This many injuries to this many key players stretched out over two months is supposed to send a team spinning sideways, ever closer to the abyss. The Raptors keep chugging along. But this time, they couldn't find a way. (michaelgrange)
each chipped in 12, but it was pretty slim after that as the Raptors shot just 36.5 per cent from the floor. Portland got loose in the fourth quarter and Anthony finished with 28, while Lillard had 20.
Portland has done its best to stop the bleeding. Knowing they were going to be without Nurkic for much of the year after he broke his leg late last season, they added former Miami Heat big man Whiteside in the off-season. They even decided to bring Anthony back from a 12-month basketball exile and have watched the 35-year-old become their third-leading scorer.
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