Damian Lillard scores 40 but the Trail Blazers lose late to Jamal Murray, Denver Nuggets

Damian Lillard returns, Portland Trail Blazers cruise past Indiana Pacers: Ahem, we're baaaack. After a brief hiatus Damian Lillard and Locked On Blazers have returned. In his return after a seven game absence due to a calf strain, Lillard helped propel the Portland Trail Blazers to a 116-100 win over the Indiana Pacers. In the second segment we check in the Blazers who are 3-7 in their last 10 games but are still in good shape after 24 games, or 30% of the season is complete. Plus there's reason to believe Lillard's absence from the lineup had some silver linings amidst the losses. Anfernee Simons and Jerami Grant are wonderful offensive players. With Dame back, that trio can be really special. Music for Locked On Blazers by Drae Slapz. Find more of Drae's work here: https://ffm.bio/thedraeslapz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

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Trail Blazers lose late to Dallas Mavericks: What We Know After A 4-2 Road Trip + Anatomy of Loss: The Portland Trail Blazers wrapped up a six-game road swing with a 117-112 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday night. Jerami Grant was great, Damian Lillard has a season-high 12 assists, and the Mavericks hit enough clutch threes late to escape with a win. 9:25 - the second segment we break down the two minute stretch that won Dallas the game and how the Blazers approached those possessions defensively. It's the anatomy of a loss, highlighting the challenges of defending a superstar. 22:16 - To close the show, we talk about what we know about this team after a 4-2 road swing and how we can analyze a group that is "actually good." Music for Locked On Blazers by Drae Slapz. Find more of Drae's work here: https://ffm.bio/thedraeslapz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

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Damian Lillard and Anfernee Simons: How the Portland Trail Blazers Can Maximize Two Star Guards: Going deep on the Trail Blazers back court with an in-depth look at the Damian Lillard and Anfernee Simons duo. Simons has been excellent, like All-Star level excellent in 10 games with Damian Lillard out of the lineup. Digging deep on the on/off numbers when Lillard and Simons are both available and how the Blazers fair when one or the other sits in games. Finally, some ideas for how to get the most out of the duo and turn the Blazers into the offense juggernaut they are begging to become. Music for Locked On Blazers by Drae Slapz. Find more of Drae's work here: https://ffm.bio/thedraeslapz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

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Trail Blazers wrap up a winless road trip with a loss in Cleveland: The Portland Trail Blazers wrapped up a three game road trip with their third straight loss, falling to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night. Damian Lillard couldn't come up clutch in the final three minutes, the Blazers are still experimenting with new lineups and Chauncey Billups is looking for his team to be more aggressive instead of settling for counterpunching. Music for Locked On Blazers by Drae Slapz. Find more of Drae's work here: https://ffm.bio/wowslapz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

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Damian Lillard's all-timer spoiled in a Game 5 loss: Damian Lillard rescued the Blazers from the brink. Twice. He had 55 points. He had 10 assists. He turned the ball over one time in 52 minutes. And the Trail Blazers lost by seven in double overtime. An all-time great performance spoiled due to lack of support. -- Dame keeps doing it -- Where is CJ? -- Also what about Nurk? -- How many minutes of terrible defense can you get away with? Music for Locked On Blazers by Drae Slapz. Find more of Drae's work here: https://solo.to/thedraeslapz Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKED15” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. BetOnline AG There is only 1 place that has you covered and 1 place we trust. Betonline.ag! Sign up today for a free account at betonline.ag and use that promocode: LOCKEDON for your 50% welcome bonus. Rock Auto Amazing selection. Reliably low prices. All the by Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

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Trail Blazers fade late in loss to Pelicans + The NBA presses on: The Portland Trail Blazers lost to the New Orleans Pelicans, 111-97 on Tuesday night. Damian Lillard dropped 39 points and got ejected in the closing seconds during a frustrating and deflating loss to a bad team on the road. It continues a trend on the season in which the Blazers have bene one of the worst clutch teams in the league. Their calling card a season ago was winning an inordinate number of close games. Now they seem to wilt with the game on the line more often than not. And after a clutch win over Memphis, the Blazers were up to their old tricks in the final six minutes against New Orleans, getting outscored by 13 points in the final minutes with the game on the line. Plus, a look at the NBA's approach to the current COVID-19 surge. While nearly 20 percent of the league has entered health and safety protocols during December, commissioner Adam Silver made it clear on Tuesday that the league is going to press f by Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

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Damian Lillard Hits 11 Threes As Portland Trail Blazers Blow Out Minnesota Timberwolves: Damian Lillard matched his own franchise record with 11 three-pointers, scoring 38 points in just three quarters of work during the Trail Blazers blow out win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. It was a beat down. But how Dame got his points was as important as how many he scored. It could be a sign of things to come. Plus some news and notes about Gary Payton II's injury status and Greg Brown III's G-League assignment. Music for Locked On Blazers by Drae Slapz. Find more of Drae's work here: https://ffm.bio/thedraeslapz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

