Trail Blazers vs Celtics

The Portland Trail Blazers will travel to take on the Boston Celtics in a Wednesday night NBA matchup at the TD Garden in Boston.

Derrick White has shot 45.3 percent from the field, putting up 11.9 points per game. Marcus Smart leads the team with 6.7 assists, also putting up 11.4 points per game. Jaylen Brown is second on the team with 26.6 points per game, shooting 48.6 percent from the field. Former first-round pick Anfernee Simmons has exploded the last two seasons, ranking second on the team with 21.1 points and 4.1 assists per game. On defense, Boston also excels, ranking ninth with 112.5 points allowed to their opponents. Jayson Tatum leads the team with 30.3 points and 8.9 rebounds per game. The Blazers have scored 114.9 points per game, which ranks 15th in the league. Damian Lillard has been dominant again, leading the team with 32.4 points and 7.2 assists per game, shooting 46.8 percent from behind the three-point line. Jusuf Nurkic (questionable) is the team’s leading rebounder at 9.4 boards per game, also scoring 13.8 points per game. On defense, the Blazers have been okay, ranking 19th with 115.6 points per game. Boston has fallen back to second place in the Eastern Conference with a 45-21 record. The Celtics have gone 1-4 following their three-game winning streak, and have lost three games in a row.

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Jusuf Nurkic might return for Portland after an injury that has kept him out of action since before the All-Star break. That would give the Blazers a boost.

- The commenting system was updated during the summer. This is the second half thread. For the Blazers that means dilly-dallying in no-man’s land between the Western Conference play-in and the draft lottery. That would give the Blazers a boost. Jusuf Nurkic might return for Portland after an injury that has kept him out of action since before the All-Star break. For Boston that means not ruling the universe by fiat.