The Portland Trail Blazers have forged an identity as a defensive-minded, scrappy young team. That emphasis on defense, length and switchability helped the Blazers finish the second half of last season strong, improving their year-end win total by 15. Heading into the 2025-26 season, the Blazers are hoping that improved defense takes another leap and carries the franchise to its first postseason berth since 2021.

That topic of defense is the focal point of today’s community discussion question:

Where will the Blazers’ defense finish the 2025-26 season?

Last season, the Blazers finished as the 16th-best defense in the league with a defensive rating of 113.7 over 82 games. However, that league-average finish was split by two wildly different halves. Over the first 41 games, the Blazers po

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