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Bruce Ely/Trailblazers.com It started off ugly but got prettier and prettier as the Blazers put away a Western conference rival for a sweet third straight win. The Memphis Grizzlies are a middling team, but they have some quality players, most notably point guard Mike Connelly, one of the most under-the-radar heroes in the NBA. The […]

Bruce Ely/Trailblazers.com The Blazers have been in a slump, losing six out of their last seven games and sinking fast in the Western conference standings. What a nice time for the Phoenix Suns to roll into town. Without their two leading scorers, Devon Booker and TJ Warren, and limping along in last place anyway, the […]

Bruce Ely/Trailblazers.com The Blazers limped into Wednesday night on a three game slide, desperate to avoid making it four against a respectable Orlando Magic team. They had reportedly spent extra time going over video of their brutal third quarter collapse versus the Clippers earlier in the week. Team captain Damian Lillard stepped up big this […]

bruce Ely/Trailblazers.com The Trailblazers returned from a bruising road trip and lost a close one to the first place LA Clippers on Sunday night. A terrible third quarter in which they got outscored by 22 points put the Blazers in a hole, but they nearly dug themselves out, tying the game with under a minute […]

Bruce Ely/Trailblazers.com It was yet another impressive win at home for the Blazers on Sunday night. They held off a strong comeback bid in the second half and took down the highly regarded Boston Celtics, 100-94. Former Blazers teams might have crumbled under the multi-dimensional attack of the talented Celtics, but not this season. Jusuf […]

Bruce Ely/Trailblazers.com The Trailblazers continued their hot start to the season with a nice win over a surprisingly good Los Angeles Clippers team on Thursday night. It was what might be called a “sloppy win” as the team shot only 41% from the field, but they did other things well, like offensive rebounding, and the […]

Bruce Ely/Trailblazers.com The Milwaukee Bucks rolled into town as one of the hottest teams in the league, riding high on the success of their ridiculously talented 7 foot tall point guard, Giannis Antetokounmpo, known as “The Greek Freak.” Few teams have been able to stop the man, and as such Milwaukee has only lost one […]

Bruce Ely/Trailblazers.com Sunday night saw the first real blowout of the season for the Trailblazers, a 30 point stomping of the hobbled Minnesota Timberwolves. No Blazer scored over 20 points in the evenhanded beating. The big men, Nurkic, Collins, and Leonard were especially dominant, out-rebounding the Wolves 66-38. It was a nice way to bounce […]

Bruce Ely/Trailblazers.com Man, it was a close one, right down to the final second of overtime, but the Blazers lost their first game of the season, 124-125, in an OT thriller. The Washington Wizards aren’t a bad team and they had their backs against the wall after losing the first two games of their young […]

Bruce Ely/Trailblazers.com The Portland Trailblazers started their season off well, outplaying the much hyped new-look Lakers to the tune of 128-119 in front of a rowdy Moda Center crowd. This nationally televised game received a lot of attention, mostly on account of the arrival of Lebron James in LA. The media rooms were packed before […]

Bruce Ely/Trailblazers.com The NBA circus has rolled into Portland tonight for a huge, nationally televised game against Lebron James and the Los Angeles Lakers. Why is this game a big deal, you might ask? So many reasons! 1) It’s opening night! How will Dame Lillard and our upstart Blazers look this year?2) This is everyone’s […]