All-in-all, it was a pretty impressive week for the Portland Trail Blazers. Despite a close loss to the Thunder, the team was able to eke out an overtime victory over the Kings before earning an impressive win over the resurgent Rockets on Saturday night. The strong showing was reflected in this week’s NBA Power Rankings roundup.
ESPN kept the squad in the 12th spot, and Marc J. Spears appears to have come down with a case of Nurk Fever:
The Blazers appear to have a third scorer behind Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum whom they can depend on in center Jusuf Nurkic.