Frustration spread through the Moda Center Tuesday night during the third quarter of the Portland Trail Blazers’ 124-109 beatdown at the hands of the Phoenix Suns.

The Blazers entered the matchup swimming upstream and limping after a rough 1-4 road trip. For the second game in a row, they had to do without starting guard Jrue Holiday (right calf soreness), an absence that has ripped through their already injury-depleted backcourt. Then key forward Jerami Grant was a late scratch due to an illness. Still, the Blazers patched together some runs and kept contact through the first half. They even had some momentum entering halftime, trailing by just three points.

Then a groan-inducing third quarter exposed the undermanned roster’s weaknesses and blew the game open for the Suns.

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