The Portland Trail Blazers' defense has reached a level of excellence that should concern all future opponents. On Tuesday night, the Blazers dominated Indiana, one of the NBA’s highest-scoring teams,

PHOENIX -- The Phoenix Suns are back to square one. In what is inarguably the most important week of the season for the Suns, they began the four-game stretch with an incredibly disappointing loss to the Portland Trail Blazers.

Over the last several weeks, the Blazers have beaten the Orlando Magic twice, the Phoenix Suns twice and — spoiling Damian Lillard's second return to Portland since he was traded — the Milwaukee Bucks.