The ultimate coverage and analysis of the Portland Trail Blazers
Despite a spirited 21-point comeback, the Portland Trail Blazers fell to the Detroit Pistons 102-110 on Monday night. The first half was sloppy, to put it kindly. The Blazers, faced with a packed paint and limited outside shooting available, were effectively stonewalled. Moreover, despite a +19 advantage from the line, the Blazers were only able […]
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The Detroit Pistons demonstrated tonight why they are on top of the NBA’s Eastern Conference, beating the banged-up Portland Trail Blazers 110-102. Jalen Duren poured in 26 points for the winners and Shaedon Sharpe led the Portland response with 25. Player of the Game Sidy Cissoko was the “Grinch Who Almost Stole Christmas” from the […]
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Let’s chat about the second half of the Blazers / Pistons matchup! Here are the basics of the matchup as you get ready to watch. Portland Trail Blazers (12-16) vs Detroit Pistons (22-6) – Mon. Dec 22 – 7pm Pacific How to watch via antenna or cable: See your options on the Rip City Television Network. […]
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As the Portland Trail Blazers honor the 2000 Western Conference Finals team tonight against the Detroit Pistons, here is where we can hang out and discuss the game! Here are the basics of the matchup as you get ready to watch. Portland Trail Blazers (12-16) vs Detroit Pistons (22-6) – Mon. Dec 22 – 7pm […]
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Portland Trail Blazers teammates Deni Avdija and Shaedon Sharpe were both nominated for the NBA’s Western Conference Player of the Week for Dec. 15-21. In two games this past week, Avdija averaged 29.5 points (on 48.6% shooting), 8 assists, 6 rebounds and 1 steal to lead the Blazers to two close wins over the Sacramento […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers have interest in trading for Sacramento Kings guard Keon Ellis, according to Sean Deveney of Heavy.com. The Blazers are one of many teams soliciting Ellis’ services. The New York Knicks, Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers, and Miami Heat have also indicated desire for the fourth-year wing, Deveney reported. Despite a poor […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers will honor their 2000 Western Conference Finals team as they host the Detroit Pistons tonight, Mon. Dec. 22 at the Moda Center. We got a few Blazer’s Edge staffers to write about that team. Kevin Lawler Don’t talk much about the 1999-2000 Portland Trail Blazers. It’s too painful. There are too […]
about 2 months ago | 1 read
As the Portland Trail Blazers are about to host the Eastern Conference leading Detroit Pistons Monday night, the franchise has decided to honor its historical 1999-2000 incarnation. That team lost in the Western Conference Finals to the Los Angeles Lakers in spectacular fashion, a painful memory for Blazers fans. Processing those events in a Detroit […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers are facing off against the Detroit Pistons at home in the first game of a long five-game homestand. Portland is coming into this game off the back of two straight wins over the Sacramento Kings, and on a three-game win streak all together. On the other side, Detroit currently sits atop […]
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Portland Trail Blazers wing Jerami Grant may miss another game with Achille soreness, this time against his old team the Detroit Pistons. The latest injury report for tomorrow’s 7pm game at home against the Pistons lists Grant as “Questionable” with “Left Achilles Tendon Soreness,” the same ailment that had his status as “Questionable” before yesterday’s […]
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The Athletic (subscription required) dropped a 40-player “trade board” that ranks and talks about the most likely players to be traded this NBA season. Three Portland Trail Blazers made the list… and in their view, none of them will command much of a return: Coming in at No. 19 was Robert Williams III: Trade Value: […]
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Following a 98-93 win over the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night, the Portland Trail Blazers are now riding a three-game winning streak. That streak includes a 114-113 overtime win against those same Kings on Thursday and a 136-131 thriller against the Golden State Warriors from last Sunday. After this latest close victory, Blazers head coach […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers beat the Sacramento Kings 98-93 on Saturday evening, but that relatively-pedestrian score in a relatively-pedestrian game is not what people will remember from this outing ten months, or ten years, from now. Instead they’ll be talking about a dunk that had NOTHING to do with pedestrian. It was air-flighted in over […]
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Lightning may never strike in the same place twice, but the 98-93 victory by the Portland Trail Blazers versus the Kings in Sacramento tonight suggests that it can definitely hit the same NBA team twice if that team changes locations. After a controversial triumph over the Kings two nights ago in Portland, the Blazers thundered […]
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For the second game in a row, the Portland Trail Blazers and Sacramento Kings played a close contest into the closing minutes of the fourth period. Thursday night’s affair went into overtime before Portland emerged with a single-point victory. Today the Blazers did slightly better. They scored far fewer points but the margin of victory […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers are in the midst of their second game in a row with the Sacramento Kings. Two quarters of action are complete. What will happen in the final two? Here are the basics of the matchup as you watch. Portland Trail Blazers (11-16) at Sacramento Kings (6-21) – Sat. Dec 20th – […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers will take on the Sacramento Kings tonight, the second game in a row between these two opponents. The Blazers won in narrow, and somewhat controversial, fashion in overtime on Thursday night. Will Portland make easier work of a lesser team this evening or will Sacramento have their revenge? Here are the […]
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Scoot Henderson is yet to take the court for the Portland Trail Blazers this season. The third-year point guard suffered what now appears to be a pretty severe left hamstring injury, sustained during a September offseason workout. It’s a shame for the 21-year-old who needs this season to silence his critics, including this writer, before […]
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Trail Blazers luminary CJ McCollum recently appeared on Jeff Teague’s Club 520 podcast. He shared multiple anecdotes from his nine-plus seasons in Portland. Watching the episode made me nostalgic for Blazers teams of consequence led by two guys who were easy to root for. Don’t it always seem to go that you don’t know what […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers head to Sacramento tonight to take on the Kings in the second game of their home-and-home series. On paper, it looks like a normal regular season game between two sub-.500 teams, but after Thursday night’s dramatic 134-133 overtime win for the Blazers, it has all the makings of an intense, exciting […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers could enter Saturday night’s rematch with the Sacramento Kings without Jerami Grant. The veteran forward has been listed on the Blazers’ injury report as questionable with left Achilles tendon soreness. INJURY REPORT 12/20 @ SAC: OUT Javonte Cooke (G League) Scoot Henderson (L Hamstring Tear) Jrue Holiday (R Calf Strain) Damian […]
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The NBA has released its Last Two Minute Report from the Portland Trail Blazers’ nail-biting 134-133 win over the Sacramento Kings on Thursday night, and it’s a vindicating one for Rip City fans. (Kings faithful may be singing a different tune about the report, but that’s a story for another website). According to the report, […]
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The NBA is enacting several sports betting policies across the league, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported on Friday. Those new policies include updated rules for teams regarding injury reporting, Charania said. Teams now will be required to resubmit injury listings on game day between 11 am and 1 pm local time and update public reports every […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers are rumored to be buyers in the current NBA Trade Season cycle. Looking to improve their roster, they’ll be strategizing to bring extra talent on board between now and the February 5th NBA trade deadline. Bringing on talent implies sending out talent as well. That brings up a discussion question that’s […]
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Expanding the NBA from 30 to 32 teams has been an on-again, off-again discussion for much of this millennium. The issue often arises when new Collective Bargaining Agreements are negotiated. It nearly always accompanies broadcast rights talks. Last year, when the NBA was in the midst of wrangling multi-billion-dollar deals out of broadcast partners, it […]
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