The Portland Trail Blazers were taken to basketball school Sunday afternoon at the Moda Center. The defending champion Boston Celtics, missing three starters, didn’t skip a beat during a 129-116 win at the Moda Center in which they had the Blazers looking lost on defense trying to keep up with an array of shooters and scorers.

Portland kept it close for the first quarter, but as the first frame, the Celtics began to pull away, and remained on top from the mid-point of the second quarter onward to win 129-116.

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