This wasn’t the Portland Trail Blazers’ worst game of the season, but it’s one everyone will be happy to forget. I know I will. Portland lost to Houston by a score of 110-92, but neither the score, nor the stats, tell a fresh story tonight. Because if you’ve watched any recent Portland Trail Blazers game, you’ve watched this before.
The phrase “Groundhog Day” has been liberally tossed around during the Blazers’ past ten Jerami-Grant-less games. Let’s skip any regular game analysis, since every recent game is so similar, and talk about why it feels like we’re watching the basketball equivalent of the 35th consecutive episode of “Friends” on TBS.