The ultimate coverage and analysis of the Portland Trail Blazers
The road hasn’t been kind to the Portland Trail Blazers lately. Losses in Miami and Orlando this week blunted an otherwise-promising start to the season. But just when you think you have the NBA Blues, here come the New Orleans Pelicans. They hosted the Blazers tonight but didn’t suit up Zion Williamson or Jordan Poole. […]
2 months ago | 4 reads
According to an old Hawaiian proverb, you can’t dance to the music if you don’t pay the band—and judging by the way the Portland Trail Blazers called the tune against the New Orleans Pelicans in NBA action tonight, my ancient ancestors may have been on to something. Playing without injured bandmaster Zion Williamson, the Pelicans […]
2 months ago | 6 reads
The Portland Trail Blazers are playing the New Orleans Pelicans today in Game 3 of a five-game road trip. Here’s the info you need in order to watch the game: Portland Trail Blazers (5-5) vs. New Orleans Pelicans (2-8) – Wed. Nov. 12 – 5pm Pacific How to watch via antenna or cable: See your options […]
2 months ago | 4 reads
The Portland Trail Blazers will face the New Orleans Pelicans today, in Game 3 of a five-game road trip. Here’s the info you need in order to watch the game: Portland Trail Blazers (5-5) vs. New Orleans Pelicans (2-8) – Wed. Nov. 12 – 5pm Pacific How to watch via antenna or cable: See your options […]
2 months ago | 3 reads
Los Angeles Clippers guard Bradley Beal has injured his hip and will undergo season-ending surgery. Shams Charania of ESPN shared the news on X. Just in: Los Angeles Clippers guard Bradley Beal has a fracture in his hip and will undergo season-ending surgery, sources tell ESPN. The Clippers signed Beal to a multi-year contract in […]
2 months ago | 2 reads
The NBA has announced a change to February’s All-Star format, pitting the best from the US against the world’s top international talent. In the 2026 NBA All-Star Game, two teams of U.S. players and one team of international players (known as the World team) will compete in a round-robin tournament featuring four 12-minute games. The […]
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The Portland Trail Blazers look to regain their swagger versus the New Orleans Pelicans on the third game of a five-game road trip. The team rolls into the Crescent City, licking its wounds after dropping two winnable games against the Miami Heat and Orlando Magic. This Pelicans team is banged up and trying to find […]
2 months ago | 2 reads
The Portland Trail Blazers’ 2025-26 City Edition jerseys will be an encore of the team’s local airport-inspired 2022-23 City Edition design. Just like three years ago, the alternate jersey will feature the teal color and distinct geometric pattern of Portland International Airport’s iconic carpet, along with the airport code “PDX” printed in white block letters […]
2 months ago | 0 reads
The Portland Trail Blazers are off to a 5-5 start to their 2025-26 NBA regular season. The record is an improvement on their performances in recent years, especially when considering signature wins against the Oklahoma City Thunder and Denver Nuggets as part of the package. But .500 is a waypoint on the journey to success, […]
2 months ago | 4 reads
The Dallas Mavericks have fired General Manager Nico Harrison. The news broke this morning via reports from Shams Charania. Harrison became Dallas’ GM in 2021 and presided over two trips to the Western Conference Finals along with one to the 2024 NBA Finals. In February, 2025 Harrison engineered the trade of franchise superstar Luka Doncic […]
2 months ago | 13 reads
The Portland Trail Blazers went 1-2 this week. After starting with a win over the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder, Portland fell to the Miami Heat and Orlando Magic to bring their overall record to 5-5 on the season. Despite the down week, there were a number of good individual performances, including from this week’s […]
2 months ago | 3 reads
You can’t beat many magicians if you let them pick all the tricks to be played, a maxim the Portland Trailblazers verified against the Orlando Magic in NBA action tonight. Orlando turned out to have more than enough tricks at hand to prevail, scratching out a 115-112 win thanks to a buzzer-beating three by Blazers […]
2 months ago | 3 reads
The Portland Trail Blazers lost a heartbreaker to the Orlando Magic Monday night, as Desmond Bane’s tough buzzer-beating 3-pointer swished through as time expired to give the Magic a 115-112 victory. Bane’s only 3-pointer of the night came at the worst possible time for the Blazers. It saved Orlando from a furious 11-0 Portland run […]
2 months ago | 3 reads
The Portland Trail Blazers have moved to the second half in their road matchup against the Orlando Magic. That means tonight’s Game Day Thread is moving to the second half, too! Here’s how to watch the game and tonight’s injury information: Portland Trail Blazers (5-4) vs. Orlando Magic (4-5) – Mon. Nov 10th – 4pm […]
2 months ago | 2 reads
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 […]
2 months ago | 2 reads
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 […]
2 months ago | 4 reads
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 […]
2 months ago | 0 reads
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 […]
3 months ago | 7 reads
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, […]
3 months ago | 3 reads
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 […]
3 months ago | 3 reads
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 […]
3 months ago | 4 reads
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: […]
3 months ago | 3 reads
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 […]
3 months ago | 4 reads
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 […]
3 months ago | 2 reads
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 […]
3 months ago | 2 reads