The Blazers weren’t very active in the transfer market, but a major change came on the coaching bridge as Terry Stots was replaced by Chauncey Billups. The new manager and his plan for the season are still unknown, but three matches have already been played under his leadership. Portland did not manage to put the squeeze on Sacramento in the first match of the regular season, although they were very close (121-124). Then the team showed the class in the confrontation with Phoenix (134-105). CJ McCollum and Damian Lillard tore apart the opponent’s defense and eventually scored 47 points, which was the main reason for victory. The Pathfinders expected to continue in the same vein, but the Clippers had very different plans. The club from Los Angeles showed excellent basketball at home, so the opponent had to give up (86-116).
In the first leg of the regular season, Sacramento slammed Portland (124-121). But then everything fell into place. At first, Luke Walton’s charges failed to cope with the organized defense of Utah (101-110). After that, the kings failed to re-roll the Golden State (107-119). How many times has the leadership of Sacramento stepped on the same rake. In the offseason, the Kings had to change their head coach. For two seasons at the helm of the kings, Walton never taught his players an organized defense game. This caused Sacramento to lose. Although with the game in the attack they are all right.
