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Bruce Ely/Trailblazers.com The Blazers lost a hotly contested overtime battle against rival Oklahoma City on Thursday night. The nationally televised showdown between the two teams tied for 3rd place in the Western conference was everything it was advertised to be and more. Throughout the game, neither team led by more than eight points and there […]

View this post on Instagram Warfare. A post shared by Damian Lillard (@damianlillard) on Jan 22, 2019 at 8:36pm PST You can be forgiven for not paying close attention to your hometown Trailblazers in the early days of the season. Diehard fans may follow the ebb and flow of every game, but the NBA season […]

Bruce Ely/Trailblazers.com The best team in basketball comes to town tonight to take on our own Portland Trailblazers. The Blazers are coming off two very disappointing losses, a one-point squeaker/collapse versus the mediocre Dallas Mavericks, and a semi-blowout at the hands of the ascendant OKC Thunder. The Blazers are currently barely holding on to fourth […]

Bruce Ely/Trailblazers.com The 4th place Blazers host the 6th place San Antonio Spurs on Thursday night in what should be a good competitive game. Today is the big “Deadline Day” in the NBA, meaning it’s the final day that any player trades can be completed, and the league has been buzzing with rumors and news […]

Bruce Ely/Trailblazers.com The Blazers took on red-hot rivals the Utah Jazz on Wednesday in a game that looked like it was going to be a close-fought dogfight. Things tipped to the Jazz’s favor when shortly before tipoff it was announced that Blazer center Jusuf Nurkic would not be playing due to right knee soreness. The […]

Bruce Ely/Trailblazers.com Blazer superstar Damian Lillard sat out Saturday’s game versus the Atlanta Hawks, but it didn’t seem to matter as teammate CJ McCollum stepped up and recorded his first ever triple-double, with 28 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. Seth Curry continued his strong play as well with a season-high 22 points. The game […]

Bruce Ely/Trailblazers.com The Trailblazers played host to the last-place Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night, beating them fairly easily and playing well while doing it. The big story was that center Jusuf Nurkic, pictured above, got his first ever triple double, notching 10 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists in the game. It had been five […]

Bruce Ely/Trailblazers.com The Trailblazers served up a good old fashioned blow out versus the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night. It was the final game of a successful home stand during which the Blazers won four out of five. On paper, the Hornets actually looked to be one of their more challenging opponents, but that’s not […]

Bruce Ely/Trailblazers.com The Blazers coasted to a nice simple win against the struggling Chicago Bulls on Wednesday. CJ McCollum regained his form at last, scoring a game high 24 points on 10 of 14 shots. But it was the bench guys who distinguished themselves the most, scoring a total of 56 points, and looking solid […]

Bruce Ely/Trailblazers.com The Trailblazers took care of business against the lowly New York Knicks on Monday. A loss to to this team at home would have been a disaster, and although that didn’t happen, it was closer than it should have been. The Knicks showed some spunk, led by former/spurned Blazer Noah Vonleh, and never […]

Bruce Ely/Trailblazers.com It was a western conference showdown at the Moda Center on Friday night and the Blazers came up just short against the second place Oklahoma City Thunder. These two teams always seem to play close and this night was no exception. Portland led at halftime but OKC surged ahead in the third quarter. […]

Bruce Ely/Trailblazers.com The Blazers got creamed by the Utah Jazz on Friday night. It started out somewhat close, but the Jazz shot the lights out, connecting on a crazy-high 52 percent of their three point attempts, and came away with a 30 point blowout of our hometown Blazers. The final score was 120-90. Even Blazers […]