How the Trail Blazers’ have turned their season around
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 51 points to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to their 50th win of the season by beating a shorthanded Houston Rockets squad. Dave DuFour and Es Baraheni discuss the Thunder’s place in NBA history, Kyrie Irving’s knee injury, and the Memphis Grizzlies losing their third straight game via game-winners. Then, Sean Highkin from the Rose Garden Report stops by to talk about the Portland Trail Blazers’ surprising season, Scott Henderson’s growth, and Chauncey Billups’ future.
Host: Dave DuFour
With: Es Baraheni & Sean Highkin
Executive Producer: Andrew Schlecht
Audio Producer: Grayson Moody
Read Sean Highkin here: https://www.rosegardenreport.com
Timecodes:
00:00 – Intro
00:55 – A ridiculous amount of injuries
03:20 – Reed Sheppard makes first Rockets’ NBA start, Thunder capitalise
07:15 – Grizzlies lose 3-in-a-row
09:04 – Warriors climbing the rankings
09:42 – An unexpected season for the Trailblazers
13:08 – Scoot Henderson starting to figure things out
14:48 – How should Portland handle squad building?
18:32 – Are the Trailblazers messing up the tank?
19:50 – Chauncey Billups’ turning things around + future
23:50 – Will Portland make the leap next year?
Thumbnail – Alika Jenner + Matthew Stockman / Getty Images Sport
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16 Comments
It’s this pace and the mileage
Chauncey he's a good coach
My man wins a 'Best Score' Oscar for The Brutalist and then hops on here to talk Blazers. Respect 🫡
Why do the Thunder have to have schedule luck in the playoffs? Shouldn’t it be the other way around for the teams around the Thunder to have luck in avoiding that matchup?
The Thunder is also 20 and 1 against the East.
Lol my Blazers friends and I call it an "ethical tank"
Thank goodness for the podcast labels so I can skip the warriors/ lakers hype… blazers talk interesting..l
These talking heads thinking the Blazers were wanting to tank but they are just too good. It just makes them look like jokes when all year they said they had no talent. Just say you were wrong on how teams grow up.
Phi dal got injury because dump toument
See I told u nba shouldn’t play nba beginning tournaments in nba that you player got injury see
First seed is sacred more to play in playoff the cle and okc after wait for four teams to be done in play game of one game in playing games two see is better bos and lal two seed is better then one seed
Not billup
After be new Robert Williams help
Phx last game play vs king and por last game vs lal final regular season on April 13
In por in play game por might play okc or clippers
I so agreee. This was a great episode. The BLAZER ARE COMING!