Preseason 8

  The Trail Blazers opened the 2019-20 NBA preseason Tuesday night in a 105-94 loss against the Denver Nuggets. For the Blazers the night was more about nostalgia and Terry Stott’s chest hair. There was throwback jerseys, a 50th anniversary court, and coaches decked out in 70’s vibe, all in the building where the Blazers […]

It’s here, the October 2019 Edition of Blazersland Mailbag!   Was the first preseason game a rope a dope scheme basically to hide our opening play against them from them…let them play down to us thinking we’re an easy early win? What 3 guys upped their value from that game one loss? -riverman I was […]

The Moda Center got hot Saturday evening, and it wasn’t because the Portland Trail Blazers.The Phoenix Suns were scorching, besting the Blazers 134-118 in a game the home team was never really in. Simply put, the Blazers got sunburned. It’s only preseason, but should the Blazers be concerned anyway? Portland was out-everything by a Suns […]

The Blazers squared off with Israel’s Maccabi Haifa in their second game of the NBA preseason. The Blazers won of course, and handily against The Greens, 104-68, but oy vey! Star players Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum sat out, along with injured centers Hassan Whiteside and Pau Gasol, making for a game that at times […]

The Trail Blazers didn’t win their last scrimmage Tuesday versus Oklahoma City. It wasn’t even close. Not really. The Thunder took off in the 2nd quarter and never looked back. Final score: Thunder 131 – Blazers 120. That final score makes the game look closer than it really was. Oklahoma City was up by 20+ […]