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The Portland Trail Blazers and Brooklyn Nets have worked up a sweat over the first two quarters of their matchup at the Moda Center tonight. What will the second half bring? Talk about it with your friends and neighbors here! Here’s the basic info in case you missed it earlier: Portland Trail Blazers (35-37) vs. […]
The Portland Trail Blazers are looking to make a rocket-like leap past the Los Angeles Clippers to gain the 8th spot in the Western Conference race for the 2026 NBA Playoffs. Fortunately, Portland draws one of the worst teams in the league tonight as the Brooklyn Nets visit Moda Center for a 7:00 PM contest. […]
The NBA has shared an updated salary cap projection for the 2026-27 season with its member franchises. The new number comes in at $165 million, a million lower than originally forecasted for the season. Shams Charania of ESPN shared the news via X today. Per Charania, the decline is due to a reduction in local […]
Deni Avdija and Donovan Clingan of the Portland Trail Blazers were both nominated for NBA Western Conference Player of the Week for Week 22 (March 16-22), the NBA announced today. Avdija and Clingan led the Blazers to a 3-1 record during the week. Avdija returned to his All-Star level play, looking like his pre-injury self […]
The first weekend of the 2026 NCAA Tournament is in the books. 64 teams have been narrowed down to 16. Between Thursday and Sunday, we saw hundreds of players cross the court. Some of them were bound for the NBA long before the ball tipped on their first March Madness game. Others are carving out […]
The Portland Trail Blazers are back home tonight after a long five-game road trip. They’ll take on the Brooklyn Nets for the second time in eight days, with tip-off scheduled for 7:00 PM Pacific at Moda Center. The Blazers beat the Nets 114-95 last Monday in Brooklyn in a game that didn’t actually feel as […]
The Portland Trail Blazers ran out of steam in Denver today, falling to the Nuggets 128-112 after an eye-popping opening salvo. Deni Avdija led the scoring for the Blazers with 23 points. Nicola Jokic had pretty much a typical day on the job to lead the winners: 22 points, 14 rebounds and 14 assists. Sizzling […]
The Portland Trail Blazers more or less kept up with the Denver Nuggets in the first half but let go of the rope in the second, succumbing to seven Nuggets players (including all five starters) scoring in double digits and losing 128-112. Player of the Game Deni Avdija gets the nod for this distinction for […]
Let’s chat about the second half of Blazers / Nuggets! Here’s some game info: Portland Trail Blazers (35-36) at Denver Nuggets (43-28) Sunday, Mar. 22 – 2pm Pacific How to watch via antenna or cable: See your options on the Rip City Television Network How to stream: BlazerVision in Oregon and Washington; League Pass everywhere else How to […]
The Portland Trail Blazers and the Denver Nuggets tip in the Mile High City at 2pm Pacific, so grab your mimosas and any other brunch-adjacent snacks and curl up for a Sunday afternoon of NBA basketball! Here’s some game info: Portland Trail Blazers (35-36) at Denver Nuggets (43-28) Sunday, Mar. 22 – 2pm Pacific How […]
The Portland Trail Blazers are wrapping up their long road trip with a trip to face off with the Denver Nuggets. Portland is coming into this game with three straight wins on this road stretch against the Brooklyn Nets, Indiana Pacers, and Minnesota Timberwolves to find themselves tied for the eighth seed in the Western […]
Brandon Roy, Portland Trail Blazers legend and former National High School Coach of the Year, was dismissed as the head coach of the boys’ basketball program at Seattle’s Garfield High School in September. At the time the reasoning for Roy’s dismissal was not stated publicly. But this week David Gutman of the Seattle Times reported […]
The Portland Trail Blazers are having a modestly successful 2025-26 season, with a record near .500 as the year closes and a legitimate chance to make the 2026 NBA Playoffs through the Play-In Tournament in April. That doesn’t mean everything is going perfectly. A 35-36 performance so far leaves room for improvement. That’s true of […]
Portland Trail Blazers trade deadline addition Vit Krejci has been fine but not his usual self since arriving in Oregon. The 25-year-old Czech wing was brought to Portland from the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for the injured Duop Reath and two future second round picks in the days before the February 5 deadline. The trade […]
The Portland Trail Blazers staked a claim to a strong run at the 2026 NBA Playoffs on Friday night, beating the Minnesota Timberwolves 108-104 in a game that wasn’t decided until the final seconds of play. To quote a former Blazers star, both teams played hard in this one. It wasn’t a cliche, either. The […]
The Portland Trail Blazers and Minnesota Timberwolves played a physical, intense, nip-and-tuck contest on Friday that was a credit to the NBA and the fight both teams are in for postseason playoffs positioning. Both teams shared the ball, shifted up their attack, and went hard for the victory. It ended up in Portland’s hands by […]
The Portland Trail Blazers and Minnesota Timberwolves are in the thick of an NBA game that might have outsized impact in seedings for the 2026 NBA Playoffs. Two quarters are gone. The second half awaits! Talk about the action with your friends and neighbors here! Here’s the basic info on the game: Portland Trail Blazers […]
The Portland Trail Blazers and Minnesota Timberwolves are both scrambling for playoffs positioning, angling for the seeds that will set them up for success in the rapidly-approaching postseason bracket. Each needs a victory to strengthen their position. Only one of them can have it. Here’s your thread to discuss the game as it unfolds tonight! […]
The Portland Trail Blazers continue their road trip with a matchup in Minnesota against the Timberwolves today. The Blazers are looking to make it three straight wins on the road after picking up W’s over the Brooklyn Nets and Indiana Pacers in their last two matchups. On the other side, the Timberwolves are also winners […]
A rule intended to keep NBA superstars on the court may be keeping them from voters’ All-NBA and other award ballots. The NBA’s 65-game minimum to be eligible for awards like MVP, All-NBA, and others may keep some of the league’s brightest starts from earning awards. Beyond recognition, those awards are also tied to contract […]
When we were looking back at this part of the schedule a month and a half ago, plenty of folks (the author included) assumed the Portland Trail Blazers would have a good chance to rip through what would be one of the easier schedules in the league. That hasn’t happened. Despite Deni Avdija dealing with […]
The Portland Trail Blazers will face the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night with as close to a full roster as the Blazers get nowadays. The team released their injury report for the game today and the news is good. Only Shaedon Sharpe is listed as out among Portland regulars. Damian Lillard continues his year-long rehab […]
The Portland Trail Blazers are stocked with lithe, fairly quick, defensively-apt forwards. Toumani Camara and Jerami Grant lead the list. Both are 6’7, known for range on defense and finesse on offense, theoretically apt at shooting the three…pretty much the modern archetypes of the position. Despite that, one Blazer’s Edge Reader poses a question in […]
The NBA has experienced a raft of injuries this year. On the heels of Minnesota Timberwolves perpetual MVP candidate Anthony Edwards going down with a knee injury, now another player on the fringes of that discussion has suffered a serious blow. Shams Charania of ESPN is reporting that Cade Cunningham, lead guard of the Detroit […]
The Portland Trail Blazers held off a late charge by the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night to earn a 127-119 road win. The victory allowed Portland to climb into ninth place in the Western Conference. The Blazers appeared to be cruising to a comfortable victory, leading by as many as 22 points early in the […]