The ultimate coverage and analysis of the Portland Trail Blazers
After downing the Denver Nuggets in dramatic fashion on Friday, the Portland Trail Blazers face another tough test at the Moda Center tonight: the Luka Doncic-led Los Angeles Lakers. Both teams are riding three-game winning streaks. Who can keep that momentum going to a fourth straight win? Time to find out! Here’s how to watch […]
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Portland Trail Blazers guard Jrue Holiday and forward Deni Avdija have both been nominated for Western Conference Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 27 to Nov. 2, the league announced today. The Blazers went 3-0 during that span, with wins over the Los Angeles Lakers, Utah Jazz and Denver Nuggets, bringing their […]
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The Los Angeles Lakers have announced that guards Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves will miss L.A.’s game with the Portland Trail Blazers tonight, joining LeBron James on the injury list. Doncic is suffering from a lower leg contusion while Reaves has groin soreness. The cumulative effect is like seeing the Fantastic Four assemble without Mister […]
4 months ago | 8 reads
The 4-2 Portland Trail Blazers are experiencing an early-season thrill, riding high on a victory over the Denver Nuggets and a winning record for the first time in what seems like forever. Defense is one of the main reasons the Blazers have stayed competitive so far. They’re looking thrilling on the defensive end. But is […]
4 months ago | 6 reads
The Portland Trail Blazers are staying at home to take on the Los Angeles Lakers for the second game of a brief three game homestand. This is the second meeting between the two teams in the young 2025-26 NBA season. Portland came away with the win in the first contest, but the Lakers now have […]
4 months ago | 4 reads
The Portland Trail Blazers are getting one player back, but are losing a few more. Rookie center Yang Hansen has been recalled by the Blazers after a brief practice stint for the Blazers’ G League affiliate, the Rip City Remix. The Remix’s season begins November 7. After news that Blake Wesley fractured his right foot […]
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Current New York Knicks wing and former Portland Trail Blazer Josh Hart is playing through a nerve injury in his right hand, The Athletic’s Fred Katz and James L. Edwards III reported on (subscription required) Hart has played this season with a splint on his right ring finger. He told The Athletic on Sunday that […]
4 months ago | 2 reads
In the waning moments of the Portland Trail Blazers’ recent close win against the Denver Nuggets, Blazers forward Toumani Camara wrapped up Nuggets center Nikola Jokic from behind… and forced a jump ball. The play was decisive. The Nuggets, out of challenges, could do nothing but stare. And the NBA’s last two minute report confirmed […]
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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 […]
4 months ago | 6 reads
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 […]
4 months ago | 4 reads
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 […]
4 months ago | 6 reads
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 […]
4 months ago | 6 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 […]
4 months ago | 7 reads
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 […]
4 months ago | 6 reads
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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