After Sunday’s irritating loss to the Clippers, Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts knew it was time to pull out a rare tactic with his team.



So when the Blazers met on Monday morning for a film session, it wasn’t the normal 10-to-20 minute rundown of offensive and defensive plays from the previous game. Instead, players estimate Stotts held a 45-minute session, which included showing the entire third quarter when the Clippers outscored the Blazers 38-16 to flip the script in what would end up a 104-100 loss.



The loss Sunday was the exclamation point on an alarming swing in play for the Blazers. After bolting to the top of the Western Conference with a 12-5 record, the Blazers have suffered a 43-point loss in Milwaukee that Stotts called a “train wreck” followed by a 28-point loss at Golden State, and then Sunday’s stunner in which the Blazers led by as many as 15.



Win or lose, Stotts has always led film sessions, but only in...