Blazers fighting to stay in playoff hunt

[insidehoops]

The Blazers’ will play five of their next six games at home, where they are 17-8 this season. So the next two weeks could go a long way toward determining whether the Blazers remain playoff contenders through April or whether they sputter early.

“I think we all know how important tomorrow night is,” LaMarcus Aldridge said. “And we know how important this next stretch is. We’ve got to try to get back on a winning streak so we can try to get in that eight spot.”

And they might have to do it without Matthews.

-- Oregonian