WW didn’t publish a Blazers season preview last month, which turns out to be just as well. Having been given a mulligan, it’s time for us to preview this second season being built out of the wreckage of the first.

The Raptors are the only team in the league with three guys averaging at least 20 PPG (Scottie Barnes, R.J. Barrett and Brandon Ingram). Toronto has won three straight (it helps playing the Cavs without three of their top four players and the mess that is the Grizzlies) with what is quietly a top-10 offense.

Deandre Ayton had 29 points, 10 rebounds and three blocked shots against his former team, leading the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers to a 123-115 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night.

The basketball bounced differently at Moda Center for the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night. Maybe it was the weight of everything that had happened in the past 48 hours, or maybe it was just pure,

The Los Angeles Lakers (5-2) travel to the Moda Center to face the Portland Trail Blazers (4-2) this NBA matchup on Monday.

Jrue Holiday had 27 points and eight assists, and he hit four free throws in the final seconds to help the Portland Trail Blazers hold off a late Utah rally and beat the Jazz 136-134.

Wesley had initially been ruled as “out indefinitely” following the announcement of his broken bone. This timeline would put his earliest return date somewhere around the end of the year.

Fans and local sports media react to federal indictment of Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups over illegal betting and money-laundering.

This is your Game Day discussion thread. We’ll have one of these for the first and second halves of every game this season! Each game is followed by an Instant Recap right after the horn, extended analysis a little later on, and reports from press row for home games.