The ultimate coverage and analysis of the Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers almost pulled off a fantastic win against the Denver Nuggets in the Mile High City on Monday night, leading by 16 points in the fourth period versus a clearly-superior foe. But Denver has a habit of making late-game comebacks. They continued the trend tonight. Hot shooting late, plus rediscovering their missing […]
The Denver Nuggets outlasted the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday evening, winning in overtime by a 137-132 final score. Nicola Jokic led the victors with a triple-double (35 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists). Toumani Camara paced the Blazers with 30 points. Player of the Game Lots of heroes in this game on both teams, […]
The Portland Trail Blazers and Denver Nuggets are moving into the second half. That means so is the discussion! Here’s the game info again: Portland Trail Blazers (40-38) vs. Denver Nuggets (50-28) – Mon. Apr 6th – 6pm Pacific How to watch via antenna or cable: See your options on the Rip City Television Network. How to […]
The Portland Trail Blazers are still undefeated in the Tom Dundon era at 2-0! Tonight, that spotless record will be put up to its toughest test yet when the Blazers take on superstar Nikola Jokic and the on-fire Denver Nuggets. Time to see if the Blazers can keep the good vibes rolling with a big […]
The Chicago Bulls have fired General Manager Marc Eversley and Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Arturas Karnisovas. Bulls President and CEO Michael Reinsdorf released the following statement: Eversley and Karnisovas were both hired before the 2020-21 season, with the Bulls going 224-254 since then. Their only winning season during that period was 2021-22, earning […]
North Carolina is slated to hire former Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone as its next men’s basketball head coach, ESPN’s Pete Thamel reported. Malone will replace Hubert Davis, who North Carolina fired almost two weeks ago following a NCAA Tournament first-round loss. Malone, 54, is the winningest coach in Nuggets franchise history. He accumulated […]
With one week remaining in the regular season, the Portland Trail Blazers are trending upward. They’ve gone 8-2 in their last 10 games and are tied for eighth place in the Western Conference. Plus, for the first time since 2021, the Blazers are guaranteed to get some postseason action — and at least one home […]
The Portland Trail Blazers take on one of their toughest remaining opponents tonight, traveling to Ball Arena to take on Nikola Jokic and the burgeoning Denver Nuggets. The Nuggets Report The Nuggets are very, very, very good at basketball. It is bad writing practice to use the word “very” as an amplifier, much less use […]
Portland Trail Blazers wing Jerami Grant will miss his fourth consecutive game tomorrow, Mon. April 6 against the Denver Nuggets with a right calf strain, according to the official NBA injury report. NBA teams are required to update their injury reports every 15 minutes. Grant suffered the injury during Portland’s 100-93 loss to the Dallas […]
The Portland Trail Blazers will have at least one home game in the 2025-26 NBA postseason. By nature of the Golden State Warriors losing tonight, Portland is now four games ahead of Golden State with four games to play. Since Portland won their season series, the Blazers can no longer fall to 10th. That means […]
Former Portland Trail Blazers and current Memphis Grizzlies wing Rayan Rupert got a triple double with 33 points, 10 boards, 10 dimes, and 4 steals as the Grizzlies lost to the Milwaukee Bucks earlier today 131-115. In a “I really hope we didn’t screw this one up” moment for Portland, Rupert – who was waived […]
The Portland Trail Blazers have the day off today as some of us have Easter Sunday plans (hopefully outdoors, as another beautiful Portland spring day tempts us from our homes). While they’re not on the court today, the Blazers are no stranger to Easter games, and I wanted to take a quick look back at […]
Anyone envious of the Los Angeles Lakers getting the best of everything, all the time in the NBA will want to take note of the news surrounding the team this week. Yesterday Luka Doncic was diagnosed with a hamstring strain that will keep him out for the rest of the regular season and perhaps the […]
The Portland Trail Blazers currently hold a 40-38 record, good for 8th place in the race for the Western Conference playoffs bracket. That’s great for Portland, exactly what they were aiming for this season. Compared to the entire NBA pantheon, though, this is a modest achievement at best. That gap between local agenda and global […]
Donovan Clingan’s rookie campaign with the Portland Trail Blazers left many watchers with questions about his long-term impact on the NBA. Despite his size and skill, doubts were consistent about his ability to play starting-level minutes and contribute on the offensive end of the ball. Fortunately, he addressed those two concerns pretty early on in […]
Los Angeles Laker star Luka Doncic is out for the regular season due to the hamstring injury that forced him off the court early last night, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania: Luka Doncic will miss the rest of the Los Angeles Lakers‘ regular season with a Grade 2 strain of his left hamstring, the team announced Friday. […]
In “obscure, but of interest to us” news, Portland Trail Blazers wing Toumani Camara has broken the record for offensive fouls drawn in a single season after taking his 100th charge against the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday night. The previous record of 99 was held by the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Anderson Varejao, set in the […]
The Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo stood at the center of the WNBA Expansion Draft held today. The franchises are set to enter the league this season. In preparation, the Fire chose 11 current players to populate their inaugural roster. Former Iowa State forward Bridget Carleton topped the list for Portland. Jeremy Beren of The […]
Weber State University has announced that former NBA coach Kaleb Canales has been hired as the new men’s basketball coach. The school shared the news this week: A new era begins in Ogden! Weber State is thrilled to announce the hire of Kaleb Canales as the new head coach of the Wildcat men’s basketball program! […]
Last night the Portland Trail Blazers passed the Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA’s Western Conference standings, taking over the 8th spot by half a game. The season’s outcome is still up in the air. If Portland stays in 8th position, they have two chances to win one game to advance to the 2026 NBA […]
With their win over the New Orleans Pelicans last night and the Los Angeles Clippers losing, the Portland Trail Blazers have now jumped ahead of the Clippers for the eighth seed in the Western Conference as the 2026 postseason looms. With just four games remaining in their season, Portland (40-38) now holds a slim 0.5 […]
The Portland Trail Blazers did what they needed to do on Tuesday night, vanquishing the New Orleans Pelicans 118-106 at Portland’s Moda Center. The victory ended up looking far more decisive than the action was. New Orleans remained within shouting distance of the victory until the final moments. But the win counts the same in […]
The Portland Trail Blazers are in the thick of a tight race for standing in the Western Conference Play-In Tournament this week. You wouldn’t have known it from their outing against the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday night. Portland came out flatter than a yeast-free pancake, giving up 65 points in the first half and […]
The Portland Trail Blazers are facing the New Orleans Pelicans at the Moda Center tonight. If the Blazers don’t win this one, their hard-fought victory against the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday won’t matter anymore. It’s win or give up on the 8th seed in the Western Conference Play-In Tournament. Winning seems like a decent […]
New Portland Trail Blazers Governor Tom Dundon made his formal introduction to Rip City on Thursday afternoon. In front of a packed room at Moda Center, Dundon took the podium alongside Blazers Alternate Governors Sheel Tyle and Andrew Cherng, as well as Blazers President Dewayne Hankins and General Manager Joe Cronin. Together, Dundon and the […]