Trailblazers 114, Celtics 198

 

Okay, this one I just don't understand. Brown drops 37 points, tying Larry Bird's team record for consecutive 30-points-or-more games, and González gets 30 minutes and actually scores (13 points), and the Celtics lose? How does that happen?

Could it be Portland's edge in rebounds (47 to 40), or their higher number of threes (18) compared to the Celts (13)? 

And even the Celtics classic one quarter of underperformance (the third this time) wasn't really all that bad (31-22) compared to past bad quarters.

So I'm not asking rhetorically. I didn't see the game and honestly don't know. 

This Western Conference road trip continues with a game in Salt Lake on Tuesday against the Jazz (12-19).