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The Most Critical Step for the Trail Blazers Right Now
The Portland Trail Blazers are in unfamiliar territory in April, 2026. After years of diving in the standings, hoping for luck in the NBA Draft Lottery, Portland is fighting for playoffs positioning, or at least the chance for same via the postseason Play-In Tournament. Right now the Blazers hold a 40-39 record. That’s good for […]
Blazers vs. Spurs Preview
The Portland Trail Blazers travel to The Alamo City for a late-season showdown with the San Antonio Spurs tonight. For the third time this season, the Blazers will face a Wembanyama-less Spurs squad as the big man sits with a rib injury. This time, Stephon Castle will also be out. The Blazers defeated the Spurs […]
NBA Report Says Refs Blew Call Late in Blazers-Nuggets OT Game
The Portland Trail Blazers lost a heartbreaking game to the Denver Nuggets on Monday evening. The final score was 137-132, Denver, in overtime. But before that, the teams were tied at 125 apiece at the end of regulation. According to the 2-Minute Report released today, maybe it shouldn’t have been. The rundown of officiating calls […]
Shams Drops Tell-All on Giannis, Bucks
Shams Charania of ESPN dropped a scathing, tell-all report on the Milwaukee Bucks’ disastrous 2025-2026 season today. The story is long. It pulls back the curtain on the Bucks’ alleged mismanagement of assets, players, and relationships. Among many topics, Shams provides a deeper dive on the fissure between Bucks management and franchise legend Giannis Antetokounmpo, […]
Camara Heating Up As Season Winds Down
The 2025-26 NBA Season is winding to a close, and the Portland Trail Blazers have some important games down the stretch of the season. This week they went 2-1 with wins over the Los Angeles Clippers and New Orleans Pelicans and their lone loss coming in overtime against the Denver Nuggets on the road. With […]
Sharpe, Krejci Upgraded to Doubtful to Play vs Spurs
Portland Trail Blazers guard Shaedon Sharpe has been upgraded to doubtful to play against the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday as he continues to recover from a left fibula stress reaction, the organization announced. Sharpe has missed 27 straight games, with his last appearance coming against the Memphis Grizzlies on Feb. 6. He was diagnosed […]
The NBA Keeps Shoveling Hard, but They’re Digging the Hole Deeper
The Portland Trail Blazers lost a narrow game to the Denver Nuggets last night. That event prompted one of our readers to submit a question to the Blazer’s Edge Mailbag that turned out to have more facets than appear on the surface. Check out today’s edition: Dave, Want to catch you while this is hot. […]
Reacts Survey: Fans Think Trail Blazers Are Making the 2026 NBA Playoffs
The Portland Trail Blazers are in the thick of a race for seeding in the NBA Play-In Tournament for 2026. For those unfamiliar, the 7th-10th seeds in the NBA’s Eastern and Western Conferences will have to face each other at the end of the regular season, playing a series of games to determine who will […]
Trail Blazers Set Three-Point Record, Still Fall to Nuggets in OT
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 […]
Blazers Can’t Hold On to Overtime Win vs. Nuggets
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, […]
Discuss: Blazers-Nuggets Second Half
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 […]
Discuss: Blazers-Nuggets First Half!
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 […]
Front Office Firings In Chicago
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 to Hire Michael Malone as Head Coach
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 […]
Power Rankings: Blazers Stand Pat as Postseason Looms
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 […]
Blazers Travel to Mile High City for Final Bout With Nuggets
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 […]
Jerami Grant Remains Out with Calf Injury
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 […]
Blazers Guaranteed One Home Postseason Game
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 […]
Rupert Dominates with Triple Double Despite Memphis Loss
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 […]
Looking Back at the Blazers’ Easter Games
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 […]
Hot on the Heels of Luka Doncic Injury, Lakers Lose Austin Reaves
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 […]
Are the Trail Blazers Still a Promising Team?
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 […]
Is Donovan Clingan the Best Player from the 2024 NBA Draft?
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 […]
Luka Out for Season, Will Seek Exception to 65-Game Rule
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. […]
Toumani Camara Breaks Single-Season Offensive Foul Record
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 […]
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