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The Blazers are in ninth place in the West and threatening to miss the playoffs entirely; if so,...

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The Blazers are in ninth place in the West and threatening to miss the playoffs entirely; if so, they will shatter the record for scoring margin by a lottery team. That "honor" is currently held by the 1973-74 Golden State Warriors, who outscored their opponents by 2.6 points per game but went 44-38 and missed the postseason by three games..

- John Hollinger http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/page/PERDiem-120302/nba-state-basketball-analytics