Preseason 5

  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 […]

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 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+ […]

  The Blazers played on Thursday afternoon in their first scrimmage game of the NBA restart and fell to the Indiana Pacers 91-88. A few things were evident. The first among them, Jusuf Nurkic has returned. The Blazer center who has been out since March 25th of last year, after horrendously breaking his left tibia […]

  The Blazers played their second scrimmage game of the NBA restart in Orlando against the defending champion Toronto Raptors. They were without star player Damian Lillard who sat out with left foot inflammation. CJ McCollum led Portland in his place with 21 points and 5 assists. Again though, Jusuf Nurkic was the story of […]