The ultimate coverage and analysis of the Portland Trail Blazers
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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The Portland Trail Blazers aren’t going to apologize for their 134-133 overtime win over the hobbled Sacramento Kings on Thursday night. They may have collapsed in the final minutes of regulation to lose an 18-point lead late at home. A referee’s questionable whistle may have swooped in like the Hand of God to rescue them […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers beat the Sacramento Kings 134-133 in overtime on Thursday night, the first game of a doubleheader with Sacramento. Portland barely, and I mean barely, survived a late game miracle comeback from the Kings to squeak out the win. The Blazers were led in scoring by Deni Avdija’s 35 points. Shaedon Sharpe […]
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It ‘s almost Christmas and the Portland Trail Blazers got a gift tonight, edging out the Sacramento Kings 134-133 in overtime. The victory came courtesy of a call in the last second that allowed Deni Avdija to sink free throws, turning a single-point loss into a single-point win. This was the first time the Blazers […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers are facing the Sacramento Kings at Portland’s Moda Center tonight. The Blazers are fresh off of an inspirational win against the Golden State Warriors, a rarity in recent weeks. The Kings are in an even worse predicament, carrying a 6-20 record this season amid a host of injuries on a perhaps-misguided […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers and Sacramento Kings will face each other at Portland’s Moda Center tonight at 7:00 PM, Pacific. The Blazers are fresh off of an inspirational win against the Golden State Warriors, a rarity in recent weeks. The Kings are in an even worse predicament, carrying a 6-20 record this season amid a […]
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The New Orleans Pelicans are having a rough year. They’re widely presumed to be motivated sellers as the 2026 NBA Trade Deadline approaches. Forward Zion Williamson is the most persistent name linked to trade rumors, but today HoopsHype writer Michael Scotto speculated that the Pelicans’ other forward, Trey Murphy III, could also be available. Scotto […]
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The NBA’s Murray twins will go to battle once again as the spiraling Sacramento Kings visit Moda Center to tangle with the Portland Trail Blazers tonight. There have been at least eight sets of twins who have played in the NBA. Tonight the Murrays take the court as NBA foes for the seventh time. Thus […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers will have more roster clarity when they play the Sacramento Kings tomorrow, Thu. Dec. 18 at 7pm Pacific. According to the most recent NBA injury report (which drop hourly), all three of Donovan Clingan, Robert Williams III, and Yang Hansen no longer appear for the Blazers after being listed first as […]
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The New York Knicks are the winners of the 2025-26 Emirates NBA Cup, courtesy of a 124-113 win over the San Antonio Spurs in the tournament’s final game last night. The game itself was fairly exciting, close until the Knicks ran away with it late. It showcased one of the “now” teams in the Eastern […]
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The 2025-26 NBA season is now more than a quarter way through. That means there is a significant sample size of games to go off of when it comes to upcoming All-Star voting, also when looking towards the end of year awards. This year sees a couple Portland Trail Blazers players drawing early season noise […]
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The Milwaukee Bucks may be interested in Portland Trail Blazers wing Jerami Grant as a potential trade target, according to The Stein Line’s Jake Fischer (subscription required): After repeatedly telling teams that Antetokounmpo is not available and that it is not interested in fielding trade offers for him, now Milwaukee is messaging that it wants […]
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