Sacramento Kings center Jonas Valanciunas, front left, drives to the basket as Portland Trail Blazers center Donovan Clingan (23) defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday ...

when the Blazers were eight games back of the final play-in spot. Fans in Portland shouldn’t start planning their spring around watching their hometown team play postseason basketball ...

The question “Why is this basketball team bad ... that the Portland Trail Blazers, sitting on a 13-25 record and a whopping -8.3 Net Rating*, the 28th worst in the league this year, are ...