Portland Trail Blazers

The Chicago Bulls now have another interesting player to work with after getting the No. 15 pick from the Portland Trail Blazers. This pick could be a key part of their roster retool. Chicago still needs more size on the wing, more defensive options, and another long-term scorer to help its younger players grow. Picking […] The post 3 Bulls early 2026 NBA Draft targets with pick they just got from Blazers appeared first on ClutchPoints.

San Antonio looks to defend home court against the frisky Trail Blazers.

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Tipoff is at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.

Wembanyama and Vassell give the Spurs their first playoff victory since 2019.

Joel Embiid won't be back on the court on Tuesday night to help the Philadelphia 76ers when they attempt to bounce back from a 123-91 loss to the Boston Celtics in their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series. The 76ers had no answers for the second-seeded Celtics in Sunday's Game 1 as Boston rolled to its largest victory margin in a playoff opener. The 76ers said Monday that Embiid, the 2023 NBA MVP, is just starting his strength and conditioning program as he continues to recover fol...

Tom Dundon's cost-cutting has to concern Trail Blazers fans.

The Portland Trail Blazers opened their NBA Playoffs run with a 111-98 loss to the San Antonio Spurs, but Deni Avdija still found meaning in the moment. Portland struggled on both ends. Shots did not fall. Defensive rotations slipped. Yet the game never fully slipped away. That alone gave the Blazers something to build on. […] The post Blazers’ Deni Avdija finds silver lining after historic performance in Game 1 loss to Spurs appeared first on ClutchPoints.

San Antonio rides Victor Wembanyama’s historic debut and balanced firepower to take Game 1.

On Sunday evening, the Portland Trail Blazers fell behind 0-1 in their first round playoff series against the San Antonio Spurs with a tough loss by a score of 111-98. While the Blazers did a solid job of hanging around in this one, they were ultimately never able to get over the hump en route […] The post What Blazers’ Tiago Splitter said about Deni Avdija vs. Victor Wembanyama after Game 1 appeared first on ClutchPoints.

The Portland Trail Blazers won't give away T-shirts for fans when they take on the San Antonio Spurs in Games 3 and 4 of the opening series, another in a series of moves that has drawn questions about the team's cost-cutting and finances.

Let's break down the key elements from all of Sunday's Game 1s.

One game into the NBA playoffs, Victor Wembanyama is already setting records. The Spurs star poured in 35 points in Sunday’s 111-98 win over Portland, eclipsing Tim Duncan’s mark for the highest-scoring postseason debut in franchise history, according to Michael C. Wright of ESPN. It’s also the most points ever for anyone in his first […]

Every time you can elicit a clap and—gasp!—a smile from someone as stoic as San Antonio Spurs legend Tim Duncan, you know you are doing something great. Well, that is exactly what Spurs center Victor Wembanyama did on Sunday, leading his team to a convincing win against the Portland Trail Blazers, 111-98, in Game 1 […] The post Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama reacts to dominating in front of Tim Duncan, David Robinson appeared first on ClutchPoints.

Tom Dundon’s penny-pinching reputation since taking over as owner of the Trail Blazers continues to grow. Sean Highkin of Rose Garden Report states in a subscriber-only story that Portland didn’t bring two-way players Caleb Love, Chris Youngblood and Jayson Kent to San Antonio for the first two games of its first-round playoff series. Players on […]

It’s been seven long years . . .

The Portland Trail Blazers are back in the NBA Playoffs, but the spotlight has quickly shifted to Tom Dundon and his decisions. This playoffs run should be about momentum and belief. Instead, headlines around the new Trail Blazers owner now carry a different tone. According to The Rose Garden Report’s Sean Highkin, the Trail Blazers […] The post Tom Dundon making his mark on Trail Blazers’ playoff run, and fans won’t love it appeared first on ClutchPoints.

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Welcome to the playoffs, Victor Wembanyama. And yeah, he looked right at home. Wembanyama dropped 35 points in his postseason debut, leading the Spurs to a 111-98 win over the Trail Blazers in Game 1. No nerves. No adjustment period. Just production. “It is obviously different,” Wembanyama said, via The Associated Press. “But we’ve been […] The post Victor Wembanyama: No reason to change what worked in regular season appeared first on Hoops Wire.

The 2026 NBA Playoffs deliver a historic Eastern Conference rivalry this Sunday, April 19, as the Boston Celtics host the Philadelphia 76ers for Game 1 of the First Round. Boston (56-26) enters as the #2 seed, while Philadelphia (45-37) fought their way in as the #7 seed after defeating the Orlando Magic in the Play-In tournament. Catch the opening tip-off live on Fubo. The series narrative is heavily impacted by the injury report. Philadelphia is officially without superstar center Joel Embi...