The Portland Trail Blazers went 1-3 over the past week, dropping their overall record to 8-13 on the season.
Over the week, the Blazers lost in a blowout to the Memphis Grizzlies, dropped relatively tight games against the Indiana Pacers and Dallas Mavericks, and comfortably defeated the Sacramento Kings in an NBA Cup game.
The 1-3 record prompted a small slide for the Blazers in the latest power rankings released by NBA.com reporter John Schuhmann. Portland dropped from No. 20 to No. 23 in the rankings. In his small write-up accompanying Portland’s placement, Schuhmann highlighted the Blazers’ 3-point shooting — or lack there of.
For the season the Blazers rank 24th in 3-point percentage, having shot below 20% from deep a league-high three times (including both games against Memphis). Over the weekend, they somehow won a game shooting 11-for-37 (30%) and lost a game shooting 18-for-31 (58%) from deep.
Overall, they’re 6-4 when they’ve shot 36% or better from 3-point range and 2-9 when they haven’t. One of those wins where the Blazers shot well from beyond the arc was in L.A. against the Clippers in late October, and their second meeting is back at the Intuit Dome on Tuesday.
The Blazers’ new ranking puts them one spot ahead of the No. 24-ranked Detroit Pistons and one spot behind the No. 22-ranked Chicago Bulls.
As Schuhmann noted, the Blazers play the LA Clippers on the road Tuesday night. Tipoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Pacific. It’ll be Portland’s final game in Emirates NBA Cup Group Play.
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