FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29 • ISSUE 3.2
TRAIL BLAZERS VS BULLS
MODA CENTER • PORTLAND, OREGON
TRAIL BLAZERS GAME PROGRAM • WELCOME
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RIP CITY QUOTE OF THE NIGHT: “I’ve said it before, I really like his disposition, I like his attitude, how receptive he is and I really see a lot in him. I think he can be really good for a long time here.” -DAMIAN LILLARD ON ANFERNEE SIMONS
UPCOMING HOME GAMES
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AMENITIES Dippin’ Dots Ice Cream
A2 • Schonely’s 10 Barrel Taproom Appetizers, Entrees, Sandwiches, Desserts, Spirits, Variety of Beer
CLUB LEVEL
A1, A17 • Dippin’ Dots
B1 • Pendleton Midnight Lounge Variety of Craft Beer & Spirits
B2 • 1927 S’more’s Handmade S’more’s
A2, A14 • Crafter’s
B3 • Ruby Jewel
Burgers, Chicken Sandwich, Chicken Strips, Fries
Custom Ice Cream Sandwiches
A4 • Bap & Noodle A4, A9, A19, A22 • Red Hot & Rollin´
B3 • Hotstone
Zenner’s Hot Dogs, Nachos, Candy, Ice Cream
B9 • Cha Cha Cha
A5, A19 • Killer Burger
Nachos, Burritos, Tacos, Quesadilla
Specialty Burgers
B11 • Hop Valley Bar
A9, A23 • BSB A9 • Plum Tasty
Variety of Craft Beer
Brick Style Pizza, Pasta
B13 • Junction 5 Grill
Fresh, Local and Organic Bowls, Salads, Wraps, Snacks, Beverages
Burgers, Brews, Flatbreads
A10 • Daddy D’s Southern BBQ
B19 • The Speck
Loaded BBQ Nachos
Housemade Pretzels, Local Sausage, Hot Dogs and BBQ Nachos
A10 • Coor’s Draft A10 • White Claw A11 • Kama’aina
B20 • Whole Sum
Fish & Chips, Poke Bowls
A12 • Tamale Boy A12 • Local Cork presented by Adelsheim Premium Wine with Select Beers
A13 • Widmer Fan Haus Variety of Craft Beer & Spirits
A15, A26 • Sizzle Pie Pizza by the Slice
A17 • Corona Beach House Margaritas, Beer, Chips & Guac
A19 • Ruby Jewel Custom Ice Cream Sandwiches
A20 • BSB Lounge A22 • Cha Cha Cha Burritos, Rice Bowls
A22 • Salt & Straw Specialty Ice Cream
A23 • Hen Pen Chicken Tenders, Fries, Chicken & Waffles
Fresh, Local and Organic Bowls, Salads, Wraps, Snacks, Beverages
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C3 • Low Bar C5 • Salt & Straw Specialty Ice Cream
C7 • Avid Cider C8 • Sizzle Pie Pizza by the Slice
C8 • Widmer Brothers Brewery C13 • Crafters Yeti's Kid’s Fare
C16 • Meat Ballin’ Housemade Meatball Sandwiches
C18 • Coor’s Rocky Top Tavern Variety of Domestic & Craft Beer
C19, C27 • Red Hot & Rollin’ Zenner’s Hot Dogs, Nachos, Candy, Ice Cream
C20 • Hop Valley C21 • Crispin C21 • White Claw C22 • Distillery C23 • PDX Flattop Authentic Cheesesteaks
C24 • Widmer Brothers Brewery C30 • Dipping Dots & Lemonade C31 • Cha Cha Cha Express Loaded Nachos
C32 • Knot Spot C32 • The Pines crafted by Jack Daniels Variety of Craft Beer & Spirits
C32 • Daddy D’s Southern BBQ Loaded BBQ Nachos
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PORTLAND
TRAIL BLAZERS
WESTERN CONFERENCE, NORTHWEST DIVISION
TRAIL BLAZERS GAME PROGRAM • GAME NIGHT PREVIEW
CHICAGO
BULLS EASTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION
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DAMIAN LILLARD
HEAD
