GAME UPDATES
Portland 65, Brooklyn 60, 2:22 Q2: Lillard up to 15 points. Trent with another three-pointer: he’s 2 out of 3 three-pointers and has 10 points, but he and Nurkic have three fouls each.
Portland 60, Brooklyn 57, 3:47 second quarter: Lillard’s sixth assist is a lob from Collins, who gets his first two points.
Portland 56, Brooklyn 50, 5:18 am 2nd quarter: Lillard could get hot – he just made three consecutive points. He has 13 points and five assists. Portland on a 19-7 run.
Portland 48, Brooklyn 43, 7:09 second quarter: Whiteside with another three-point game. He is Portland’s second-best scorer with eight points. McCollum has 14. Lillard has seven. Trento has five points (including one from three points) but is the first Blazer with two fouls. Harris and Kurucs have two fouls each for Brooklyn.
Portland 43, Brooklyn 41, 7:52 second quarter: Whiteside’s three-point play gives him five points. It took Portland 15 minutes to get to the line. The goals are 5 for 7 from the line.
Portland 31, Brooklyn 31, end of Q1: McCollum is 6 out of 8 for a 12 point high game. Lillard has five points and four assists. Portland is 1 in 6 three-pointers (Lillard has the brand). No Blazer has more than one phallus. The Nets have nothing to play for, but you wouldn’t know it. LeVert leads them with 10 points.
Portland 27, Brooklyn 25, 2:29 1st quarter: Nurkic’s layup puts Portland in the lead and him six points, but commits his first foul on the other side. Timeout, blazer.
Portland 25, Brooklyn 25, 3:02 am Q1: McCollum is on 12 points, but is now on the bench. Trent and Hezonja are checking in for Portland.
Portland 23, Brooklyn 19, 4:40 1st quarter: Lillard nails his first three points of the match. It has five points.
Portland 20, Brooklyn 19, 5:45 am 1st quarter: McCollum 5 out of 6 from the field for 10 points. Anthony and Nurkic have four each. Lillard still with two. Blazers are 10 out of 15 from the field. Timeouts, networks.
Brooklyn 15, Portland 14, 7:30 1st quarter: LeVert’s triple gives the Nets their first advantage. Lillard has his first two points. How many will you end up with tonight?
Portland 10, Brooklyn 9, 9:36 1st quarter: McCollum, a victim of a back injury, scores the first points of the game. He is 3 for 3 from the field for six points, which is a good sign, but he also has his first foul.
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STARTING LINEUP
Portland
PG Damian Lillard
SG CJ McCollum
SF Carmelo Anthony
PF Zach Collins
C Jusuf Nurkic
Brooklyn
PG Caris LeVert
SG Joe Harris
SF Garrett Temple
PF Rodions Kurucs
C Jarrett Allen
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updated: This post was updated after Phoenix finished his 128-102 win over Dallas and Memphis finished his 119-106 win over Milwaukee.
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Portland Trail Blazers’ season will end on Thursday tonight if they fail to defeat the Brooklyn Nets.
Memphis’s ninth-place win over Milwaukee early Thursday and Phoenix’s 10th-place finish against Dallas mean Portland would fall to 10th and come out of the playoff contention in a defeat.
A win for the Blazers would leave them at No. 8 and will play at no. 9 Memphis in the play-in round. If Portland were to lose, the Grizzlies would jump to number 8 and Phoenix would enter number 9.
Be sure to check back around the clock for updates before, during and after the Blazers match, which kicks off at 6pm
GAME DAY LINK
Damian Lillard reiterates his commitment to run or die with the Portland Trail Blazers, but is that realistic?
Portland Trail Blazers vs Brooklyn Nets: Game Preview, Now, TV Channel, How to Watch Live Stream Online
Portland Trail Blazers playoff scenarios enter the final NBA seeding game
Blazers-Net:
What: Portland Trail Blazers (34-39) vs Brooklyn Nets (35-36), Thursday at 6pm.
Where is it: The Field House, Orlando, Florida
TV channel: NBC Sports Northwest (In Portland: Comcast 37/737), TNT (54/754)
Radio: Rip City Radio (KPOJ 620 AM)
How to watch live streaming online: You can watch this game live with your cable provider’s login information on NBC Sports Live, or you can watch the game live for FREE with FuboTV (free trial). You can also get this game on Hulu + Live (free trial) if you prefer those platforms and their pricing plans. There are a variety of other streaming options you can try: www.nba.com/blazers/watch.
INJURY REPORT
Blazers: Nassir Little (dehydration) is out. Forwards Trevor Ariza and Caleb Swanigan have given up on the NBA bubble.
networks: Chris Chiozza (constriction on right kidnapper) and Donta Hall (sprained right ankle) are questionable. Jamal Crawford (hamstring) is out.
– Aaron Fentress | [email protected] | @AaronJFentress (Twitter), @AaronJFentress (Instagram), @AaronFentress (Facebook).
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