The ultimate coverage and analysis of the Portland Trail Blazers
Following their narrow loss to the Miami Heat on Saturday, the Portland Trail Blazers will look to bounce back tonight with a road matchup against another Floridian foe: the Orlando Magic. The road matchup means a 4 p.m. West Coast tipoff, so be ready early for this one. Here’s how to watch the game and […]
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After two Portland Trail Blazers players were nominated for Western Conference Player of the Week last Monday, no Blazers received a nomination this week. Instead, Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic won the award for Western Conference while Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham took home the honor for the Eastern Conference. Jokic led the Nuggets to […]
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After soaring ahead eight spots last week, the Portland Trail Blazers remained earthbound in the latest batch of power rankings from NBA.com’s John Schuhmann. The Blazers went 1-2 during the week, bringing their overall record to 5-4 and prompting Schuhmann to keep them at No. 14 in the rankings. Portland’s lone win of the week […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers are justifiably proud of their new center corps of Donovan Clingan and Yang Hansen, drafted with lottery(-equivalent) picks over the last two seasons. But those young prospects are hardly the only pivots in Portland’s landscape. Today’s Blazer’s Edge Mailbag question involves a third center, Robert Williams III. The seventh-year center is […]
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Tonight, the Portland Trail Blazers travel to Orlando to take on the middling Magic. Fresh off a hard-fought loss to the Miami Heat, the Blazers hope to leave Florida on a high note. The Magic Report Last season, the NBA zeitgeist crowned the Orlando Magic the next big thing. Brick-wall defenders, exceptional length and athleticism, […]
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In news that is surprising to nobody, NBA officials got a call wrong in the Portland Trail Blazers / Miami Heat game in which Portland lost to a Heat roster missing its most important players. Slightly more surprising: officials admitted they got one wrong. In the NBA Officials’ Last Two Minute (L2M) report for last […]
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Legendary NBA coach and former Portland Trail Blazers head coach Lenny Wilkens died at age 88, his family announced today and as reported by the Associated Press: He coached 2,487 games in the NBA, which is still a record. He became a Hall of Famer as a player, as a coach and again as part […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers lost to an exceedingly short-handed Miami Heat team last night, 131-136. Of course we covered it… but let’s walk around the Internet and see what others are saying. Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel had both a traditional recap, as well as a list of observations from the game: […]
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The late 1970’s saw the birth of a musical genre called Speed Metal. An offshoot of Heavy Metal, the basic idea was to forget melodic lyricism and traditional skill in favor of technique pointed in a single direction: playing fast. No analogy could be more apt for the Portland Trail Blazers and Miami Heat, the […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers and Miami Heat love to play energetic, fast-paced basketball no matter what opponent they face. When they lined up against each other on Saturday evening, it was more like watching an Olympics track meet than an NBA basketball game. Each side took turns trying to overwhelm the other, neither succeeding for […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers and Miami Heat are in the midst of their early-season matchup. This is your second half discussion thread to talk about the game. Here’s the info you need about the game and how to watch: Portland Trail Blazers (5-3) vs. Miami Heat (5-4) – Saturday, November 8 – 5:00pm Pacific How to […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers and Miami Heat will face each other this evening in the kick-off to Portland’s first extended road trip of the season. Here’s the info you need about the game and how to watch: Portland Trail Blazers (5-3) vs. Miami Heat (5-4) – Saturday, November 8 – 5:00pm Pacific How to watch via […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers have cultivated a defensive identity. The hard-nosed negating foundation has given the playing group something to build off while it figures out what it is on the other side of the ball. Unfortunately, that established defensive persona, which currently ranks 10th most stingy, was dealt blows in consecutive games last week. […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers are in Miami to take on the Heat to start a five-game road trip. Portland is coming off of a win over the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder in their last game. On the other side, the Heat are on the second night of a back-to-back after taking down the Charlotte […]
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After former Head Coach Chauncey Billups was suspended by the NBA in late October for gambling-related charges, the Portland Trail Blazers named assistant coach Tiago Splitter as Acting Head Coach. Since then Splitter has accumulated a 5-3 record with wins against the Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder to his team’s credit. Now one writer, […]
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Portland Trail Blazers fans voted Deni Avdija as the next likely team member to win NBA Player of the Week. Choosing between Avdija, Toumani Camara, and Shaedon Sharpe, fans said overwhelmingly that Avdija was at the front of the line. 82% of voters selected the forward. Camara came in second with 10% of the vote. […]
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The Paul G. Allen Estate will retain a 20 percent share in the Blazers under the terms outlined in the proposed sale to Tom Dundon’s group. John Canzano reported on details of the agreement today. If the sale is approved by the league, Dundon becomes the “majority governor” despite owning a slightly smaller percentage of the […]
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The worlds of the NBA and professional poker collided last month when Portland Trail Blazers Coach Chauncey Billips got embroiled in a scandal wherein celebrities would lure players to rigged, private poker parties wherein unwitting participants would get fleeced. Billups was suspended by the NBA and replaced as Portland’s head coach in the wake of […]
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When the Portland Trail Blazers drafted Rayan Rupert of the New Zealand Breakers with the 43rd pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, an interesting report popped up. Sources stated that once the second round had started and Rupert was still on the board, the had a guaranteed promise. In turn, it caused all the teams […]
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I’ll admit it. I underestimated these Portland Trail Blazers. Sure, I expected improvement and tenacious defense, but I didn’t expect… this. Not so early in the season at least. John Gonzalez of CBS Sports is right there with me, listing the Portland Trail Blazers in a list of six teams who appear to have been […]
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Damon Jones has pleaded not guilty to charges in both cases in which he was recently indicted, according to The Athletic (subscription required): Former NBA player Damon Jones pleaded not guilty Thursday in Brooklyn federal court on charges related to his alleged involvement in a rigged poker game ring and an alleged illicit sports gambling […]
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When NBA games come down to the wire, you want the play and the skill of the competitors on the court to determine the outcome of the game. The last thing you want is some dork in a gray shirt to blow a shrill whistle, stop play, and completely change the outcome of a close […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers have garnered an early-season reputation as giant slayers, and the media has taken notice. Following their nail-biter win against the Oklahoma City Thunder, CBS Sports has ranked the Blazers fifth (!) in their most recent power poll. CBS Sports’ Brad Botkin writes: Amazing start for the Blazers at 5-3 with wins […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers’ matchup with the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night was a lot. It was dead and then alive. Frustrating and then euphoric. Hard to watch and then must-see TV. It was imperfect and wacky and nerve-wracking. Above all, it was a win, as the Blazers rallied from 22 down […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers erased a 22-point deficit to hand the Oklahoma City Thunder their first loss of the season on Wednesday night at the Moda Center. Deni Avdija overcame a slow start to lead the Blazers with 26 points, 10 rebounds, and nine assists. Veteran guard Jrue Holiday made six 3-pointers en route to […]
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