Blazers need to be cleaner with the ball
The Blazers were oftentimes careless with the ball this game. They ended with 26 turnovers off 16 Utah steals – and with numbers like that, it’s a testament to just how high-powered their offense was and how good Nurkic was at cleaning up collapses.
There were forced, overly-aggressive passes. There were also a lot of fumbled passes on cuts that sacrificed easy buckets at the rim.
They can’t do all the work to get inside only to be given a bad pass or take their eyes off the ball. This will need to get cleaned up in their next game, otherwise they won’t stand a chance against the tough Western Conference if they’re constantly losing the turnover battle.