The ultimate coverage and analysis of the Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers will look to break out of their rough patch tonight as they face the Golden State Warriors on the road. They’ll once again have to do without starting guards Jrue Holiday and Shaedon Sharpe. But maybe Portland can pull off some NBA Cup magic and still leave San Francisco with a […]
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Portland Trail Blazers guard Scoot Henderson will be out at least another 2-4 weeks due to his left hamstring tear and guard Jrue Holiday will be out at least 1-2 weeks due to a right calf strain, the organization announced Friday. Portland Trail Blazers guard Scoot Henderson continues to progress through the current phase of […]
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After turning heads at the start of the season with a 4-2 start, the Portland Trail Blazers are in the midst of a rough patch — losers of 6 of their last 7 as injuries pile up. But Blazers superstar Damian Lillard has been offering perspective to his teammates during the two-week skid to help […]
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We’re sorry to make you relive some painful memories, but it turns out the Portland Trail Blazers’ heartbreaking buzzer-beating loss to the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday put the franchise on the wrong side of very obscure history. According to ESPN Insights, that game-winning shot from Chicago center Nikola Vucevic made the Blazers the first team […]
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UPDATE: The Portland Trail Blazers have now announced guards Shaedon Sharpe and Jrue Holiday are both out for Friday’s game against the Golden State Warriors. Coming off their second buzzer-beater loss in 10 days, the Portland Trail Blazers will travel to San Francisco to take on the Golden State Warriors tonight. NBA Cup Implications This […]
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UPDATE: The Portland Trail Blazers have now announced guards Shaedon Sharpe and Jrue Holiday are both out for Friday’s game against the Golden State Warriors. After fielding only 11 fit bodies against the Chicago Bulls, the Portland Trail Blazers could be getting reinforcements in time for their three-game trip starting in San Francisco on Friday. […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers have had an up-and-down start to their 2025-26 season, but forward Deni Avdija has blazed brightly throughout. Averaging 26 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists, Avdija is in legitimate discussion for the 2026 NBA All-Star Game. But his contributions have gone beyond that. Avdija has assumed Portland’s point guard duties in […]
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Lamelo Ball has indicated frustration with the Charlotte Hornets franchise and is willing to be traded, according to Kelly Iko of Yahoo! Sports. Following the Hornets’ disappointing road loss to the 2-13 Indiana Pacers — their fourth straight, dropping Charlotte to 12th in the Eastern Conference with a 4-11 record — star guard LaMelo Ball […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers lost a heartbreaking game to the Chicago Bulls last night, falling to a dagger three-pointer after mounting a 20-point comeback in the fourth quarter. It’s possible that pain is just part of being a Blazers fan. Pain seldom goes unremarked, though. After a promising 4-2 start to the season, the Blazers […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers might’ve discovered the most crushing way to lose a basketball game Wednesday night. Fighting through a losing skid, severely shorthanded again, and seemingly without a pulse early in the fourth quarter, the Blazers pulled off a comeback for the ages against the Chicago Bulls at the Moda Center. Portland unleashed a […]
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In a game that looked like a sure loss for the Portland Trail Blazers, it ended up coming down to the final shot. The Chicago Bulls led 109-88 with just over nine minutes remaining in the game, but needed some last second heroics to come away with the 122-121 win over Portland. A monumental comeback […]
25 days ago | 2 reads
The Portland Trail Blazers rallied back from 21 down in the fourth quarter on Wednesday night, only to fall to Nikola Vucevic’s buzzer-beating three-pointer as the Chicago Bulls handed them a 122-121 loss in a stunner. To say the Blazers were shorthanded would be a severe understatement. Shaedon Sharpe and Robert Williams III were the […]
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In a flashback to 1992 (without quite so much star power) the Portland Trail Blazers and Chicago Bulls are facing off in a semi-titanic NBA contest tonight. The Blazers are hoping not to suffer the fate of the literal Titanic, having lost last night versus the Phoenix Suns, currently embroiled on a 1-5 losing streak. […]
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Note: Trail Blazers interim head coach Tiago Splitter has announced guard Shaedon Sharpe will be out for tonight’s game due to right calf soreness. Robert Williams III is also out due to left knee injury management. Jerami Grant (illness) is available. In a flashback to 1992 (without quite so much star power) the Portland Trail […]
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Update: Trail Blazers interim head coach Tiago Splitter has announced guard Shaedon Sharpe will be out for tonight’s game due to right calf soreness. Robert Williams III is also out due to left knee injury management. Splitter said Jerami Grant (illness) is warming up and trending toward playing. The NBA schedule can be grueling, but […]
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Frustration spread through the Moda Center Tuesday night during the third quarter of the Portland Trail Blazers’ 124-109 beatdown at the hands of the Phoenix Suns. The Blazers entered the matchup swimming upstream and limping after a rough 1-4 road trip. For the second game in a row, they had to do without starting guard […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers came into their Tuesday night game versus the Phoenix Suns in need of a win. As anyone with a failed promposal story can tell you, needing something and getting it are two different things. The Blazers also learned that tough lesson, getting skewered on the defensive end all night on their […]
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According to an old Hawaiian proverb, it’s hard to harvest the coconuts if you don’t have the trees–and judging by the way the Phoenix Suns dismantled the dilapidated Portland Trail Blazers tonight, my ancient ancestors may have been on to something. Adding Jerami Grant to an already overloaded injury list (Jrue Holiday, Matisse Thybulle, Scoot […]
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Portland Trail Blazers point guard Scoot Henderson is still not ready running and jumping activities, eight weeks after tearing his left hamstring in the lead up to training camp, according to The Athletic’s Jason Quick (subscription required). The piece highlights that while Henderson has “made a lot of progress,” his return to basketball activity remains “week-to-week.” […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers and Phoenix Suns are facing off in a late-Tuesday game. With both teams hovering around .500 (Portland 6-7, Phoenix 8-6), the game seems semi-important. The Blazers want to stop a recent 1-4 slide while the Suns hope to prove that they’re a serious playoffs team in a crowded Western Conference. Should […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers and Phoenix Suns will face off to the strains of Roundball Rock as a late-Tuesday game gets underway on NBC tonight. With both teams hovering around .500 (Portland 6-7, Phoenix 8-6), the game seems semi-important. The Blazers want to stop a recent 1-4 slide while the Suns hope to prove that […]
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No game on November 18th is going to make or break a team’s season. That said, the Portland Trail Blazers face a pretty important contest tonight when they face the Phoenix Suns at the Moda Center at 8:00 PM. The Blazers are coming off of a 1-4 road trip, their first long outing of the […]
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Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns roll into town to square off against Deni Avdija and the Portland Trail Blazers in Western Conference action tonight. And, for the first time in 23 years, a Blazers game will be shown on the NBA on NBC. The last time they played Roundball Rock before a Blazers game, […]
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Shortly after he joined the Portland Trail Blazers coaching staff as an assistant in June, Tiago Splitter sat for an interview with Patrick Carney and Dan Krikorian on the Slappin’ Glass podcast to discuss his coaching philosophy. Splitter ascended to the acting head coaching chair faster than AJ Green running a fast break. The change […]
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