Damian Lillard suffered a knee injury in the third quarter of Game 4 before the conclusion of Portland’s series against the LA Lakers. Lillard was already playing through a dislocated left index finger suffered in Game 2, so you could easily figure that the magic was all but gone. This guy was basically carrying the Blazers to the postseason before which he averaged 37.6 points, 4.3 rebounds and 9.6 assists in more than 40 minutes.
Portland traded Trevor Ariza and a couple of first-round picks in order to land Houston Rockets wing Robert Covington. He represents a great athlete in terms of defending and a reliable outside shooter. The Blazers have also signed Derrick Jones Jr. and Harry Giles in free agency bolstering an already strong swingman position that also includes the extended contracts with Rodney Hood and Carmelo Anthony.
We’re sure Rip City fans are excited to see how the re-loaded Blazers will do this season.
| Wed | Dec 23 | vs Utah | 10:00:00 PM | – |
| Sat | Dec 26 | vs Houston | 10:00:00 PM | NBATV |
| Mon | Dec 28 | @ LA Lakers | 10:00:00 PM | NBATV |
| Wed | Dec 30 | @ LA Clippers | 10:00:00 PM | NBATV |
| Fri | Jan 1 | @ Golden State | 10:30:00 PM | NBATV |
| Sun | Jan 3 | @ Golden State | 08:30:00 PM | NBATV |
| Tue | Jan 5 | vs Chicago | 10:30:00 PM | NBATV |
| Thu | Jan 7 | vs Minnesota | 10:00:00 PM | – |
| Sat | Jan 9 | @ Sacramento | 10:00:00 PM | – |
| Mon | Jan 11 | vs Toronto | 10:00:00 PM | – |
| Wed | Jan 13 | @ Sacramento | 10:00:00 PM | – |
| Thu | Jan 14 | vs Indiana | 10:00:00 PM | – |
| Sat | Jan 16 | vs Atlanta | 10:00:00 PM | – |
| Mon | Jan 18 | vs San Antonio | 03:00:00 PM | – |
| Wed | Jan 20 | vs Memphis | 10:00:00 PM | – |
| Fri | Jan 22 | vs Memphis | 10:00:00 PM | – |
| Sun | Jan 24 | vs New York | 09:00:00 PM | – |
| Mon | Jan 25 | vs Oklahoma City | 10:00:00 PM | – |
| Thu | Jan 28 | @ Houston | 09:30:00 PM | TNT |
| Sat | Jan 30 | @ Chicago | 05:00:00 PM | – |
| Mon | Feb 1 | @ Milwaukee | 08:00:00 PM | – |
| Thu | Feb 4 | @ Philadelphia | 07:00:00 PM | – |
| Sat | Feb 6 | @ New York | 01:00:00 PM | – |
| Sun | Feb 7 | @ Charlotte | 01:00:00 PM | – |
| Tue | Feb 9 | vs Orlando | 10:00:00 PM | – |
| Thu | Feb 11 | vs Philadelphia | 10:00:00 PM | TNT |
| Fri | Feb 12 | vs Cleveland | 10:00:00 PM | – |
| Sun | Feb 14 | @ Dallas | 03:30:00 PM | – |
| Tue | Feb 16 | @ Oklahoma City | 08:00:00 PM | – |
| Wed | Feb 17 | @ New Orleans | 08:00:00 PM | – |
| Sat | Feb 20 | vs Washington | 10:00:00 PM | – |
| Mon | Feb 22 | @ Phoenix | 09:00:00 PM | – |
| Tue | Feb 23 | @ Denver | 10:00:00 PM | TNT |
| Fri | Feb 26 | @ LA Lakers | 10:00:00 PM | ESPN |
| Mon | Mar 1 | vs Charlotte | 10:30:00 PM | NBATV |
| Wed | Mar 3 | vs Golden State | 10:00:00 PM | ESPN |
| Thu | Mar 4 | vs Sacramento | 10:00:00 PM | – |
Last season’s record was 35 wins and 39 losses. Portland’s opening schedule is as tough as it can get with four playoff teams from the get. Their first game will take place on December 23rd against the Utah Jazz. They’ll then take on the Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Clippers and then the defending LA Lakers. Whew.
A printable schedule always comes handy and helpful to PDX fans. Portland fans will appreciate a downloadable Blazers schedule to trackthe upcoming games when the new season takes off this week. Make sure you check it out so you don’t have to search the game calendar online.
Our Portland Trailblazers printable schedule in PDF features all games that will be played on national televisions like TNT and ESPN, so consider trying it out. PDX in PDF, you heard it here first. Yeah, we get it; the schedule is plain jane and isn’t exactly the most-exciting design, but it gets the work done if you’re looking for a simple, reliable game calendar. If you’re interested in another choice and you want a more-colorful schedule, then click here for a schedule that has the Blazers logo and colors.
