Few things that bothered me about the effort in that game.

1) Had just lost to a bottom dweller the previous game. Championship teams usually kill the competition after an embarrasing loss. I saw no sense of being upset at all about it.

2) Last home game before a tough road trip.

3) Portland beat the Pistons last year at the Palace.

4) Por had 3 guys out, one of them Brandon Roy which is why they had lost 5 straight.

Perhaps most of all. Teams don't even care anymore when they play at the Palace.