The Portland Trail Blazers are rethinking how they measure success as they plummet in the Western Conference standings.
Portland carries a six-game losing streak into Saturday night’s game against the visiting Washington Wizards, whose four-game trip continued with a 122-109 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday.
The Blazers hit a new low on Wednesday when they trailed by 51 points in the third quarter of a 123-85 loss to the Utah Jazz.
Considering the team’s recent lineups, it shouldn’t be a surprise that Portland has lost its past six games by a combined 194 points. The team had eight inactive players Wednesday, including top scorers Damian Lillard, Jusuf Nurkic and Anfernee Simons.
The 22-year-old Simons has been one of the team’s few bright spots this season, but the shooting guard will miss his third straight game on Saturday with a left-knee injury. Simons is averaging 17.3 points on 44.3 percent shooting from the field.
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