The Portland Trail Blazers have been one of the best teams in the NBA thus far, regardless of conference. And they improved to 6-1 on Wednesday night with a convincing 132-119 victory over the Phoenix Suns, remaining undefeated on the road through five games.
And this is without Ja Morant, who is out for several weeks with an injury. This team hasn't skipped a beat in his absence.
Though the Suns got off to a strong start behind Devin Booker, Portland flipped the momentum in the second quarter with 43 points in that period to take control of the game, and the Blazers never looked back.
This is a team that has a balanced scoring attack, shoots efficiently, moves the ball to create good looks and has gotten better defensively, too.
Damian Lillard continues to have a resurgence of a season, leading the way for the Blazers with 25 points. Donovan Clingan had a season-high 24 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks. His presence on both ends of the floor was remarkable in this game.
And Deni Avdija, of course, is always somebody who's going to stuff the stat sheet. He finished with 21 points, 12 assists and eight rebounds, making an impact both as a creator and a scorer.
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