The Portland Trail Blazers have lost four in a row and it won’t get any easier on Friday night. With injury concerns and just some really bad vibes from fans and the press, it would take a brave person to predict a win for Rip City. Stranger things have happened, and of course Damian Lillard plays for the home team, so you never know. Dame’s name on the injury report along with Jerami Grant’s doesn’t exactly inspire confidence, but as of this writing Lillard at least is probable to play. The Blazers are going to need him.
The Celtics have gotten into a pattern of under-performing lately, so the door might be open just a crack if Portland can put things together for four quarters.