Haakzilla
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...sorry if this has been shared already. Fascinating national press either way!
PORTLAND
Before the season started, many predicted, including myself, that the Portland Trail Blazers may not even make the postseason. Two months into the season, however, Portland is tied with the Spurs for the West’s second-best record, trailing only OKC and Indiana in the NBA. They failed to make the postseason last year, yet they are currently in possession of the league’s best offense, an offense so lethal that it leads in the league in not just three-pointers made per game, but is just .001 behind San Antonio for tops in three-point percentage.
The most surprising part of that fact is that it’s only five players doing the damage from three. Damian Lillard, Nicolas Batum, Wesley Matthews, Mo Williams and Dorell Wright are the only players attempting at least one three-pointer per game, but they’re doing so in heavy volume.
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