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The Trailblazers added two new big men to their roster via the NBA draft: 7 foot center Zach Collins of Gonzaga and 6 foot 9 bruiser Cleb Swanigan from Purdue. Here they are: Zach Collins (in white) Getty Images Caleb Swanigan Getty Images The Blazers had an ample 3 picks in the first round this […]

Man, this really seemed like it could be the one, a meaningful playoff victory…but alas, it slipped away. Blazers fans filed into the Moda Center on Saturday night full of hope. Their team was down 0-2 in a best of seven series against the best basketball team in the world, the Golden State Warriors, but […]

On Sunday our Portland Trailblazers played the Golden State Warriors, widely acknowledged as best team in the NBA. The game took place down in Oakland in front of a raucous bay area crowd, with ticket prices expected to go well over $1000 each on the black market. The Trialblazers are the 8th seed, having barely […]

A little over a week ago it looked like this game could be a big one with playoff implications. But no, the Blazers locked things up days ago and as such chose to rest most of their key players. Lillard, McCollum, Crabbe, and Aminu were all out. Their opponents, the New Orleans Pelicans, had long […]

This game had no effect on the standing of either of these playoff-bound teams. The Spurs are secure in the #2 spot in the west and the Blazers, to everyone’s surprise, found themselves locked into the 8th seed the day before when Russell Westbrook stuck a knife in the heart of Denver fans with a […]

These final games of the season have become huge and meaningful for the Trailblazers as they seek to beat out division rivals the Denver Nuggets for the 8th and final playoff spot. Fortunately the Blazers pulled this one out against the up and coming Timberwolves, coming from behind while riding a crazy hot streak by […]

The Blazers were supposed to win this game and they did. The Knicks are just coasting to the end of a forgettable season at this point, something many people expected the Blazers to be doing as well. But fortunately for us fans there’s still some drama left in the regular season. The Blazers are now […]

The Blazers arrived back in Portland riding high on an impressive 4-1 road trip. This season had nearly been written off, but with the arrival of “Nurkic Fever” things changed and our home team was dubbed the hottest NBA team in March by ESPN. On Tuesday they met up with the Milwaukee Bucks, another hot […]

Okay, sure, the Brooklyn Nets are the worst team in the NBA, but they’ve won a few games this season and it wouldn’t have been totally out of character for the Blazers to botch this one. But they didn’t. They held strong for the second time in a row and even though it wasn’t the […]

Word on the street was that this Blazers season was over. Time to ease up on the gas and coast into the offseason. But apparently this memo didn’t reach the players. The Blazers put in a gutsy effort Thursday night at the Moda Center, thrilling a national TV audience with an unexpected win over MVP […]

There was big news in Blazersland before this game even started. The Blazers had swapped centers with western conference rivals the Denver Nuggets, dealing away fan-favorite Mason “Plumdog Millionaire” Plumlee for a first round draft pick and a younger, larger, less experienced center named Jusuf Nurkic. So Plumlee was gone and Nurkic sat on the […]

The last time these two teams met the Blazers beat the Celtics in overtime. It looked for a while like they were going to get another nice win, this time at home, as the Blazers built up a big lead early. But the Celtics, number two in the East, have a lot of heart and […]