As the Golden State Warriors fell to the Portland Trail Blazers, 127-123, their path to contention for the NBA Cup became much, much murkier.
Although this, in and of itself, is not the end of the world, one troubling development, the excellent performance of opposing center Donovan Clingan, served as an indication of a concerning trend for the team moving forward: their inability to limit opposing teams with super-sized centers.
On the night, Clingan had a season-high 22 points to go along with 10 rebounds and four assists, and, although Al Horford left the game in the fourth quarter with hamstring tightness, their centers were still unable to prevent an offensively struggling young center from dominating them in the paint throughout the course of the entire game.