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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 blowing out LeBron James and the Lakers at Moda Center on Saturday to begin a weekend back-to-back

• Following up the win versus the Lakers on Saturday with another versus the Kings in Sacramento on Sunday

• The Trail Blazers have won the 2025-26 season series versus three of the four California teams

• Deni Avdija makes a well-timed return with Jrue Holiday, Jerami Grant and Robert Williams III all sitting out the second night of a back-to-back

• Deni Avdija finishing fifth in fan voting but ending up seventh in the total vote for the 2026 NBA All-Star Game Western Conference starters

• Deni Avdija passing Victor Wembenyama and Anthony Edwards in the final fan voter tally and getting more votes in the last week than a lot of players got over the entire voting period

•Fingers crossed that Deni Avdija is announced as an All-Star reserve, which is decided by coaches vote

• With yet another new format this year, there are still a lot of unanswered questions about how the teams will be put together at the 2026 NBA All-Star Game

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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 just not having the bodies to compete with the Warriors Tuesday night in San Francisco

• Jrue Holiday's return after missing two months seems to be going well

• Portland gets a huge boost from their bench in Thursday's win versus the Hawks

• One of the few positives about having so many injured players

• Jerami Grant returns to the lineup after missing a month with Achilles soreness

• Deni Avdija seems to be improving after missing the last two games with a back injury

• Yang Hansen is assigned to the Rip City Remix for the second time this week

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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 following up a win versus the Rockets on Wednesday at Moda Center with another on Friday in the rematch, also at Moda Center

• Toumani Camara responds to losing a tooth by posting a career-high in scoring

• Clutch free throws, a perfect night shooting from Sidy Cissoko and Duop Reath always staying ready helps Portland secure the second-straight win versus Houston

• Deni Avdija's comments after the victory regarding how the way he plays and how that effects the way he's officiated

• Portland having a five-game winning streak and a four-game homestand ended with a loss to the New York Knicks Sunday afternoon

• The Trail Blazers running out of rallies versus the Knicks

• Deni Avdija leaving Sunday's game in the fourth quarter with an apparent back injury

• Jrue Holiday returning to the lineup in Sunday's game after missing the last two months with a calf strain

• How Jrue feels the day AFTER the game being more important than how he felt DURING the game

• Jrue Holiday being on a minutes restriction and how that would be impacted by whether or not Deni Avdija misses any time due to injury

• Portland facing the Warriors in San Francisco on Tuesday before returning to Moda Center to host the Hawks and Lakers