Portland Trail Blazers: Looking at the 5 main lineups at the All-Star break
By Ty Delbridge
The Portland Trail Blazers have used 61 different lineups this season that have played five games or more, including 11 different starting lineups. They have a deep roster and can go 10-deep pretty much every game.
The Portland Trail Blazers are 32-26 heading into the NBA All-Star break, tied with the Denver Nuggets for sixth place in the Western Conference standings.
They go into the break with a nice win over the defending champion Golden State Warriors and will try and carry that momentum into these last 24 games of the season.
The Blazers have used a lot of different lineups this season and according to Basketball-Reference, they have eight guys who have played over 1,000 minutes this season:
- C.J. McCollum– 2,055 minutes
- Damian Lillard– 1,862 minutes
- Jusuf Nurkic– 1,456 minutes
- Evan Turner-1,433 minutes
- Al-Farouq Aminu -1,348 minutes
- Ed Davis– 1,130 minutes
- Pat Connaughton– 1,087 minutes
- Shabazz Napier– 1,086 minutes
Maurice Harkless and Zach Collins have been used more lately and are guys who need to see minutes in the 2nd half of the season. Harkless has played 966 minutes, and Collins has played 638 minutes.
Let’s take a look at the five main lineups that the Blazers have played in15 games or more this season.