Blazers Roll Out Chaotic Lillard-Scoot Backcourt for Monday's Lineup
Underdog NBA reported the lineup alert for Monday's game.
The Portland Trail Blazers are rolling out a starting five on Monday that looks less like a cohesive basketball unit and more like a random 2K MyTeam generated from leftover locker codes.
Damian Lillard, Scoot Henderson, Deni Avdija, Toumani Camara, and Donovan Clingan will take the floor together to start the week.
Starting Lillard and Henderson in the same backcourt is the kind of defensive strategy that usually ends with the opposing point guard setting a career high.
Lillard is currently shooting a grim 38.9 percent from the floor while averaging just 19.2 points per game. For context, that is the kind of offensive production that makes you wonder if the rim in Portland was installed an inch to the left.
The Blazers are sitting on a 1-2 stretch over their last three games, having just surrendered 124 points to the Memphis Grizzlies and 129 to the Los Angeles Lakers.
Bettors looking at the total for their upcoming matchup against the Denver Nuggets might want to factor in a Portland lineup that features two undersized guards and a rookie center trying to anchor the paint.
Throwing Clingan into the fire alongside Camara and Avdija gives Portland some size on the wing, but this roster still feels like it is stuck between a rebuild and a nostalgia tour.
We will see if this five-man group can actually generate enough stops to stay competitive in Denver, or if the Nuggets are about to turn this lineup experiment into a very public highlight reel.