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Will Damian Lillard win MVP? Season preview, best/worst case scenarios + more: The next installment in the Locked On Blazers countdown to tip off, giving you a brief but thorough look at what each player will bring to the Trail Blazers. Today's show is all about Damian Lillard, talking 2020-21 season review, best case and worst case scenarios for the upcoming season and expectations for two crucial parts of the Blazers bench. Music for Locked On Blazers by Drae Slapz. Find more of Drae's work here: https://ffm.bio/wowslapz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

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Trail Blazers losing streak runs to 7 + Western Conference Tiers: The Trail Blazers losing streak is still alive and kicking after a 113-103 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night. Portland led by as much 10 in the third quarter before the wheels absolutely came off and the whole dang thing got derailed. Memphis ripped off a 26-4 run from the end of the third quarter into the fourth that put the game away and sent the Blazers to their tenth loss in the last 11 games. Damian Lillard hit five three-pointers, but the Blazers were outscored by a ludicrous 23 points in the 10 minutes their point guard was on the bench. Not a great recipe for success! Also, let's take a look at the Western Conference and rank teams by tiers to see what's happening in the rest of the West as the Blazers continue their slide down the standings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

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Jacked Ramsays Mail Bag: What's the Floor/Ceiling for This Team? by Jacked Ramsays: A Portland Trail Blazers Podcast

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Portland Trail Blazers Season Previews: How Far Can Damian Lillard Take the Blazers?: It's Portland Trail Blazers Season Preview time and today's topic is all things Damian Lillard. We’re dedicating a full episode to every player on the roster and giving you a brief but thorough look at what they’ll bring to the Blazers. We’ll look at how they performed last season, best and worst case scenarios for the upcoming year and finish the episode with discussion of expectations a likely role with the Blazers. This is our final installment of the countdown to the season. Today we’re setting our watches to franchise pillar - It's Dame Time. Music for Locked On Blazers by Drae Slapz. Find more of Drae's work here: https://ffm.bio/thedraeslapz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

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Damian Lillard scores 39 in his best of the season as the Trail Blazers beat the Sixers: Damian Lillard is back? Okay well Dame is getting close to back at least. He had 39 points and was the best player on the floor in the Trail Blazers win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night. Quietly Dame may have found his rhythm and shooting stroke in the past two weeks. Plus, the Blazers have a challenging week ahead and a chance to prove they're a competitive playoff team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

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Trail Blazers lose to Clippers + Does Damian Lillard need to rest?: The Portland Trail Blazers dropped to 0-5 on the road to begin the season with a 117-109 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night. Damian Lillard has 27 but aggravated his abdominal injury in the fourth quarter and was clearly laboring late in the game. Listen for a breakdown of the game and a discussion of whether it's time to give Lillard some time off to heal up. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

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Damian Lillard leaves with calf injury, Portland Trail Blazers lose 1st game of season to Miami Heat: The Portland Trail Blazers undefeated start to the season ended with a 119-98 loss to the Miami Heat on Wednesday night. But the headline was that Damian Lillard left the game with a calf injury midway through the third quarter. In the locker room after the game, Lillard sounded confident who wouldn't miss too much time beyond Friday's game against the Houston Rockets in Portland. And he also offered important perspective on what his injury can help the Blazers learn about themselves. We close the show looking ahead as the Blazers early season issues with rebounding and turnovers showed up in a major way against Miami. Extra possessions have been a problem for Portland all year. Music for Locked On Blazers by Drae Slapz. Find more of Drae's work here: https://ffm.bio/thedraeslapz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

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Anfernee Simons Goes Off With a 22-Point 3rd Quarter, Portland Trail Blazers Improve to 4-0: Anferno? Anfurnace? What it was Anfernee Simons was scorching hot in an unbelievable third quarter performance that helped the Portland Trail Blazers improve to 4-0. Simons hit six three-pointers in the third quarter en route to 29 points and was so impressive that Damian Lillard said he took a moment to soak in the raucous crowd atmosphere his teammate created with his shooting flurry. This start by the Blazers feels sustainable. It feels real. And boy was I wrong about how this team was going to look early in the season. Whoops. Music for Locked On Blazers by Drae Slapz. Find more of Drae's work here: https://ffm.bio/thedraeslapz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

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Jacked Ramsays Post Game Show - Blazers vs. Suns by Jacked Ramsays: A Portland Trail Blazers Podcast

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Portland Trail Blazers Rally to Beat San Antonio Spurs: Drew Eubanks sparks an ugly win: The Portland Trail Blazers rallied in the final seven minutes to beat the San Antonio Spurs 117-110 on Tuesday night at the Moda Center. Back up center Drew Eubanks came off the bench and sparked the victory on a night that the Blazers struggled until the closing stretch. There's beauty in winning ugly. Good teams find a way to win and the Blazers look and feel like a good team. Finally, a listener asked about the importance of the 20-game mark in the NBA so I dug into the record books to find the best 20-game starts in the Damian Lillard era and how the 10-4 Blazers can chart an important path forward over their next six games. Music for Locked On Blazers by Drae Slapz. Find more of Drae's work here: https://ffm.bio/thedraeslapz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

