The Portland Trail Blazers wanted to go ham on the Sacramento Kings in their first game after the All-Star break, hoping to forge a path to the 2023 NBA Playoffs. Injuries, a delayed plane into town, and late scratches for Damian Lillard and Jerami Grant ensured that the effort was mostly soy filler. Portland started a lineup of Drew Eubanks, Cam Reddish, Nassir Little, Matisse Thybulle, and Ryan Arcidiacono. Nobody in the universe had that on their Trail Blazers bingo card, because most of those players are too new to the franchise for the cards to be printed yet.
No-Name Trail Blazers Can’t Top Kings
