Winning playoff basketball games is hard to do. Just ask a guy like Tracy McGrady who never made it out of the first round during his Hall of Fame-worthy career until he became an end-of-bench player for the Spurs in his final season.
Damian Lillard’s teams have made first-round exits in four of its past five playoff appearances. It even took Chris Paul until his 10th playoff appearance to finally advance to a conference final.
