Trust the Portland Trail Blazers like you would impish infants around unprotected, active outlets.
Trust the Blazers like you would known pastry capers behind the counter of unattended, fully stocked bakeries.
Trust the Blazers like you would Kendrick Perkins with a game-winning three from four-point range.
In other words, don't trust the Blazers—especially in the playoffs.
Hype has subsided and reality has set in. The Blazers aren't a surprise Western Conference power, gearing up for a deep playoff run, like they resembled months ago.
Potent offensive displays are no longer enough, or even frequent. The defense is a permeable cluster of blown switches and poor rim protection that is no longer partially veiled by outstanding offensive efficiency.
What the Blazers have, what they are now left with, are flawed, barely-good-enough-to-stand regular-season tests of self-preservation, let alone the brutal grind of postseason basketball.
Fall From Grace
Blazers fans can perhaps find comfort in knowing the team's trajectory wasn't alw ...
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