The Portland Trail Blazers have a problem.
They have too many talented guards. There aren’t enough shots to go around. Too many egos to keep happy. The Damian Lillard-Ja Morant experiment isn’t going to work.
At least…that’s what we were all told.
Three games into the NBA season, Portland’s “crowded” backcourt looks less like a disaster in the making and more like a defense’s worst nightmare.
The Trail Blazers improved to 3-0 on Tuesday with a 136-129 win over the unbeaten Los Angeles Lakers. Lillard, Morant, and Jrue Holiday combined for 66 points, while Portland’s offense looked like a machine with endless weapons.
Morant scored 23 points against
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