closed the season on a high note against the Utah Jazz, scoring a 102-93 win behind a sellout crowd of 20,186 to earn the third seed in the playoffs and win the Northwest Division. Portland is set to host sixth-seeded New Orleans in the First Round of the 2018 NBA Playoffs starting this weekend at Moda Center.
Damian Lillard finished his superb season by leading all players with 36 points and 10 assists. He finishes the 2017-18 season with the fifth-highest scoring average in the NBA (26.9). Clyde Drexler was the last Blazer to rank among the league’s five best in scoring when he finished fourth during the 1991-92 season (25.