Blazers waste Damian Lillard's record-breaking night, and it's a microcosm of a larger failure

You don't have to win a title to be great, but if you're great you at least deserve a legitimate shot

I might be caught up in what I just saw, but as of this very moment, I'm declaring the Tuesday night Game 5 battle between the Nuggets and Trail Blazers the craziest NBA basketball game I've ever seen. The Nuggets, somehow, won the game, 147-140, in double overtime, despite Michael Malone hamstringing his team with two of the worst coaching decisions imaginable and Damian Lillard scoring 55 points with an NBA postseason record 12 made 3-pointers.  Denver leads the series 3-2.  I have no idea how Portland recovers from this.