Three-Straight Wins To End A Homestand, Scoot and Deni Return And Dame Joins The All-Star Three-Point Contest On The Brief Case, Episode 192

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On this edition of The Brief Case, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Trail Blazers reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...

• The Trail Blazers defeating the Grizzlies 135-155 Friday night at Moda Center in Scoot Henderson's first game of the season

• It might have taken a long time for Scoot Henderson to make his 2025-26 season debut, but it didn't take him much time to have an impact once he did

• Shaedon Sharpe is sidelined with a calf injury 

• Trail Blazers sweep a back-to-back with the Grizzlies by winning the second matchup on Saturday, also at Moda Center

• Portland rallies in the fourth in the kind of game they'll need to win if they're to make a run after the All-Star break

• The team will have to make a decision soon about two-way players Caleb Love and Sidy Cissoko

• Bad to the Bone at Spirit Mountain

• Portland goes ham in the third quarter to defeat the Philadelphia 76ers Monday night at Moda Center to finish off a five-game homestand with three-straight wins

• Deni Avdija returns to the lineup versus the Sixers and looks like his old self

• Monday's win being the first game this season where Deni Avdija, Jrue Holiday, Robert Williams III and Scoot Henderson all played

• Toumani Camara might be the biggest beneficiary of injured players returning after posting career highs in scoring and three-pointers made in the win versus the 76ers

• The Blazers are as healthy as they've been this season, they're rested and have something to play for. Can they go on a run after the All-Star break? 

• Damian Lillard signs on to compete in the 2026 Three-Point Contest Saturday (afternoon) at All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles

• Dame joins Deni Avdija, Donovan Clingan and Yang Hansen at All-Star Weekend

• All-Star Saturday and Sunday starting in the afternoon rather than the evening due to the Winter Olympics