As is often the case, the night-to-night hunt for seeding in the Western Conference postseason race will be among the most entertaining subplots of the 2022-23 season.
At its current state, only eight games separate the No. 2 seed from the No. 13. In considering each team’s Playoff aspirations, Bleacher Report’s Grant Hughes wasn’t particularly bullish on the Portland Trail Blazers’ chances, categorizing them as a team that should have a “high panic meter” over the season’s final two months.
Joined by the Los Angeles Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves, the Blazers — currently sitting at 28-31 and in the No.