Chauncey Billups was placed on immediate leave from the Portland Trail Blazers amid shocking federal indictments. As a result, the Blazers promoted assistant Tiago Splitter to the role of interim head coach. After just one game as head coach, it was already apparent that Splitter is a perfect fit for this Blazers roster and team identity.
Portland blew out the Golden State Warriors with a final score of 139-119. Some may point to the fact that the Warriors were playing the second half of a back-to-back, traveling from San Francisco following an overtime victory over the Denver Nuggets.