PORTLAND -- After an extended layoff that allowed for more practice time in the last week than they had in the previous month, the Portland Trail Blazers got back to work Sunday night with a 116-113 victory versus the New York Knicks at the Moda Center.
“I thought the things that we worked on this week had a benefit,” said Trail Blazers head coach Terry Stotts. “There’s no question that our practice time paid dividends.”
The Trail Blazers are now 9-6 overall and 5-4 at home this season.
With their games versus the Grizzlies on both Wednesday and Friday postponed due to COVID-19 outbreaks within the Memphis organization, the Trail Blazers found themselves with five days off between their last game -- a loss to the Spurs on January 18 -- and Sunday’s contest with the Knicks.