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

• The Trail Blazers beating the Kings in overtime Thursday night at Moda Center

• You've got to learn how to win "ugly" games in the NBA

• Facing the Kings again Saturday night, this time in Sacramento

• The 1999-2000 Trail Blazers roster returning to Moda Center for a reunion at Monday's game versus the Pistons

• Celebrating that team that came a quarter short from a trip to the NBA Finals has been a long time coming

• The team putting a renewed emphasis on welcoming back former players and coaches

• All-Star voting is open and you should stuff the ballot box for Deni Avdija, who is putting up numbers this season that only Luka, Jokic and Giannis are hitting

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

• The Trail Blazers losing to the Pelicans in New Orleans Thursday night in a "NBA Cup Consolation Bracket" game

• The Trail Blazers having just 10 players -- eight on NBA contracts and three on two-way contracts -- in uniform on Thursday, with none of those players being taller than 6-9

• Hosting the Warriors on Sunday -- it's Damian Lillard collectable glass night! -- and then having three days off before a home-and-road series versus the Kings

• There's no point in trying to predict when players will return from injury, though hopefully that will be the case with so many off days coming up

• Deni Avdija being named to ESPN's "Top 25 Players Under The Age of 25" list

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

• The Trail Blazers going down, coming back, but then losing down the stretch to the Pistons in Detroit on Friday night

• Portland finishing up a four-game trip with a 119-96 loss to the Grizzlies in Memphis

• The Trail Blazers having time to rest and recuperate with only two games over the next 10 days

• Yang Hansen being assigned to the Remix on Wednesday night and then posting 20 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals in a 135-128 overtime loss to the San Diego Clippers Thursday night at Chiles Center

• Hansen being recalled by the Trail Blazers and starting versus the Grizzlies in Memphis with both Donovan Clingan and Robert Williams III out

• The tricky balance of knowing when to assign Hansen to the Remix and when they'll need him to play for the Trail Blazers

• The Remix hosting two games this week versus the Salt Lake City Stars, heading to LA to play one game versus the South Bay Lakers and then returning to Portland to host two games versus the Stockton Kings