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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 returning from a five-game trip to play an all Moda Center back-to-back

• Losing to the Suns on Tuesday in the first game back from a long trip

• Rallying to take the lead only to lose to the Bulls on yet another buzzer-beating three in the second night of a back-to-back

• Portland down to 10 players, including three two-way players, Wednesday night

• Three-point defense and free throw shooting making it hard shorthanded

• Deni Avdija posts his third triple-double, all of which have come during his time with the Trail Blazers

• Jerami Grant shaking off an illness to post 33 points versus the Bulls

• Donovan Clingan posting a career high in rebounds and Portland's ridiculous rebounding numbers versus Chicago

• Needing a win on the upcoming three-game road trip

• The play of rookie center Yang Hansen since his return from an assignment with the Rip City Remix

• Hansen going through what all rookie centers go through

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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 starting a five-game trip with a close loss to the Heat in Miami on Saturday

• Going scoreless at the worst possible time

• Both Jrue Holiday and Deni Avdija come close to triple-doubles in Miami

• Trail Blazers stick around in Orlando versus the Magic but end up getting beaten at the buzzer by a Desmond Bane three

• Portland overcoming a tough night on the boards and a lack of flow on offense for the first three quarters

• The Blazers once again staying resilient long enough for the game to turn in their favor

• Did Tiago Splitter remember the alley-oop play that gave Portland the lead from when the Blazers ran it for a win versus Tiago when he was a rookie versus the Spurs?

• The irony of the Magic shooting poorly from three all game only to finish with a buzzer-beating three and the Trail Blazers turning the ball over just three times in the first three quarters only to be undone by a late-game turnover

• Shaedon Sharpe having his best game of the season while looking like a go-to option in the fourth quarter

• Finishing the trip with the Pelicans in New Orleans on Wednesday, the Rockets in Houston (in an NBA Cup Group C game) Friday in Houston and Sunday versus the Mavericks in Dallas (and on both KATU and KUNP)

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

• The disappointing loss to a shorthanded Los Angeles Lakers team on Monday

• Which team is the Trail Blazers: the team that beat the Nuggets or lost to the Lakers?

• Bouncing back from being down 21 points in the first quarter to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder, the reigning NBA champs and a team that entered Wednesday's game unbeated

• The play of Deni Avdija, Jrue Holiday, Jerami Grant and Duop Reath in the win versus OKC

• Duop staying ready and delivering when called upon

• The gratification of breaking a 16-game losing streak and besting at team that thought they could rest rotation players and still win

• Matisse Thybulle and Blake Wesley each have surgery and reaching the five-week mark of Scoot Henderson's initial four to eight week rehabilitation

• A conversation with Rip City Remix head coach Jonah Herscu as they begin their season on Friday in Santa Cruz

• Yang Hansen being assigned to the Remix for practices and why that might be