Greetings from North Portland. After trailing 2-1 on a three-game Eastern Conference road trip, the Trail Blazers return home to host the Grizzlies in back-to-back games Friday and Sunday night, the first of which is their season opener. tournament in season. So we consider the recently completed journey, Shaedon Sharpe’s play and the upcoming West Group A group stage in the latest edition of The Brief Case…
Topics covered in this 63rd edition include…
• Chauncey Billups’ comments after Portland’s 110-100 victory over the Pistons in Detroit
• The Blazers are 2-1 on their first long road trip and the impressive way they won those two games
• Shaedon Sharpe has career-best half in Wednesday’s win at Detroit
• Sharpe is improving in terms of shooting and defense.
• Portland’s first season tournament game Friday against the Memphis Grizzlies at Moda Center and their West Group A tournament schedule.
• The release of the Trail Blazers’ 2023-23 City Edition jersey, which features a number of captions addressed to Hall of Fame coach Dr. Jack Ramsay.
• Friday’s in-season tournament game will be a “Plaid Out” at the Moda Center.
• And the latest news that Scoot Henderson will miss Friday’s game with a sprained right ankle, an injury he suffered in the third quarter of Wednesday’s win at Detroit.
