Defeating the Suns In The Play-In And Previewing The Playoff Series Versus The Spurs On The Blazers Balcony, Episode 165

About this episode

The episode discusses the Trail Blazers' victory over the Suns in the Play-In Tournament and previews their playoff series against the Spurs.

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Trail Blazes reporters Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss... • The Trail Blazers defeating the Suns in Phoenix in the Play-In Tournament to earn the seven-seed in the Western Conference Playoffs • Making the playoffs always means something to fans, as it should • Deni Avdija getting the respect he deserves for his performance versus Phoenix • Jerami Grant returns and makes a huge difference in the fourth versu...

People in this episode

Hosts: Brooke Olzendam, Casey Holdahl

Topics covered

• Play-In Tournament
• Western Conference Playoffs
• Trail Blazers
• basketball analysis
• player performance

Keywords

• Trail Blazers
• Suns
• Play-In Tournament
• Spurs
• Jerami Grant
• Deni Avdija
• Western Conference

Sponsors

Spirit Mountain Casino

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Trail Blazers

Places: Phoenix

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