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The Portland Trail Blazers could shut down veteran guard Damian Lillard if they slide out of the play-in picture over the next week or two.

“I’ll say this: Dame probably has five or six more games left before Portland probably shuts him down for the season,” Chris Haynes said. “There’s no use playing the duration of these games. So look out for that. If these next five, six games, they keep struggling, I will suspect.”