It was another huge win at home for the piping hot Trailblazers, this time over the reigning champs, the Golden State Warriors. Portland has now won nine games in a row, the longest active winning streak in the NBA. Shortly before tip-off players learned that Houston’s 16 game streak had come to an end, which […]
Arthur Bradford
Arthur Bradford has written two books (Dogwalker and Turtleface) and directed several films, including the Emmy-nominated Six Days to Air. He lives in Portland and co-hosts a live call-in radio show Sex, Drugs, and Basketball on Thursdays, 8-9 pm on XRAY.FM.
Blazer’s Recap: Make That 8 in a Row
The woeful New York Knicks came to town Tuesday night and ran into the buzzsaw that is the red hot Portland Trailblazers. With the outcome rarely in doubt, it wasn’t the most exciting game of the year, but Damian Lillard was masterful once again, scoring 37 points in only 3 quarters of play, and the […]
Blazers Recap: Getting Hot in Here!
In case you haven’t heard, The Portland Trailblazers are on a hot streak, riding a wave of heroic play by their team captain Damian Lillard. The 14th place Sacramento Kings rolled into town on Tuesday night and received a mild beatdown from these newly-focused Blazers, 116-99. It was the Blazers fourth victory in a row […]
Blazers Recap: Taking Down the Champs!
It was the best win of the season for the Blazers, and it came at a great time, right before the All-Star break. The Blazers welcomed reigning NBA champions, The Golden State Warriors, to their home court for a nationally televised showdown, and sent the big boys packing with a shocking 123-117 beatdown. Superstar Kevin […]
Blazers Recap: All That Jazz
The red hot Utah Jazz came to town riding an eight game winning streak and proceeded to whoop the Blazers with relative ease, extending their NBA-high streak to nine. The Blazers held a small lead going into the second half, but things fell apart for them in the third quarter. Jusuf Nurkic left the game […]
Blazers News: Portland Has an All-Star!
He’d been snubbed two years straight, but not this year. That’s right, Portland’s own Damian Lillard is back on the All-Star team. ‘Bout damn time! Bruce Ely/Trailblazers.com Lillard has been named an All-Star twice before, back in 2014 and 2015, but since then he’s been one of the most notable snubs from the highly competitive […]
Blazers Recap: No Dice for Dallas
The Blazers have now won six straight home games, a sweet shot in the arm for Rip City fans who were feeling a little glum back in December after an equally long losing streak. Damian Lillard is making a strong bid for the all-star spot which has eluded him for the past two seasons. He […]
Blazers Recap: Suns Go Down
The Blazers were fighting for their lives after a rough 3 game losing streak out on the road. A loss on this night to the bottom dwelling Pheonix Suns would have put them below .500 for the season and caused heads to shake in the Moda Center. Fortunately this wasn’t close to happening as the […]
Blazer’s Recap: A Sweet Win Vs. the Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are one of the top teams in the NBA and represent a formidable challenge for the Blazers even with several of their key players sitting out due to injury. Kawhi Leonard, Rudy Gay, Danny Green, and Tony Parker were all absent this game, but Portland was also without their best player, […]
Blazer’s Recap: Down the Hawks
Not since the opening game of the season had the Blazers found themselves on the winning end of a blowout victory. It finally happened again on this night against the lowly Atlanta Hawks. The Blazers won by more than 20 points for only the second time this season, but they looked good doing it, and […]
Blazer’s Recap: A Big Win Vs. Philly
For much of this game, it looked like the Blazers were going down in typical fashion, another groan-inducing loss in a long streak of home court tragedies. It had been six weeks since Portland fans had seen this team win on their home court. With Philly riding high this season and Portland star Damian Lillard […]
Blazer’s Recap: A Stinker Vs. the Nuggets
The Blazers faced off against conference rivals the Denver Nuggets in what should have been a close and hard fought game, but whoo boy this one sucked. Our hometown Blazers were out-hustled and out-gunned all night losing their sixth straight home game. SIX HOME LOSSES IN A ROW! Loud booing rained down from the crowd […]
