The metal detector is out and … searching … searching … nothing.
OK, it’s not exactly a metal detector — more of a device that locates meaning in the Trail Blazers’ final game of the season.
Searching … searching … still nothing.
Portland is in Utah on Thursday night, and, well, nothing is on the line. A win or a loss does not affect where the Blazers fall in the draft lottery, nor does a win or loss affect whether Utah will make the playoffs. Spoiler is not a role anybody can be playing.
Searching … searching … wait a minute, we may have something here.
The Blazers have dropped all three games to the Jazz this year. A four-game sweep at the hands of a division rival is never a pleasant feeling.
Besides, when Wesley Matthews was asked what was left to play for when the postseason became an impossibility, he referenced his former team and said, “can’t get swept by Utah.”
