The Portland Path Blazers have fallen 3.5 video games behind within the race for the Western Convention Play-In Event. Having fallen that far behind, with solely 9 video games to play, the Blazers are leaning in direction of shutting down star guard Damian Lillard for the season.
Lillard is coping with a calf harm. The Blazers star has additionally not too long ago talked about how generally it’s a must to be good when your group is not aggressive in a season.
That is seems to be like will probably be the second consecutive one the place Portland misses the playoffs. That is after a run of eight consecutive playoff appearances from 2014 by means of 2021.
Lillard has appeared in 58 of the Path Blazers 73 video games this season. He is averaged a career-high 32.2 factors per sport, in his eleventh NBA season.Â
