For one quarter, the Portland Trail Blazers looked comfortingly-similar to the team that ran off a four-game win streak heading into the All-Star break. Unfortunately, all it took was one of the Golden State Warriors’ classic, one-of-a-kind runs to render them irrelevant for the next three quarters. The Warriors had seven players score in double-figures and every player had at least five points. That proved too much in a 132-95 primetime rout.
On the Blazers side, Anfernee Simons led the way with an efficient 24-point performance, and he got modest-but-productive performances from a few teammates.