A storybook night would have been Norm Powell leading his new team to the win. It didn’t work out that way. But the Trail Blazers, in the end, didn't even need him at his best — because the Raptors weren't at their best either. (michaelgrange)
– grabbed the rebound and knocked down another three. That made it a one-point game with 1:51 to play. But Portland scored six unanswered points from there to pull away for good.
But Powell will at least have bragging rights to hold over VanVleet in their frequent text exchanges, as the Trail Blazers improved to 2-0 over the Raptors since he joined them, going back to last season. “I just feel we’re not playing the same type of defence when we were on that five-game winning streak,” said Khem Birch. “Even myself, I gotta stop thinking about my man, play more team defence. I think we just gotta play more team defence in general.”
One of reasons the Trail Blazers wanted to trade for Powell is they thought he could bring some defensive chops, too. Anunoby – himself a pretty convincing product of the Raptors player development program – was more than ready. He exploded in the first quarter for 14 points on 5-of-6 shooting, including making all four of his threes. They weren’t all on Powell – at times the Raptors' ball movement was good enough that Powell and the rest of his team were chasing ghosts behind the ball. But there were several where Anunoby was simply the bigger and better player.
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