Here's your recognition.
http://www.nba.com/powerrankings/2018-19-week-5
Ranked No. 2 in this week's NBA Power Rankings, trailing only 12-1 TOR:
2
Last week:
7
Portland Trail Blazers
Record: 10-3
Pace: 101.0 (16) OffRtg: 113.6 (5) DefRtg: 104.4 (5) NetRtg:+9.2 (4)
After completing a 5-1 homestand with wins over the Bucks, Clippers and Celtics, the Blazers are 6-1 in games between
the 15 teams that currently have winning records, with the only loss coming when they shot 6-for-35 from 3-point range against the Lakers. In the midst of dropping 40 on the Bucks' third-ranked defense, C.J. McCollum
dropped rookie Donte DiVincenzo late in the third quarter. This is a jump-shooting team -- the Blazers rank 23rd in the percentage of their shots that have come from the paint and in the bottom three in
restricted-area field goal percentage for the third straight season -- but it leads the league in point differential (plus-4.5 per game) from the free throw line, despite a drop in its own attempts over the last few games. In the last two seasons, Portland has gone from
28th (in 2016-17) to
19th (last season) to
second (this season) in opponent free throw rate.
Week 5: @ LAL, @ MIN, @ WAS
BNM
