Blazers hope road test could be helpful vs. Nuggets

Tanking is an issue for the NBA, but the Portland Trail Blazers are not guilty of jockeying for a better draft position.

Portland (35-36) has won three of four on its current road trip to move into eighth in the Western Conference entering Saturday, and can finish the trip 4-1 when it visits the Denver Nuggets (43-28) on Sunday.

The Blazers' last win, 108-104 at Minnesota, allowed Denver to move into fifth in the tight Western Conference race. Portland is nearly locked into the play-in tournament...