The Portland Trail Blazers’ 2020-21 season has been marred by injuries, sprinkled with trade talk (plus one actual deal), and inundated with a torrent of high-powered scoring performances from Damian Lillard. Despite these trends, a theme has started to recur. “Are the referees being fair to the Blazers?”
This is not just an idle question, a pit into which every fan base falls. Lillard himself has begun to question the calls and methods of officials. Head Coach Terry Stotts earned the first ejection of his career this season. Blazer’s Edge GameDay Threads are full of questions about questionable calls.