“It took a little bit off of that mission for me … for what I wanted to do there,” was what Damian Lillard felt when the Blazers traded away CJ McCollum to the Pelicans.The two found the peak of their success during the 2018-19 season. They executed a gentleman’s sweep over the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round. Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets may have pushed them to seven games but the Blazers duo clutched it up to win the series. Their historic run came up short of the dying remnants of the Kevin Durant-era Golde State Warriors in the Western Conference Finals.After they peaked that postseason, it was never the same for the Blazers. The Los Angeles Lakers would bounce them out in the first round during the bubble. Jokic and his squad got their revenge the following year which also happened in the first round. The Blazers would then blow the team up. Since then, they have not made the playoffs for two consecutive seasons.GET MORE NEWS ON FAXSOCCER.COM