The Portland Trail Blazers and Boston Celtics couldn’t be at more different points of their franchise life cycle.
The Celtics, with a +11 point differential per 100 possessions, are on a 65-win pace according to Cleaning the Glass, their best since the ‘07-08 Garnett-Pierce-Allen years when they won 66 games and the title.
The Blazers, on the other hand, have a -9.2 point differential and are slightly outperforming their 20-win expectations according to those same stats. That’s futility not seen in the Rose City since ‘05-06 when we were graced nightly with the greatness of Darius Miles, Martell Webster, Travis Outlaw, and Steve Blake.