Was selected 6th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2012 NBA draft Played college basketball for the Weber State Wildcats where he was 2x Big Sky Player of the Year in 2010 and 2012 and retired his No. 1 jersey Is a 4x NBA All-Star in 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019
STATS
SEASON • CAREER THROUGH NOV 25
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STL
BLK
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23.6 4.2 6.4 1.0 0.3 43.4 36.8 89.0
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TOMÁŠ SATORANSKÝ Was selected 32nd overall by the Washington Wizards in the 2012 NBA draft Was awarded Czech Player of the Year in 2013-15 Played for FC Barcelona Lassa in 2014-16 and was the Spanish Supercup winner in 2015
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SEASON • CAREER THROUGH NOV 25
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PORTLAND
TRAIL BLAZERS WESTERN CONFERENCE NORTHWEST DIVISION
NO. NAME 00 Carmelo ANTHONY 0 Damian LILLARD 1 Anfernee SIMONS 2 Gary TRENT JR. 3 CJ MCCOLLUM 4 Moses BROWN* 5 Rodney HOOD 6 Jaylen HOARD* 9 Nassir LITTLE 17 Skal LABISSIÈRE 21 Hassan WHITESIDE 24 Kent BAZEMORE 27 Jusuf NURKIĆ 33 Zach COLLINS 43 Anthony TOLLIVER 44 Mario HEZONJA
POS HT WT DOB PRIOR TO NBA / COUNTRY F 6-8 240 05/29/1984 Syracuse/USA G 6-2 195 07/15/1990 Weber State/USA G 6-3 181 06/08/1999 Edgewater HS/USA G 6-5 209 01/18/1999 Duke/USA G 6-3 190 09/19/1991 Lehigh/USA C 7-2 245 10/13/1999 UCLA/USA G/F 6-8 208 10/20/1992 Duke/USA F 6-8 216 03/30/1999 Wake Forest/France F 6-5 220 02/11/2000 North Carolina/USA F/C 6-10 235 03/18/1996 Kentucky/Haiti C 7-0 265 06/13/1989 Marshall/USA G/F 6-4 195 07/01/1989 Old Dominion/USA C 7-0 290 08/23/1994 Cedevita Zagreb/Bosnia F/C 6-11 250 11/19/1997 Gonzaga/USA F 6-8 245 06/01/1985 Creighton/USA F 6-8 220 02/25/1995 FC Barcelona/Croatia
*NBA TWO-WAY CONTRACT
Head Coach: Terry Stotts (Oklahoma) Associate Head Coach: Nate Tibbetts (South Dakota) Assistant Coaches: Dale Osbourne (South Alabama), John McCullough (Oklahoma), Jim Moran (William & Mary), Jannero Pargo (Arkansas) Director of Player Health and Performance: Jesse Elis Head Athletic Trainer: Geoff Clark Sports Performance Specialists: Todd Forcier, Ben Kenyon Chair: Jody Allen President & CEO: Chris McGowan President of Basketball Operations: Neil Olshey Assistant General Managers: Bill Branch, Steve Rosenberry 24
YRS 16 7 1 1 6 R 5 R R 3 7 7 5 2 11 4
CHICAGO
BULLS EASTERN CONFERENCE CENTRAL DIVISION
NO. NAME 0 Coby WHITE 2 Luke KORNET 3 Shaquille HARRISON 6 Cristiano FELÍCIO 8 Zach LAVINE 12 Daniel GAFFORD 15 Chandler HUTCHISON 20 Adam MOKOKA* 21 Thaddeus YOUNG 22 Otto PORTER JR. 24 Lauri MARKKANEN 28 Max Strus* 31 Tomáš SATORANSKÝ 32 Kris DUNN 34 Wendell CARTER JR. 45 Denzel VALENTINE 51 Ryan ARCIDIACONO
