Slow Start Ends With Loss To Celtics In Second Summer League Outing

LAS VEGAS -- The Portland Trail Blazers focused primarily on defense during their practices prior to summer league. There's only so much a team can learn in four days, so rather than try to figure out the intricacies of Terry Stotts' flow offense, the emphasis was rightly put on getting up to speed on the defensive end.On Sunday night versus the Boston Celtics, that emphasis showed.Portland shot just 30 percent from the field and 24 percent from three, trailed by 11 before they scored their first points of the game and had just two player finish in double figures, as they fell 70-64 to the Celtics at Thomas & Mack Arena on the campus of UNLV Sunday night in Las Vegas.