The Portland Trail Blazers are figuring out their placement in the NBA power rankings.
, and that should be viewed as an accomplishment, but power rankings across the internet did not agree."The Blazers went 3-1 on a four-game homestand in which all four opponents were in the bottom 10 in the league.
They’re back at .500, 1 1/2 games behind the eighth-place Clippers and 1 1/2 games ahead of the 10th-place Warriors,""Here’s the reality of the NBA: A lot of people love looking at strength of schedule and doing a lot of “analysis” based on that. But you have to still play these teams. The Trail Blazers had as cupcake a schedule as you could ask for last week. They went 3-1. On paper, that’s a good week,""Although the Portland Trail Blazers continue to hover around .500 and are ahead of the Warriors for the 9-seed, they are behind them in the NBA power rankings because of inconsistencies outside of Deni Avdija,""Portland can struggle to score at times, which is why they lean on their veterans like Jerami Grant. However, Grant recently suffered a calf strain and could possibly miss the rest of the season. Without Grant, Portland has no chance of making it out of the play-in tournament."Our Take The Blazers are at .500, and that's all fine and dandy, but that doesn't mean that they have accomplished anything yet. The team has goals higher than where they currently are, and time is inching closer to when we will figure out exactly where the team will be. They still have these final six regular season games that will determine whether they are eighth or ninth in the Western Conference standings going into the play-in tournament. Placing eighth will be better for them because they will haveas opposed to one. If they lose their first game against the Phoenix Suns, they will host the Los Angeles Clippers. Two of these final six games for the Blazers come against the Clippers, so it will give them a good chance to familiarize themselves with the team they need to directly beat in order to get to the postseason.as they try to get to the playoffs. If they can beat the Clippers once or twice, they should deserve the eighth seed and a higher spot in the power rankings.JEREMY BRENER Jeremy Brener is the publisher for Portland Trail Blazers On SI. He previously served as an editor and writer for Blazer's Edge for three years. He graduated from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor's degree in Broadcast Journalism minoring in Sport Business Management. Brener can be followed on Twitter @JeremyBrener.
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