The Trail Blazers have stiff …

The Trail Blazers have stiff competition. They’re technically tied with the San Antonio Spurs, but because they have one more win and one more loss, they are two percentage points higher. Portland is a half-game up on the New Orleans Pelicans, a full game up on the Sacramento Kings and have a game and a half on the Phoenix Suns. “We’re just focusing on ourselves,” Lillard told Yahoo Sports. “I think if we handle our business, it will work out. We can’t be looking at what they’re doing and all that. We gotta worry about ourselves. We knew that it was a chance that we would lose a game. We lost one, but we can’t dwell on it. We got to go to the next one and try to put a string of wins together.”