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On this edition of The Brief Case, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...

• The Trail Blazers getting blown out by the Denver Nuggets in their first game back from the All-Star break

• Blowouts happen, 53-point losses should not

• Portland bouncing back by holding the Phoenix Suns to just 77 points in a win Sunday night

• If the Trail Blazers are going to need to start winning consistently to move up in the play-in race

• Deni Avdija leaves the game once again with a lower back injury

• Matisse Thybulle, Kris Murray and Blake Wesley return

• Sidy Cissoko has his two-way contract converted to a full NBA contract

• Unfortunately to make room for Sidy the Trail Blazers had to waive Rayan Rupert

• With most of the team healthy, Yang Hansen, Caleb Love and Javonte Cooke head to the Rip City Remix

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On this edition of The Brief Case, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Trail Blazers reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl, on location in Los Angeles for the 2026 NBA All-Star Weekend, discusses...

• The Portland Trail Blazers having a great All-Star Weekend thus far

• Donovan Clingan and Yang Hansen performing well against each other in the Castrol Rising Stars on All-Star Friday night at Intuit Dome

• What spending time at All-Star Weekend can do for young players

• Damian Lillard, despite not having played this season, wins his third Three-Point Contest at the 2026 NBA All-Star Saturday night

• Why Damian Lillard decided to compete in the Three-Point Contest

• Dame becomes one of three players to win the even three times, which almost guarantees he'll try for a fourth

• Dame winning the Three-Point Contest is just another reason to be enthusiastic about the Trail Blazers going forward

• Deni Avdija prepares to play in his first NBA All-Star Game Sunday night

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On this edition of The Brief Case, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Trail Blazers reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...

• The Trail Blazers defeating the Grizzlies 135-155 Friday night at Moda Center in Scoot Henderson's first game of the season

• It might have taken a long time for Scoot Henderson to make his 2025-26 season debut, but it didn't take him much time to have an impact once he did

• Shaedon Sharpe is sidelined with a calf injury

• Trail Blazers sweep a back-to-back with the Grizzlies by winning the second matchup on Saturday, also at Moda Center

• Portland rallies in the fourth in the kind of game they'll need to win if they're to make a run after the All-Star break

• The team will have to make a decision soon about two-way players Caleb Love and Sidy Cissoko

• Bad to the Bone at Spirit Mountain

• Portland goes ham in the third quarter to defeat the Philadelphia 76ers Monday night at Moda Center to finish off a five-game homestand with three-straight wins

• Deni Avdija returns to the lineup versus the Sixers and looks like his old self

• Monday's win being the first game this season where Deni Avdija, Jrue Holiday, Robert Williams III and Scoot Henderson all played

• Toumani Camara might be the biggest beneficiary of injured players returning after posting career highs in scoring and three-pointers made in the win versus the 76ers

• The Blazers are as healthy as they've been this season, they're rested and have something to play for. Can they go on a run after the All-Star break?

• Damian Lillard signs on to compete in the 2026 Three-Point Contest Saturday (afternoon) at All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles

• Dame joins Deni Avdija, Donovan Clingan and Yang Hansen at All-Star Weekend

• All-Star Saturday and Sunday starting in the afternoon rather than the evening due to the Winter Olympics