In this week’s edition of Slam Dunk Central’s NBA Power Rankings, a couple of streaks ended – one in Cleveland and D.C. meanwhile, the Chicago Bulls and Indiana Pacers continue to heat up as are the Memphis Grizzlies and Portland Trail Blazers – all of which are reflected in this week’s rankings. All this and [...]
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Slam Dunk Central’s NBA Power Rankings – Week of February 7-13
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Pacers Win Third Straight, Blast Trail Blazers 100-87
With Jim O’Brien no longer the coach of the Indiana Pacers, the team obviously has had to get acclimated to the coaching style of interim coach Frank Vogel. Since Vogel has taken over, the Pacers have gone 2-0 and have been especially aggresive on the boards, soemthing that was almost non-existent when O’Brien was the [...]
LaMarcus Aldridge Explodes for 40 As Blazers Knock Off Spurs
LaMarcus Aldridge had a huge game for the Portland Trail Blazers, as he exploded for 40 points and eleven rebounds to lead his team to a 99-86 victory over the league’s best, San Antonio Spurs. The Blazers improve to 26-22 and keeping the playoff hopes alive, even without several key players. The Spurs meanwhile drop [...]
Kings Drop Third Straight, Lose To Trail Blazers In OT 94-90
Ever since Brandon Roy became injured, the Portland Trail Blazers were seeking that go-to guy for their offense during crunch time. It appears that they may have found that player in LaMarcus Aldridge. The Blazers made the trip to California’s state capital to take on the Sacramento Kings at Arco Arena Wednesday night, and the [...]
James, Wade Combine For 78; Heat Outlast Trail Blazers In OT 107-100
Apparently, winning on the road is just as satisfying for the Miami Heat as it is for them to emerge victorious at American Airlines Arena. Sunday would find them taking a 12-game road winning streak into Portland as they took on the Trail Blazers at the Rose Garden, with Miami being the prohibitive favorites. But [...]
Trail Blazers Survive Martin’s 45, Outlast Rockets 103-100
Wednesday night’s game between the Portland Trail Blazers and Houston Rockets at Toyota Center pitted a pair of teams very close to each other in terms of the seedings in the Western Conference playoff chase. The Trail Blazers are a team without Brandon Roy while the Rockets, while offensively powerful, still lack size at the [...]
Matthews, Aldridge Combine For 57 As Trail Blazers Deal Jazz Sour Note 100-89
The Portland Trail Blazers will get the opportunity to deal with adversity as they learned that star shooting guard Brandon Roy will be sidelined for a spell with a pair of sore knees. With a lot of teams, they oftentimes would fold up their tent and head home. For at least one game, that wouldn’t [...]
NBA Talk: For Greg Oden, Is It Officially Over? Maybe Not
November 18th, 2010 
Josh Dhani 
Posted in NBA Illness, NBA Injuries, NBA Team Analysis, NBA Team Issues This is a huge blow. A big blow to the Portland Trail Blazers, but worst of all, a huge blow to Greg Oden and his promised career in the National Basketball Association. Oden showed a lot of promise last season, on his pace to an invite to the NBA All-Star game. He was tearing up [...]
