The Portland Trail Blazers’ experiment to start Scoot Henderson amid the absence of injured Ja Morant appears to be over. Morant is still unavailable as he deals with a hamstring injury, but Henderson is moving back to the bench in…
The Portland Trail Blazers are moving guard Scoot Henderson back to a reserve role in favor of Sidy Cissoko, according to NBA insider Chris Haynes. The lineup change occurs ahead of Portland's home matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Moda Center, despite Ja Morant remaining sidelined due to a hamstring injury.
Henderson started the previous five games for Portland, averaging 9.2 points while shooting 31.6 percent from the field and 21.1 percent from three-point range. Although Portland won the first three games of that five-game span, back-to-back losses dropped the team's record to 6-3 heading into the Thunder game.
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