Blazer's Edge 4 hours ago
Sharpe Play, Rebounding Help Trail Blazers Mute Jazz
Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports Portland’s rookie got a chance to shine. The Portland Trail Blazers defeated the Utah Jazz 127-115 to snap a long six game losing streak that saw them plummet down the Western Conference standings. The Blazers rode a scorching hot second quarter and strong fourth quarter to the double digit win. The Blazers were led by a balanced scoring attack that saw four players end with 20 or more points. Damian Lillard had 30, Shaedon Sharpe 24, Trendon Watford had 21, and Jusuf Nurkic finished with 20. The Utah Jazz were a one man show for much of the...
Blazer's Edge 6 hours ago
Talk Trail Blazers vs. Jazz Second Half Here!
Rich Storry-USA TODAY Sports Two quarters down. Can Portland shoot their way to victory? The Portland Trail Blazers hop to Salt Lake City tonight for a matchup with the Utah Jazz. Both teams are in the lower echelon of the Western Conference, but both field exciting players and potent offenses. It might well be a barn-burner. If Damian Lillard breaks another scoring record, hey...we’re all here for it. You can talk about the game right here in our GameDay Open Thread. This is the second half thread. Stay tuned after the game for recap and analysis. See conversation...
Blazer's Edge 8 hours ago
Talk Trail Blazers vs. Jazz Here!
Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports The battle of small-market Western Conference foes comes to a conclusion tonight. The Portland Trail Blazers hop to Salt Lake City tonight for a matchup with the Utah Jazz. Both teams are in the lower echelon of the Western Conference, but both field exciting players and potent offenses. It might well be a barn-burner. If Damian Lillard breaks another scoring record, hey...we’re all here for it. You can talk about the game right here in our GameDay Open Thread. This is the first half thread. The second half thread will be published around...
Blazer's Edge Mar 21, 2023
Bleacher Report Predicts Blazers PG Damian Lillard Named to All-NBA Team
David Butler II-USA TODAY Sports Portland Trail Blazers All-Star Damian Lillard has been named to six All-NBA teams in his career and is on pace to make it seven. The 2022-23 NBA season has seen gargantuan statistical production from a mass of players around the league. With less than 12 games left before the postseason, the regular season awards races are as tight as can be, leaving the NBA media playing the guessing game on who wins what. Grant Hughes of Bleacher Report predicted all three All-NBA team selections and sees Portland Trail Blazers All-Star Damian Lillard...
Blazer's Edge Mar 21, 2023
Stephen A. Smith Unhappy Blazers Potentially Shutting Down Damian Lillard
Jaime Valdez-USA TODAY Sports The Blazers are 31-40 and are 4.5 games out of the No. 10 seed in the NBA Western Conference, giving management reason to shut down All-Star Damian Lillard. The 31-40 Portland Trail Blazers are the No. 13 seed in the NBA Western Conference, having lost eight of their last 10 games and potentially a fighting chance at the play-in tournament. In the midst of a disappointing campaign, rumors have circulated that the franchise may shut down Damian Lillard for the rest of the regular season. ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith has not been known to...
ClutchPoints Mar 21, 2023
Stephen A. Smith spits straight facts on Damian Lillard amid lost Blazers season
Another year, another lost season for Damian Lillard and the Portland Trail Blazers. The Blazers suffered their sixth defeat in a row after losing to the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday. And with the team now four games behind the final play-in spot in the Western Conference and talk of Portland potentially shutting Lillard down, […] The post Stephen A. Smith spits straight facts on Damian Lillard amid lost Blazers season appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Rip City Project Mar 21, 2023
Blazers rumors: Dame Time coming to an early end in 2023?
