WW didn’t publish a Blazers season preview last month, which turns out to be just as well. Having been given a mulligan, it’s time for us to preview this second season being built out of the wreckage of the first.

Deandre Ayton had 29 points, 10 rebounds and three blocked shots against his former team, leading the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers to a 123-115 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night.

Why Warriors veteran Draymond Green is warning the NBA about the up-and-coming Trail Blazers amid a competitive Western Conference.

The LA Lakers and Portland Trail Blazers squared off in an intraconference regular-season game at the Moda Center on Monday.

The Blazers have miraculously gone 3-1 since Billups’ arrest, including a 136-134 win over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday. “They’re a great team, very talented, play the right way, play hard,” Walker Kessler said of the Blazers. “The interim coach has done a great job and they’ve been playing well.”

After suffering a three-game losing streak on the road to the Heat, Bucks, and Bulls — the Knicks bounced back with two dominant home victories versus the Bulls and Wizards by 12 and 17 points. New York has five straight home games on deck as apart of this seven-game home stand.

The Denver Nuggets and Portland Trail Blazers square off on Halloween in the first NBA Cup action of this season.

The NBA Cup tips off on Friday night with eight group play games spread throughout the evening. The Portland Trail Blazers host the Denver Nuggets at 10 p.m. et

The Blazers remain bullish on Hansen’s potential, but believe he needs extra practice time — like most rookies — to foster his development.