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Portland's Joel Przybilla, left, watches as Los Angeles Clippers' Cuttino Mobley dunks.
TUALATIN, Ore. - The Portland Trail Blazers' descriptions of their defense on Tuesday were anything but flattering.
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Cleveland's LeBron James walks off the court smiling after his last-second layup beat the Trail Blazers last week.
TUALATIN, Ore. The Portland Trail Blazers can feel the intensity of their games steadily rising as playoff implications increasingly hang in the balance.
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Last season: Suns failed to make it to the playoffs; Trail Blazers lost to Houston in the opening round.
Overview: Poor, poor Portland. The team has been decimated by injuries all season long -- but it saved the most harmful injury for last. Brandon Roy, the Trail Blazers' best player, will miss this series after having surgery on his knee on Friday.
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TUALATIN, Ore. - The goal may be basic, but the satisfaction Joel Przybilla will take away if he plays in all 82 of the Portland Trail Blazers' games will be overwhelming.
After battling injuries throughout his career - including a pair of problems last year that caused him to miss nearly half of the season - the Blazers center is 15 games away from playing a complete season for the first time in his eight-year career. And of all the statistics which suggest that this may be Przybilla's most successful season, playing a full year injury-free will hold the most meaning.
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PORTLAND, Ore. - The Lakers couldn't blame this one on the NBA's schedule-maker. They had a day off before leaving home. They couldn't blame the weather. It didn't rain and the sun peaked through the clouds now and then.
No, the blame for their 107-96 loss Thursday night to the Portland Trail Blazers rested squarely on the broad shoulders of the guy with the long braided hair flowing from beneath a white headband and the No. 3 on his white, red and black jersey.
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The Portland Trail Blazers submitted their proposal for the Jumptown entertainment district in the Rose Quarter ahead of today's city deadline for Memorial Coliseum redevelopment ideas. The proposal formalizes the idea the Blazers and Portland Winterhawks announced last month.
While short on specifics, the proposal includes a grab bag of Portland development ideas. That could include a 250-room hotel near the convention center, if not a convention center hotel. And a farmers market, if not a year-round indoor farmers market.
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BICEP's First Sports Franchise, a Low-Carbon and Clean Energy Innovator, Highlights the Business Case for Strong Policy Among Major Sports Teams
PORTLAND, Ore., June 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Portland Trail Blazers today became the first professional sports franchise to stand up publicly for comprehensive energy and climate policies in the U.S. by joining BICEP - Business for Innovative Climate and Energy Policy - a coalition of consumer brands organized by Boston-based Ceres.
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Portland Trail Blazers forward Dante Cunningham (33) has moved into a substantial role with the team this season due to numerous injuries to Blazers big men.
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This time last year, Terrico White and Elliot Williams were looking forward to their rookie seasons in the NBA.
White, a former Ole Miss and Craigmont High guard, was a second- round draft pick of the Detroit Pistons, and Williams, a former standout guard at St. George's who spent his sophomore season at the University of Memphis, was selected with the 22nd pick in the first round by the Portland Trail Blazers.
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In his fifth NBA season and his second stint with the Portland Trail Blazers, Dan Dickau has experienced a year of mixed blessings.
There has been plenty of good, even as the Vancouver native has often languished on the bench. And the list of successes starts with the simple fact that Dickau is able to play.