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Trail Blazers win 2 straight. Is Damian Lillard back!?: Dame back? Dame back!? Dame Back!! Damian Lillard followed up a 43-point night against the Charlotte Hornets with 32 points in a win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday night. Portland got its second road win of the season and Lillard topped 30 in consecutive games for the first time this year. It's time to open your windows and make some bold proclamations into the winter air: DAME BACK. (Hopefully, fingers crossed, etc.). Plus, a look at the crucial Dameless minutes in the win over Grizzlies and the big moments from Norman Powell, Robert Covington and Anfernee Simons that keyed the win. It has never felt so sweet to be 2-11 on the road. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

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Padres Need to be Bold, Dodger Pitching, Angels Failure, NFL Notes, NBA Finals, NHL: The Padres failed to sweep and now their pitching is breaking down. Dodgers revolving door of pitchers on the IL continues. Angels going in the wrong direction. NFL Training Camp Notes: Chargers, Raiders, Rams, Broncos, Browns. by Lee Hacksaw Hamilton

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Jacked Ramsays After Dark: Lillard Drops 50, Blazers Drop 5th Straight by Jacked Ramsays: A Portland Trail Blazers Podcast

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Damian Lillard's return and new starting lineup still ends in a Trail Blazers loss + Moment of Joy: Damian Lillard returned to the Trail Blazers starting lineup after missing the previous five games with an abdominal issue. Portland also switched up its starting group inserting Larry Nance Jr. and Nassir Little at the forward spots. The more things change, the more things stay the same as the Blazers lost their fifth straight game to the Minnesota Timberwolves. There were some fun bright spots from Anfernee Simons and Ben McLemore, but the final seven minutes saw the Blazers blow a lead and come up short in the clutch. That's enough bad news for one episode so this one closes with a Moment of Joy shared by a listener about falling in love with Blazers basketball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

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Damian Lillard drops 41, Portland Trail Blazers Beat Lakers to Improve to 3-0. This Team is FUN!: Damian Lillard had 41 points in back to back games over the weekend and the Portland Trail Blazers improved to 3-0 with wins over the Phoenix Suns and Sacramento Kings. Dame was sensational quieting any lingering concerns about what level of player he would be this season. Both games came down to the wire and ended with game winning buckets by players that weren't Damian Lillard. Anfernee Simons downed the Suns with a righty runner and Jerami Grant sunk the Lakers with a driving finish in traffic. It's an important element to the beginning of the season as the team builds trust for everyone, not just Lillard, to have big moments in crunch time. The third segment looks at what we've learned from the first three games. The defense looks much improved and passes the early eye test and the offense is a work in progress but the ideas behind what they're trying to do on that end make sense. It's by Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

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Mavs' Postseason Outlook, Kyrie Irving's 'Long Term' Comments ... & Draymond Green, LeBron James to Dallas Speculation: Mavs' Postseason Outlook, Kyrie Irving's 'Long Term' Comments ... & Draymond Green, LeBron James to Dallas Speculation by Mavs Step Back Podcast

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How Damian Lillard & Anfernee Simons led the Portland Trail Blazers past the Minnesota Timberwolves: The Portland Trail Blazers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night in Portland. Damian Lillard scored 36 and Anfernee Simons added 31 as the backcourt duo keyed the win. It was an offensive onslaught and the defense did just enough late to push the Blazers over the top. That might be the formula for Portland right now. Music for Locked On Blazers by Drae Slapz. Find more of Drae's work here: https://ffm.bio/thedraeslapz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

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Dameless Minutes: How the Portland Trail Blazers Can Survive When Damian Lillard Is On the Bench: The Portland Trail Blazers are struggling with Damian Lillard on the bench. A phenomenon that has spanned several seasons. So much so that minutes with Dame on the bench even has a name on this podcast: Dameless Minutes. We get into the into numbers behind the Blazers play when Dame sits. 8:56 - How Chauncey Billups has started to address the issue. 19:53 - And finally some other possible options for avoiding bench-heavy lineups and getting the most out the minutes that Dame is out of the game. Follow & Subscribe on all Podcast platforms… ? https://link.chtbl.com/LOBlazers?sid=YouTube Locked On NBA League-Wide: Every Team, Fantasy, Draft, WNBA & More ? https://linktr.ee/LockedOnNBA Watch the show and subscribe on YouTube ? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeE7WdPaNWwA-IZGfHek90Q?sub_confirmation=1 Music for Locked On Blazers by Drae Slapz. Find more of Drae's work here: https://ffm.bio/the by Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

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April 4 – Well, that sucked: Damian Lillard hurt his left ankle in a bad 115-109 loss Tuesday to the tanktastic Dallas Mavericks. Erik talks about the outlook for his injury, whether he should play and takes stock of the rest of the NBA action. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices by Locked On Blazers – Daily Podcast On The Portland Trail Blazers

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