CJ McCollum, Carmelo Anthony, Portland Trail Blazers (Photo by Abbie Parr/Getty Images)
Although the Portland Trail Blazers restart schedule looks tough on the surface, looking at each opponent’s motivation to win could help their playoff hopes.
Why is this Necessary?
The Portland Trail Blazers are among numerous teams that are going to be fighting their hardest for seeding during the 8 “regular season” games in the NBA’s Orlando restart. Others are going to treat them as if they were pre-season games. For this reason, it is essential to look at each game in the Orlando restart in terms of opponent’s motivation to win to truly determine a team’s strength of schedule.