The Portland Trail Blazers are finally returning home after a disappointing road stretch where they went 1-4, now falling to 6-7 on the season. Defense was expected to be this team's calling card, but that has surprisingly been their downfall in their recent skid. While some of that can be attributed to their lack of depth due to injuries to players such as Matisse Thybulle and Blake Wesley, Portland's healthy players aren't carrying their weight, either. That starts with last year's All-Defensive wing Toumani Camara.
Camara has the fifth-worst defensive rating (120.4) on Portland's roster. The Blazers finished last season as a top-ten defensive unit, with expectations of carrying that over into this season, especially following the Jrue Holiday-Anfernee Simons swap with the Boston Celtics.