The Portland Trail Blazers took the floor tonight for the first time in the 2022-23 season, taking on the Los Angeles Clippers in Seattle in Preseason Game 1. The game was sloppy, as is to be expected in an initial outing. Los Angeles prospered mightily when their starters played. They did not keep them in all game. When Kawhi Leonard and Paul George sat, Portland was able to close the gap. The Blazers surged ahead in the third period behind their own starters and mid-bench players, but they couldn’t keep the momentum going in a difficult, reserve-ridden fourth, eventually losing 102-97.
Lillard Looks Spry in Blazers-Clippers Preseason Game