Despite his best efforts to walk past it every day and ignore it, Damian Lillard is beginning to see the writing on the wall: The Portland Trail Blazers hopes at any kind of postseason are just about extinguished. The Blazers are 4.5 games back of the 10th seed with 11 games remaining, five of which […] Blazers rumors: Dame Time coming to an early end in 2023? - Rip City Project - Rip City Project - A Portland Trailblazers Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
Blazer's Edge Mar 20, 2023
This Day in Blazers History: Jim Paxson Becomes All-Time Franchise Scorer
Photo by Focus on Sport/ Jim Paxson played parts of nine seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers from 1979-88 and left the team as the all-time leading scorer in franchise history. The Portland Trail Blazers all-time scoring record has been a talking point throughout the season, as Damian Lillard surpassed Clyde Drexler for the milestone back in December. But on this day in 1987, that record was also broken when Jim Paxson surpassed Geoff Petrie on the franchise all-time scoring list. Petrie’s 9,732 points was the mark to beat and Paxson accomplished the feat in the...
Blazer's Edge Mar 20, 2023
Blazers PG Damian Lillard Waving White Flag?
Jaime Valdez-USA TODAY Sports The Portland Trail Blazers face a steep hill to climb if they want to make it to the playoffs this season. After losing six straight games and eight of their last 10, the Blazers sit 3.5 games behind the Los Angeles Lakers for the final play-in spot with 11 games left in the season. The Blazers still have a microscopic shot at the postseason, but Damian Lillard is accepting the team’s current reality that their chance is slipping through their fingers. “We pretty much fallen out of the race for the 10th spot,” Lillard said after...
Blazer's Edge Mar 20, 2023
Blazers PG Damian Lillard Not Interested in Silver Linings
Jaime Valdez-USA TODAY Sports Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard is eyeing a championship, not silver linings, during the second half of his career. The Portland Trail Blazers suffered their sixth-straight loss on Sunday, falling to the Los Angeles Clippers 102-117 at home. They now hold a 31-40 record and remain in the No. 13 spot of the Western Conference standings. As play-in possibilities slip further and further away, silver lining can be found in what the Trail Blazers are doing right (not much, to be frank). But for star point guard Damian Lillard,...
ClutchPoints Mar 20, 2023
Blazers’ Damian Lillard drops truth bomb on possibility of shutting it down for season
As losses continue to pile up for the Portland Trail Blazers this late in the regular season, the organization and star point guard Damian Lillard are being forced into a dilemma they hoped to avoid. NBA insider Chris Haynes recently said that Lillard probably has just about a handful of games left before the Blazers […] The post Blazers’ Damian Lillard drops truth bomb on possibility of shutting it down for season appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Blazer's Edge Mar 20, 2023
Blazers Can’t Keep Up With Clippers’ Star Power, Suffer Sixth Straight Loss
Photo by Alika Jenner/ Poor 3-point shooting and a rare dud from Damian Lillard made matters difficult at the Moda Center Sunday night. The Portland Trail Blazers looked competent against the Los Angeles Clippers Sunday evening, but they didn’t look great, either. That doldrum space in the middle is where you’ll find this performance which saw Portland hang around, but never threaten their opponents much. At the final horn, Portland fell 117-102, extending its losing streak to six games Powered by a solid Jusuf Nurkic performance (23 points, 11 rebounds) and...
Los Angeles Times Mar 19, 2023
Clippers put scouting report on Damian Lillard to good use in win over Portland
Paul George scored 29 points and Kawhi Leonard had 24 points as the Clippers overcome Tyronn Lue's absence in a win over the Portland Trail Blazers.
ClutchPoints Mar 19, 2023
Blazers news: Damian Lillard’s insane scoring feat hasn’t been seen since Kobe Bryant 17 years ago
Whenever the Portland Trail Blazers need a bucket, all they have to do is get the leather to Damian Lillard. With a player like Lillard in the fold, it’s just hard for the Blazers to not keep on relying on him on offense, especially with the kind of season he is having. To further underscore […] The post Blazers news: Damian Lillard’s insane scoring feat hasn’t been seen since Kobe Bryant 17 years ago appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Blazer's Edge Mar 19, 2023
What Went Wrong For the Trail Blazers This Season?
Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports Eric Griffith of Willamette Week provides answers. After much roster-tinkering, proclamations to do better and a career year from Damian Lillard, the Portland Trail Blazers are in the same spot they were this time last year: likely headed to the NBA Draft Lottery. So what happened? Eric Griffith of Willamette Week provided some answers in a recent piece that dissected what went wrong in Portland this season. The first pillar of his thesis is that no Blazers players took a significant leap in development or production. The Blazers need...
