The Portland Trail Blazers seemed sluggish on Thursday, scuffling on both the ends of the basketball court to a losing 111-87 against the Indiana Pacers.
Portland just managed shooting one paltry 36 per cent from the ground. Their 87 points by far is the team’s lowest output during this season. However, the true let-down that evening took place midway via 3rd quarter when Jusuf Nurkic had to exit with a fractured wrist on his right hand which he suffered post taking one not-so-good swipe at defense, though the precise moment is yet to be found out. The details related to the extent of his break and recovery time would be revealed soon,; however this is undoubtedly a huge blow to the team which has expectations to meet in the playoffs.
Since the onset, it should’ve been apparent that the storm clouds had been surfacing. Playing back-to-back on the 2nd night and specially following the barn burner on Wednesday against Kings where CJ McCollum and Damian Lillard had to battle nail and tooth for a merged 85 mins, you would have to think if fatigue will be a major factor. Previously that did not seem true as both the team players fought to one standstill in 1st quarter.