POS HT WT DOB PRIOR TO NBA / COUNTRY G 6-4 195 02/16/2000 North Carolina/USA F/C 7-2 250 07/15/1995 Vanderbilt/USA G 6-7 190 10/06/1993 Tulsa/USA F/C 6-10 270 07/07/1992 Flamengo/Brazil G/F 6-6 200 03/10/1995 UCLA/USA F/C 6-10 234 10/01/1998 Arkansas/USA G/F 6-7 210 04/26/1996 Boise State/USA G 6-5 190 07/18/1998 Mega Bemax/France F 6-8 235 06/21/1988 Georgia Tech/USA F 6-8 190 06/03/1993 Georgetown/USA F/C 7-0 240 05/22/1997 Arizona/Finland G/F 6-5 215 03/28/1996 DePaul/USA G 6-7 210 10/30/1991 FC Barcelona/Czech Republic G 6-3 205 03/18/1994 Providence/USA F/C 6-9 270 04/16/1999 Duke/USA G 6-4 220 11/16/1993 Michigan State/USA G 6-3 195 03/26/1994 Villanova/USA
YRS R 2 2 4 5 R 1 R 12 6 2 R 3 3 1 2 2
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Head Coach: Jim Boylen (Maine) Assistant Coaches: Chris Fleming (Richmond), Roy Rogers (Alabama), Nate Loenser (Iowa State), Dean Cooper (Aquinas) Karen Stack-Umlauf (Northwestern) Athletic Trainer: Jeff Tanaka (San Jose State)
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SEASON STATS THROUGH NOV 25
G MIN PTS REB AST
PORTLAND (6-12)
18 112.7 46.2 19.8 16 37.4 27.3 4.9 7.5 18 37.2 22.1 4.6 3.9 4 29.5 16.0 5.3 1.8 15 27.8 14.8 12.0 0.9 16 30.4 11.7 3.8 1.4 18 21.5 10.6 1.8 1.4 3 28.7 9.0 4.0 2.0 18 22.9 7.7 4.1 1.8 18 16.5 6.7 4.9 1.1 11 16.9 5.3 4.5 0.5 17 18.8 5.0 4.9 1.1 14 18.4 3.9 3.5 0.8 11 8.5 3.7 1.1 0.5 3 3.0 1.3 1.7 0.0 2 2.5 1.0 1.0 0.0
LILLARD MCCOLLUM ANTHONY WHITESIDE HOOD SIMONS COLLINS BAZEMORE LABISSIÈRE LITTLE HEZONJA TOLLIVER TRENT JR. BROWN HOARD
G MIN PTS REB AST
CHICAGO (6-12)
18 107.1 44.1 23.1 18 31.5 21.1 3.9 3.8 18 29.5 13.6 7.1 1.7 18 25.6 13.6 3.6 2.3 18 28.6 12.8 9.8 0.9 9 25.1 11.2 3.4 1.6 18 21.5 9.2 4.2 1.7 18 25.6 8.7 3.2 5.0 8 18.9 8.0 4.1 1.0 18 20.1 6.4 2.8 3.1 4 6.8 5.8 2.0 0.5 1 5.0 5.0 1.0 0.0 18 17.3 4.8 1.8 1.9 9 10.1 4.1 2.0 0.1 10 11.6 4.0 1.9 0.6 11 10.0 3.5 2.4 1.5
LAVINE MARKKANEN WHITE CARTER JR. PORTER JR. YOUNG SATORANSKÝ HUTCHISON DUNN VALENTINE STRUS ARCIDIACONO GAFFORD KORNET HARRISON
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DECEMBER 6th | VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM
TRAIL BLAZERS GAME PROGRAM • BLAZERDANCER FEATURE
KALI YEARS AS A BLAZERDANCER: ROOKIE
WHAT INSPIRES YOU TO DANCE? I have been dancing pretty much since I learned to walk. It is a part of who I am. Dancing is what I am most passionate about and I love that dance is continuously pushing me to learn and grow as both a dancer and as a person. WHAT ARE SOME LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT YOURSELF YOU WANT OTHERS TO KNOW? I hate cheese, I grew up by the beach but am scared of the ocean and I have read the entire Harry Potter series five times through.
WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR MOST MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE AS A BLAZERDANCER? Opening night! The energy in Moda was amazing. You never forget the feeling of your first game and that is something I will remember forever. WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES? Cooking, travelling, reading, hiking, going on walks and playing with my dog. IF YOU COULD GIVE ADVICE TO ASPIRING YOUNG DANCERS, WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM? If you love to dance, keep dancing! No two dancers are the same so don’t compare yourself to others and just push yourself to be the best version of YOU.
