Blazers at Jazz Preview

The Portland Trail Blazers are off on a seven game road trip that will see them zig-zig around the country, from the East Coast to the Midwest, back to the East Coast and then to the Southern Plains. It all starts, logically, in Salt Lake City. I hope the skies are friendly, boys. Fond memories of the beat-down they put on the Charlotte Hornets might help the miles pass more quickly. On Saturday the Blazers pummeled the Hornets 141-88 for their biggest margin of victory ever. With a game like that it’s hard to draw any conclusions. Were the Blazers that good? Are the Hornets just that bad? Probably a bit of both, but honestly your guess is as good as mine.

The Utah Jazz are also (remarkably)…