The Portland Trail Blazers got blown out by the Los Angeles Clippers on the road 116-86, losing by a particularly brutal 30 points. New coach Chauncey Billups waved the white flag of defeat early in the fourth quarter, sending in the deep bench. After the game, Billups put it succinctly, reports Casey Holdahl of Trailblazers.com: embarrassing.
“It was embarrassing, it was really embarrassing,” said Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups. “Just the effort, I didn’t think that we started the game off with the right mindset. We talked in the locker room about the Clippers, they hadn’t won a game yet, two tough losses, they were desperate to get a win, you’re at home.