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ABOUT DAME TIME
CASEY HOLDAHL
As the team embarks on their 50th year of existence, there’s a far amount of evidence to support the notion that suffering simply comes with the territory of being a fan of the Portland Trail Blazers. Granted, it isn’t the kind of suffering which really matters in the grand scheme, and fans of every team invariably end up cursing the stars at some point, but the quality and regularity of gut punches those devoted to Rip City have endured over the last half century certainly qualify as hard luck. So when you work for a team with such a profile long enough, most either learn to roll with those punches or eventually come to the conclusion that perhaps sports are better left to leisure. That’s not to say that people who work for teams aren’t fans on some level – almost all of us are – but if you can’t, at least on some level, compartmentalize the swings of emotion that inevitably occur throughout the course of one and/or multiple NBA seasons, it makes the work, and eventually every other part of your life,
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miserable. Sure, working for a team during the good times often doesn’t feel like work at all, but during the bad times, it can be brutal. And a three-year series of events, culminating with the 2011-12 lockout-shortened season, certainly qualifies as one of those bad times. After a brief moment in which it seems as though the team might be on the verge of contending, Greg Oden’s knee gave out, Brandon Roy’s did the same, two general managers were fired within a span of 10 months and Nate McMcMillan lost the locker room and, eventually, his job. And on the business side, rumors of wholesale changes had a significant number of employees wondering if perhaps it was time to start making preparations. But there was a glimmer. The day after parting ways with McMillan, Chad Buchanan, a holdover from the two previous front offices tasked with leading the team during the lockout season, officially pulled the cord on the season by sending Gerald Wallace, then Portland’s starting small forward, to the New Jersey Nets in exchange for two players – Mehmet Okur and Shawne Williams – who would never suit up for the Blazers and a first-round pick in the upcoming 2012 Draft. Despite the Nets having the fifth-worst record in the NBA at the time, they only asked for Top 3 protection,
TRAIL BLAZERS GAME PROGRAM • STORY a peculiarity of the deal that is nearly impossible to fathom less than a decade later. The Nets would finish the season tied with the Kings for the fifth-worst record, and after the Draft Lottery, were awarded the sixth overall pick, which would be conveyed to Portland. After a multi-season run of misfortune, we finally had one go our way. It wasn’t necessarily a fix, but at least there was cause for optimism.
◀ 2012 NBA DRAFT DAY
After participating in the full battery of events at the Draft Combine, which basically doesn’t happen in today’s NBA for players whose selection in the Top 10 is unquestioned, Lillard had workouts set up with the Kings, Raptors, Warriors and Trail Blazers. And while I’m sure the front office considered all of their options, it always felt like Lillard was going to be a Trail Blazer. From being at a position of need to the way the underdog mentality in which he carried himself, it just made too much sense. I recall interviewing Lillard the day of his predraft workout in Portland, and while what I wrote from that conversation has been lost, I remember coming away from the interaction feeling like this was someone I could work with, someone who could take us somewhere.
And with rumors that his workout in front of Paul Allen, who loved the draft process, especially when it included talented guards, Olshey, Buchanan and a collection of recently hired front office staff, being one of most impressive in recent memory, and with rumors that his workout in front of Paul Allen, who loved the draft process, especially when it included talented guards, Olshey, Buchanan and a collection of recently hired front office staff being DAMIAN WITH NEIL OLSHEY one of most impressive in recent memory, it felt like there was good reason to pay attention.
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The season ended with the team losing seven straight and nine of their last 10 to finish 10 games under .500. Roughly a month later, Neil Olshey was hired to take over as General Manager, with the first order of business being to figure out how to best maximize the Trail Blazers’ draft assets. And since the team had been looking for their Point Guard Of The Future for close to a decade, a senior from Weber State named Damian Lillard seemed to make sense, both in terms of talent and fit.
Covering players during the predraft process can feel a bit like wasted effort, as everyone tends have their answers canned after their first few workouts and going deep on a subject who very likely won’t end up playing for the team you cover has limited utility, but with Dame, there was just a sense that this was a real beginning.
And obviously, there was. Since being selected with the sixth pick, Lillard has been the stabilizing force for a franchise that, at the time, seemed like it might be on the precipice of something ugly. Set in motion by clear-eyed decision-making and a bit of good fortune, Lillard’s success in Portland, from winning Rookie of the Year by way of unanimous vote to leading the team to their first conference finals in nearly two decades, goes back to that workout over seven years ago. We’ve taken plenty of lumps since then, and I get the sense we feel those failures in our bones more than most devotees of other teams, but that makes it all the more important to remember the instances in which we’ve made our own breaks. • CASEY HOLDAHL IS A REPORTER AND MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST FOR THE PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS. A LONG-TIME OREGONIAN, HE RESIDES IN NORTH PORTLAND.
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TRAIL BLAZERS GAME PROGRAM • SCHEDULE
DATE
OPPONENT
PT
TV
Oct. 8 Oct. 10 Oct. 12 Oct. 16 Oct. 17
Tue. Thu. Sat. Wed. Thu.
Denver Maccabi Haifa Phoenix @Utah @Denver
7:30 PM ESPN 7:00 PM 5:00 PM NBCSNW 6:00 PM 6:00 PM
Oct. 23 Oct. 25 Oct. 27 Oct. 28 Oct. 30
Wed. Fri. Sun. Mon. Wed.
