The ultimate coverage and analysis of the Portland Trail Blazers
Portland Trail Blazers reserve guard Blake Wesley sustained a fracture to the fifth metatarsal of his right foot during Portland’s 109-107 win over the Denver Nuggets, the organization announced on Sunday. His timeline for return will be determined at a later date. Wesley, 22, injured the foot during the second quarter of Friday’s win at […]
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This morning we wanted to bring you a small smorgasbord of early season trends. Some of them will continue. Some of them will probably be early season aberrations. How can you predict which are which? THAT’S the magic of reckless sports journalism-adjacent speculation! The Blazers will continue to be a top 3 team in pace. […]
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Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant has been hit with a one-game suspension by the Memphis Grizzlies for “conduct detrimental to the team,” according to ESPN. The suspension is in response to comments Morant made to the media following the Grizzlies’ loss yesterday to the Los Angeles Lakers. When asked by reporters what Morant could […]
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After the Portland Trail Blazers’ dramatic 109-107 win over the Denver Nuggets on Friday night, if you were anything like this writer, you waited in great anticipation for the NBA’s Last Two Minute report on the game. That’s because you wanted to see how the report would evaluate the call. You know the one. The […]
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It’s hard to imagine an NFL game without referees wearing headsets, a practice that started in 2014 after testing the technology for two years. Major League Soccer has them, the National Hockey League has them, and even Major League Baseball began using them in 2022. Additionally, this technology has been in widespread use in EuroBasket […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers have been as expected through the first two weeks of the season. A solid defensive squad with questions on the offensive end. Fortunately, the Blazers have been able to keep the scoreboard ticking over with contributions from Deni Avdija, Shaedon Sharpe, Jrue Holiday and Jerami Grant. The latter, the hero of […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers have assigned rookie center Yang Hansen to the Rip City Remix for scheduled practices, the organization announced on Saturday. The Rose Garden Report’s Sean Highkin reported this assignment will just be for weekend duty, and it won’t overlap with any Trail Blazers games. I’m told the Blazers are assigning Yang Hansen […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers have their signature win of the early 2025-26 NBA season — a gritty, improbable, come-from-behind, last-second 109-107 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Friday night at home. It came against the perennial-contending Nuggets, despite a big-time 21-point, 14-rebound, nine-assist performance from perennial MVP candidate Nikola Jokic. It happened on a night […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers knew they’d have a scary time on Friday night, tasked with beating the conference-contending Denver Nuggets. Denver is a veteran team, former champions, anchored by perpetual NBA MVP candidate Nikola Jokic. The Blazers looked like a poodle nipping at the heels of a Doberman. But you know what? Poodles still have […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers beat the Denver Nuggets 109-107 in a wild game tonight. Jerami Grant hit the game-winning free throws in the final seconds as Nikola Jokic’s game-tying attempt just missed the mark. On Halloween 2012, rookie guard Damian Lillard walked into the Rose Garden for the first regular season game of his career. […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers take on Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets tonight at 7:00 PM, Pacific. This will be a huge test for Portland, given the quality of opponent and Denver’s presumed chances in the Western Conference this year. The Blazers haven’t faced many lineups as big and talented as this one. Let’s see […]
3 months ago | 4 reads
The Portland Trail Blazers take on Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets tonight at 7:00 PM, Pacific. This will be a huge test for Portland, given the quality of opponent and Denver’s presumed chances in the Western Conference this year. The Blazers haven’t faced many lineups as big and talented as this one. Let’s see […]
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After injuring his left thumb on Wednesday against the Utah Jazz, the Portland Trail Blazers have announced via press release that Matisse Thybulle had successful surgery on Friday and will be re-evaluated in four to six weeks. Portland Trail Blazers guard/forward Matisse Thybulle injured his left thumb during Wednesday’s game at Utah. A subsequent MRI […]
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Now that Halloween is upon us, and the Blazers embark on their first Emirates NBA Cup tournament game of the young 2025-26 season, let’s take a moment to have some fun with a little mashup of the two. If the Blazers were movie monsters, who would they be? Here are my answers. Share yours in the […]
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Earlier this week we ran a poll asking Portland Trail Blazers fans if they thought Interim Head Coach Tiago Splitter brought their club a better chance to win than suspended former coach Chauncy Billups did. Readers and subscribers responded nationally and, at the end of the day, a whopping 89% of respondents thought that Splitter […]
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The Nuggets come into Portland on a three game heater of a winning streak. Over the offseason, the team added Cam Johnson, Bruce Brown, Tim Hardaway Jr., and Jonas Valanciunas to a team that took the 2025 Champions Oklahoma City Thunder to a game seven in the second round of last year’s playoffs. This newly […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers have upgraded center Robert Williams III to questionable to play in Friday’s home game against the Denver Nuggets, meaning he could make his season debut. Williams is listed as questionable on the injury report due to his G League assignment with the Rip City Remix. The Blazers assigned Williams to the […]
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The arrest of now-suspended Portland Trail Blazers Head Coach Chauncey Billups on illegal gambling charges last week gave rise to multiple questions. One of the critical ones was, “How did Billups get involved in all this in the first place?” Today Carson Kessler and Nathan Fenno of The Athletic detailed the relationship between Billups and […]
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ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne has written a wide-ranging feature story about the illegal gambling allegations surrounding Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and their subsequent impact on the team. The piece centers around how Blazers players and others within the NBA community are responding to the situation. Shelburne also provides details on the FBI cases […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers entered their new season with high hopes for shooting guard Shaedon Sharpe. The fifth-year phenom looked good in preseason play, but his performance over the first five games of the regular season has been measured, at best. He’s averaging 17.0 points per game, fourth on his own squad. His field goal […]
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With 117 points on the scoreboard and a 20-point lead after three quarters, the Portland Trail Blazers were set to cruise to another victory Wednesday night. Their fans could relax, their best players could rest, and the guys at the end of the bench could get some run. But games last four quarters and the […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers avoided a catastrophic collapse against the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night to secure a 136-134 win and improve to 3-2 early in the 2025-26 NBA Season. A balanced Portland scoring attack saw five players end with 17 or more points, led by Jrue Holiday’s 27-point performance. The feisty Jazz rode a […]
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Portland Trail Blazers wing Matisse Thybulle won’t return during tonight’s game against the Utah Jazz due to a left thumb injury, the organization announced. Thybulle appeared to aggravate his thumb on a fast break play at the end of the first quarter. He began clutching his hand after the play as the buzzer expired, and […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers and Utah Jazz are moving to the second half, so our GameDay Thread is doing the same. Here’s how to watch the game and tonight’s injury information: Portland Trail Blazers (2-2) vs. Utah Jazz (2-1) – Wed. Oct. 29 – 6 p.m. Pacific How to watch via antenna or cable: See your […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers have a chance to win two in a row tonight as they face the Utah Jazz on the road. Can they do it? Can Shaedon Sharpe bust out of his shooting slump? Those are just two of tonight’s storylines as the Blazers take the floor again. Here’s how to watch the […]
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