When you play the Blazers the expectation is that, if you lose, you’ll lose to Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum, the Blazers’ high-scoring, dynamic backcourt. In their game tonight against the Raptors Lillard and McCollum were solid, as they combined for 38 points on 13 of 24 shooting. Still, the Raptors managed to avoid losing to them. Instead they lost to the Trail Blazers’ bench.
While the Raptors starters were able to keep things close, the Blazers would pull away with a 128-122 win off the back of the 58 points scored by their bench, as they had four different bench players score in double digits.