The Portland Trail Blazers are allowing 21.6 opponent points off turnovers per game, ranking sixth-worst in the NBA. Seven of their ten losses have now been by single digits, two of which were from heartbreaking buzzer-beater threes at the hands of Desmond Bane and Nikola Vucevic.
The Blazers' new-look roster and established identity give them a much higher, more consistent floor on a nightly basis. Because of the competitiveness of these games, it's safe to assume that the results will start tilting in their favor if they stop handing opponents points on a silver platter.
Blazers must limit turnovers with thin margin of error out west
Part of that established identity comes from their size, defense, and physicality.