And just like that, the shorthanded Portland Trail Blazers have a little bit of mojo.

The Blazers ended a three-game trip in impressive fashion Monday night, breezing past the Milwaukee Bucks 115-103 during a start-to-finish victory at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.

Jerami Grant was prolific, Deni Avdija was efficient, the Blazers’ defense was suffocating and Portland’s three-point shooting was electric in the second game of a back-to-back. And it added up to the second win in three games for the Blazers (8-10), who seem to be creeping out of a funk caused by a rash of injuries.

“I think it was a much-needed win,” interim coach Tiago Splitter told reporters afterward. “The energy ... was great from the beginning to the end. Now we gotta keep going.”

One night after taking one on the

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