Denver @Sacramento @Dallas @San Antonio @Oklahoma City
7:00 PM 7:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:30 PM 5:00 PM
NBCSNW/ESPN NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW
Nov. 2 Nov. 4 Nov. 7 Nov. 8 Nov. 10 Nov. 12 Nov. 13 Nov. 16 Nov. 18 Nov. 19 Nov. 21 Nov. 23 Nov. 25 Nov. 27 Nov. 29
Sat. Mon. Thu. Fri. Sun. Tue. Wed. Sat. Mon. Tue. Thu. Sat. Mon. Wed. Fri.
Philadelphia @Golden State @L.A. Clippers Brooklyn Atlanta @Sacramento Toronto @San Antonio @Houston @New Orleans @Milwaukee @Cleveland @Chicago Oklahoma City Chicago
7:00 PM 7:30 PM 7:30 PM 7:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:30 PM 5:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM
NBCSNW NBCSNW TNT NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW/TNT NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW
Dec. 3 Dec. 4 Dec. 6 Dec. 8 Dec. 10 Dec. 12 Dec. 16 Dec. 18 Dec. 20 Dec. 21 Dec. 23 Dec. 26 Dec. 28 Dec. 30
Tue. Wed. Fri. Sun. Tue. Thu. Mon. Wed. Fri. Sat. Mon. Thu. Sat. Mon.
@L.A. Clippers Sacramento L.A. Lakers Oklahoma City New York @Denver @Phoenix Golden State Orlando Minnesota New Orleans @Utah L.A. Lakers Phoenix
7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM
TNT NBCSNW ESPN NBCSNW NBCSNW TNT NBCSNW NBCSNW/ESPN NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW TNT NBCSNW NBCSNW
HOME GAMES AWAY GAMES PRESEASON GAMES
DATE
OPPONENT
PT
TV
Jan. 1 Jan. 3 Jan. 5 Jan. 7 Jan. 9 Jan. 11 Jan. 13 Jan. 15 Jan. 17 Jan. 18 Jan. 20 Jan. 23 Jan. 26 Jan. 29 Jan. 31
Wed. Fri. Sun. Tue. Thu. Sat. Mon. Wed. Fri. Sat. Mon. Thu. Sun. Wed. Fri.
@New York @Washington @Miami @Toronto @Minnesota Milwaukee Charlotte @Houston @Dallas @Oklahoma City Golden State Dallas Indiana Houston @L.A. Lakers
4:30 PM 4:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 6:30 PM 6:30 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM
NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW/ESPN NBCSNW/ESPN NBCSNW TNT TNT NBCSNW NBCSNW/ESPN NBCSNW/ESPN
Feb. 1 Feb. 4 Feb. 6 Feb. 7 Feb. 9 Feb. 11 Feb. 12 Feb. 21 Feb. 23 Feb. 25 Feb. 27 Feb. 29
Sat. Tue. Thu. Fri. Sun. Tue. Wed. Fri. Sun. Tue. Thu. Sat.
Utah @Denver San Antonio @Utah Miami @New Orleans @Memphis New Orleans Detroit Boston @Indiana @Atlanta
7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 6:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:00 PM 7:30 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 5:00 PM 4:30 PM
NBCSNW TNT NBCSNW NBCSNW/ESPN NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW/ESPN NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW/TNT NBCSNW
Mar. 2 Mar. 4 Mar. 6 Mar. 7 Mar. 10 Mar. 12 Mar. 15 Mar. 17 Mar. 19 Mar. 22 Mar. 24 Mar. 25 Mar. 27 Mar. 29 Mar. 30
Mon. Wed. Fri. Sat. Tue. Thu. Sun. Tue. Thu. Sun. Tue. Wed. Fri. Sun. Mon.
@Orlando Washington @Phoenix Sacramento Phoenix Memphis Houston Minnesota Dallas @Minnesota @Charlotte @Detroit @Boston @Philadelphia @Brooklyn
4:00 PM 7:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 12:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 4:00 PM 4:00 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM 4:30 PM 4:30 PM
NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW ABC NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW
Apr. 2 Apr. 5 Apr. 7 Apr. 9 Apr. 13 Apr. 15
Thu. Sun. Tue. Thu. Mon. Wed.
Utah Memphis Cleveland Denver @Golden State L.A. Clippers
7:30 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 7:00 PM
NBCSNW/TNT NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW NBCSNW
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