The Phoenix Suns have won four of their last five games and will now look to return to winning ways when they take on the Portland Trail Blazers at Moda Center in Portland on Tuesday.
The Portland Trail Blazers have cultivated a defensive identity. The hard-nosed negating foundation has given the playing group something to build off while it figures out what it is on the other side of the ball.
The Portland Trail Blazers will be without Matisse Thybulle for at least a month after the swingman underwent surgery Friday on his left thumb. Thybulle got hurt in the first quarter of the Trail Blazers' game against the Utah Jazz on Wednesday in Salt Lake City, and he sat out the remainder of the contest.
How many of the active NBA players to average at least 20 points-per-game can you name in five minutes?
Christmas and the NBA go hand-in-hand. The day serves for the top hoops league in the world, like Thanksgiving for the NFL. However, while the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are perpetual Thanksgiving participants, the NBA has mixed up the matchups and the teams throughout the years.
Trail Blazers wing Matisse Thybulle underwent surgery on Friday morning.
Portland Trail Blazers wing Matisse Thybulle won’t return during tonight’s game against the Utah Jazz due to a left thumb injury, the organization announced.
Guard Matisse Thybulle is questionable for the Portland Trail Blazers vs. Utah Jazz game on Wednesday evening. The defensive specialist has been dealing with hip soreness and sat out Portland’s last game versus the Los Angeles Lakers.
Portland Trail Blazers wing Matisse Thybulle is available to play in the regular-season opener on Wednesday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves, the organization announced.
The Portland Trail Blazers are a week away from the start of their 2025-26 campaign. The Blazers have one more preseason game left, which will be on Thursday as they will travel to Utah to take on the Jazz.
A critical Portland Trail Blazers wing continues to near his return, but faces "no timetable" in terms of when he'll actually be able to hit the hardwood again.
The Portland Trail Blazers have announced wing Matisse Thybulle will miss Wednesday night’s preseason opener against the Golden State Warriors due to right knee soreness.
Despite being one of coach Chauncey Billups’ favorites, a Matisse Thybulle trade can still happen. He has a place in the Blazers’ rotation, but he could be more helpful on other teams.
One reason why the Philadelphia 76ers have been able to stay in the mix in the Eastern Conference over the past decade is their ability to draft well outside the lottery.
Trail Blazers wing Matisse Thybulle is opting into the final year of his contract by exercising his player option for 2025/26, reports NBA insider Chris Haynes (Twitter link).
While this trade could work out well for the Knicks, it would be a major risk.
The Portland Trail Blazers were not able to make the playoffs this year. They tried very hard after the trade deadline to make a push for the play-in, but they fell short.
Matisse Thybulle went 13 days shy of a full year without playing in an NBA basketball game. Returned in the Portland Trail Blazers' 68th outing of the season.
The Portland Trail Blazers declared that they were going to make the playoffs shortly after the trade deadline. They were one of the very few teams in the league who decided not to make any moves.
The Portland Trail Blazers are on a heck of a hot streak. Portland has won eight of its last nine contests, and is currently on a four-game win streak.
The Portland Trail Blazers are having an irregular season. Knowing that they are currently in a rebuilding mode, knowing that the playoffs are all but a lost hope for this season, and knowing that they are in a jam-packed Western Conference Portland just can't stop winning.
The Portland Trail Blazers announced that Matisse Thybulle, sidelined for the entirety of the 2024-25 NBA season, is making progress in his recovery from a right ankle sprain suffered in November.
He’s a talented, versatile wing defender, having made a pair of All-Defensive second teams during his time in Philadelphia.
Matisse Thybulle may be healthy but won’t play for the Australian Boomers at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
Matisse Thybulle signed a three-year, $33 million offer sheet with the Dallas Mavericks this week in hopes of exiting Portland. However, to his dismay, the Trail Blazers matched the deal, keeping Thybulle in the Pacific Northwest.
Dallas put a poison pill in Matisse Thybulle's contract offer. Portland swallowed it anyway.
The Dallas Mavericks may not have the assets to dive head-first into many trade conversations currently for top-tier talent to pair up with Luka Doncic and recently re-signed Kyrie Irving, but they're still looking to make moves.
Damian Lillard is unstoppable on offense. Now, Portland's made a move to finally stop someone on defense.
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