Damian Lillard, Jusuf Nurkic, Portland Trail Blazers (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)
After falling behind by as many as 24 points in the first half, the Portland Trail Blazers made an impressive comeback vs. the Celtics, but came up just short in the end. Here are 3 takeaways from the impressive performance from the Blazers.
While I was holding on to some hope that the Portland Trail Blazers might make a second half comeback when halftime hit, I was also preparing my game notes for this article. At the time, my main points were that Damian Lillard hasn’t looked like himself so far in the restart – whether due to his nagging injury or just poor play – and that Hassan Whiteside should be let go this summer.