The Portland Trail Blazers are the hottest team in the NBA. Winners of 13 straight, the Blazers have been playing phenomenal basketball since early February, and are 22-5 since the middle of January. They’ve guaranteed themselves a .500 season. They’ve already exceeded their win total from last season. They’re holding on to the third seed in the Western Conference.
Did anyone see this coming?
I certainly didn’t. Even before the disappointment of the first half of the season, this was a team that wasn’t able to make any summer additions to their roster while the rest of the Western Conference got better.