With news breaking Friday that there is still no real timeline to Nurkic’s return from injury, the Blazers may be without the Bosnian Beast in game one.
After he went down, the Blazers effectively went 3-2 (1-1 in scrub games) including a career high night from Lillard against Utah.
However, if the Blazers want any chance and defeating the two time Western Conference Champions, they will need some major contributions from other players.
Let’s take a look at three players that will need to have career-type numbers and explain what their priority should be going into the series.