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Report: Trail Blazers will have a representative in 3-Point Contest originally appeared on nbcsportsnorthwest.com It seems that Portland will have a representative in All-Star weekend, and no, we aren't talking about Damian Lillard (at least not yet). According to Adrian Wojnarowski, Trail Blazers guard Seth Curry will compete in the 3-Point contest: Curry is shooting 48% from three-point range this season and has on multiple occasions sparked the Blazers off the bench and led the way in key victories. Fun Fact: The Trail Blazers are undefeated (11-0) in games when Curry scores 9 points or more. Continue to Article

January 25, 2019 5:40:pm EST

Damian Lillard has subtly changed his game, with big results originally appeared on nbcsportsnorthwest.com Damian Lillard is the Portland Trail Blazers' best player. The star point guard is having yet another epic season, one that will likely be capped off by an election as a reserve to the NBA All-Star Game. Lillard's statistics are much the same as they've been in recent seasons, with some small changes that might convince outsiders that he's actually taken a step back from his high water marks. Continue to Article

January 25, 2019 4:30:pm EST

It took a while, but the Portland Trail Blazers finally did what they were supposed to do with the depleted Phoenix Suns. Damian Lillard scored 24 points, CJ McCollum and Jake Layman added 20 apiece and the Trail Blazers pulled away in the second half to hand the Suns their sixth straight loss, 120-106 on Thursday night. The Trail Blazers beat Phoenix for the ninth straight time. Continue to Article

January 25, 2019 12:50:am EST

Al-Farouq Aminu suffers pinky injury in opening quarter originally appeared on nbcsportsnorthwest.com Portland is minus one of its starters at the moment as the Blazers take on the Suns. At the 3:57 mark of the first quarter, Al-Farouq Aminu left the game with an apparent pinky injury. Aminu was attempting to stop Suns small forward Kelly Oubre from making the fastbreak lay-in. Continue to Article

January 24, 2019 9:51:pm EST

The Breakdown: How Damian Lillard has shredded defenses with his assists in 2019 originally appeared on nbcsportsnorthwest.com Damian Lillard is of course the Portland Trail Blazers' most important scorer and passer, but he's upped his assists in the month of January considerably in comparison to 2018. His per 100 assist totals this month have jumped by 42 percent over December, and Lillard is up 2.5 assists in January compared to his average in previous months. So what has Lillard done to become a more patient passer? Continue to Article

January 24, 2019 12:39:pm EST