The Portland Trail Blazers ended their road trip Sunday evening with a pretty discouraging 124-95 loss to the Denver Nuggets. While the Blazers were without Damian Lillard, no one should fool themselves into thinking that missing their superstar was the reason they lost. The Blazers never really looked like competing, and Coach Billups wasn’t happy about it.
The Toronto Raptors are having a strange season, only losing once on the road while posting a record of 2-6 at home. Perhaps it’s unlucky for the Blazers that this game will be at Moda Center. On Saturday, the Raptors fell by a score of 127-121 against the Detroit Pistons in Toronto.