Whoever would say that about Portland but not Indiana is spouting nonsense, because Indiana has been feasting on a pathetic Eastern Conference. Portland has beaten most of the best teams, and barely lost to the Heat.
But still.....this team has won so many games off of furious comebacks, pulling it out in the end, that shows they are capable of playing very well, but also shows a lack of something. Just watching us against the Jamesless Heat....we didn't play that bad (well Mo Williams sucked), but the Heat were playing at a different level than us, and if they had James they probably would have kicked our ass. We won't really be contenders till we fix the defense.
