INDIANAPOLIS — Deni Avdija scored 23 of his 32 points in the first half Wednesday night and Donovan Clingan added a career-high 28 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to help the Portland Trail Blazers hold off the hard-charging Indiana Pacers 127-119 in the NBA. Portland won the for the third time in four games as the 10th-seeded Trail Blazers close in on clinching a Western Conference play-in spot in what figures to be a wide-open postseason. READ: NBA: Blazers beat Jazz, close in on Warriors for 9th in West Indiana extended the longest losing streak in its NBA franchise history […]... Keep on reading: NBA: Trail Blazers beat Pacers to close in on play-in spot