The ultimate coverage and analysis of the Portland Trail Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers went into their biggest game in years and came out with a 116-97 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night. Deni Avdija led the way for the Blazers with 35 points, more than compensating for the 24 by Kawhi Leonard for the Clippers. The win gives Portland the inside […]
The Portland Trail Blazers and Los Angeles Clippers have completed the first two quarters of their critical late-season matchup to determine Western Conference standings for 2026. The second half remains ahead. You can talk about the action with your friends and neighbors right here! The basic info on the game: Portland Trail Blazers (40-40) vs […]
The Portland Trail Blazers and Los Angeles Clippers will play at Portland’s Moda Center at 7:00 PM, Pacific tonight with 8th Place (and a critical Play-In Tournament advantage) on the line. If the Clippers win, the race is over. Portland will finish 9th in the Western Conference. If the Blazers win, they will tie L.A. […]
The Portland Trail Blazers will have a little extra help as they face the Los Angeles Clippers at the Moda Center tonight. Per Blazer’s Edge media member Conor Bergin, Blazers Head Coach Tiago Splitter says that guard Shaedon Sharpe will be available to play against Los Angeles. Sharpe, a starter for much of the season, […]
The Portland Trail Blazers are about to play one of their most decisive games of the season, facing the Los Angeles Clippers tonight with a prime spot in the 2026 NBA Play-In Tournament on the line. Two of the four teams that enter the Western Conference side of the tournament will go on to the […]
The Portland Trail Blazers host the Los Angeles Clippers this evening in a pivotal game as the postseason nears. What makes this game to important? If the Blazers win and defeat the tanking Sacramento Kings on Sunday, Portland will earn the 8th seed in the West. The 8th seed will play the 7th seed, the […]
The Portland Trail Blazers will face their most important game of the season on Friday as they take on the Los Angeles Clippers at 7:00 PM, Pacific for rights to 8th-place position in the NBA’s Western Conference. As they do so, the Blazers await the return of a couple key players who have been sidelined […]
The Portland Trail Blazers don’t know who they’ll face in next week’s SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament yet, but we now know the start times of their potential matchups. Late on Wednesday night, the NBA released the schedule for the Play-In Tournament, even as the Blazers are still jockeying with the Los Angeles Clippers to determine […]
Tanking, or intentionally losing games, is one of the hot NBA strategies in the 2020’s. Teams sit suddenly-injured players, forget to sub in stars, or sign superstars from the Sesame Street rec league to 10-day contracts, all in search of the elusive late-season loss. The big prizes are high odds for lottery picks in the […]
The Portland Trail Blazers will play their most significant game of the season on Friday night as they take on the Los Angeles Clippers at the Moda Center at 7:00 PM, Pacific. At stake is 8th place in the Western Conference Play-In Tournament, a position which has twin benefits: Portland (40-40) and Los Angeles (41-39) […]
The Portland Trail Blazers dropped a tough game against a short-handed San Antonio Spurs team on Wednesday night, 112-101. The Spurs were without their MVP candidate Victor Wembanyama and budding star point guard Stephon Castle, yet still found a way to beat the highly motivated Blazers. The game was never really in doubt as the […]
The Portland Trail Blazers got some good news out of their trip to play the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night. The Los Angeles Clippers, the team the Blazers are racing in the road to the NBA Play-In Tournament, lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder. That took the sting out of Portland’s 112-101 defeat at […]
The Portland Trail Blazers faced the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night without Victor Wembanyama on the floor and with plenty to play for in the Western Conference Play-In Tournament race. None of that ended up mattering much. Portland showed up with a tepid effort–with spurts of energy, largely directionless–on their way to a 112-101 […]
The Portland Trail Blazers and San Antonio Spurs are moving into the second half. That means so is the conversation! Here’s the game info again: What You Need to Know Portland Trail Blazers (40-39) at San Antonio Spurs (60-19) Wed. April 8 – 6:30pm Pacific How to watch via antenna or cable: ESPN How to listen: Trail […]
After a heart-wrenching overtime loss on Monday, the Portland Trail Blazers have a chance to bounce back against the San Antonio Spurs on the road tonight. There’s only three games left in the regular season. Time to see if Portland can grab a big win down the stretch! Here’s the game info: What You Need […]
The Portland Trail Blazers are in unfamiliar territory in April, 2026. After years of diving in the standings, hoping for luck in the NBA Draft Lottery, Portland is fighting for playoffs positioning, or at least the chance for same via the postseason Play-In Tournament. Right now the Blazers hold a 40-39 record. That’s good for […]
The Portland Trail Blazers travel to The Alamo City for a late-season showdown with the San Antonio Spurs tonight. For the third time this season, the Blazers will face a Wembanyama-less Spurs squad as the big man sits with a rib injury. This time, Stephon Castle will also be out. The Blazers defeated the Spurs […]
The Portland Trail Blazers lost a heartbreaking game to the Denver Nuggets on Monday evening. The final score was 137-132, Denver, in overtime. But before that, the teams were tied at 125 apiece at the end of regulation. According to the 2-Minute Report released today, maybe it shouldn’t have been. The rundown of officiating calls […]
Shams Charania of ESPN dropped a scathing, tell-all report on the Milwaukee Bucks’ disastrous 2025-2026 season today. The story is long. It pulls back the curtain on the Bucks’ alleged mismanagement of assets, players, and relationships. Among many topics, Shams provides a deeper dive on the fissure between Bucks management and franchise legend Giannis Antetokounmpo, […]
The 2025-26 NBA Season is winding to a close, and the Portland Trail Blazers have some important games down the stretch of the season. This week they went 2-1 with wins over the Los Angeles Clippers and New Orleans Pelicans and their lone loss coming in overtime against the Denver Nuggets on the road. With […]
Portland Trail Blazers guard Shaedon Sharpe has been upgraded to doubtful to play against the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday as he continues to recover from a left fibula stress reaction, the organization announced. Sharpe has missed 27 straight games, with his last appearance coming against the Memphis Grizzlies on Feb. 6. He was diagnosed […]
The Portland Trail Blazers lost a narrow game to the Denver Nuggets last night. That event prompted one of our readers to submit a question to the Blazer’s Edge Mailbag that turned out to have more facets than appear on the surface. Check out today’s edition: Dave, Want to catch you while this is hot. […]
The Portland Trail Blazers are in the thick of a race for seeding in the NBA Play-In Tournament for 2026. For those unfamiliar, the 7th-10th seeds in the NBA’s Eastern and Western Conferences will have to face each other at the end of the regular season, playing a series of games to determine who will […]
The Portland Trail Blazers almost pulled off a fantastic win against the Denver Nuggets in the Mile High City on Monday night, leading by 16 points in the fourth period versus a clearly-superior foe. But Denver has a habit of making late-game comebacks. They continued the trend tonight. Hot shooting late, plus rediscovering their missing […]
The Denver Nuggets outlasted the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday evening, winning in overtime by a 137-132 final score. Nicola Jokic led the victors with a triple-double (35 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists). Toumani Camara paced the Blazers with 30 points. Player of the Game Lots of heroes in this game on both teams, […]