Less than seven minutes. That’s how long into the third quarter it took the Portland Trail Blazers to lose their 13-point halftime lead to the LA Clippers. The downfall began with six missed Blazers three-pointers, it morphed into a 17-4 Clippers run, and it culminated in a Tobias Harris three-point play that gave Los Angeles a 65-64 lead.
Even with Portland winning three of the four periods, they never overcame that disastrous third where they were outscored 38-16. Their impressive first half was ultimately squandered. They fell to a very talented and very scrappy Clippers team, 104-100.