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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 following up a win versus the Rockets on Wednesday at Moda Center with another on Friday in the rematch, also at Moda Center

• Toumani Camara responds to losing a tooth by posting a career-high in scoring

• Clutch free throws, a perfect night shooting from Sidy Cissoko and Duop Reath always staying ready helps Portland secure the second-straight win versus Houston

• Deni Avdija's comments after the victory regarding how the way he plays and how that effects the way he's officiated

• Portland having a five-game winning streak and a four-game homestand ended with a loss to the New York Knicks Sunday afternoon

• The Trail Blazers running out of rallies versus the Knicks

• Deni Avdija leaving Sunday's game in the fourth quarter with an apparent back injury

• Jrue Holiday returning to the lineup in Sunday's game after missing the last two months with a calf strain

• How Jrue feels the day AFTER the game being more important than how he felt DURING the game

• Jrue Holiday being on a minutes restriction and how that would be impacted by whether or not Deni Avdija misses any time due to injury

• Portland facing the Warriors in San Francisco on Tuesday before returning to Moda Center to host the Hawks and Lakers

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

• The Trail Blazers getting their fourth-straight victory with a gutsy win versus the Rockets Wednesday night at Moda Center

• Deni Avdija posting season-high in scoring versus the Rockets

• Toumani Camara proves his toughness once again

• A lowkey encouraging performance from Yang Hansen

• Thoughts on the rematch versus the Rockets on Friday

• The upcoming schedule and whether the Blazers can get back to .500 by the end of the month

• Deni Avdija remains seventh in All-Star fan voting with one week to go

• Donovan Clingan (and maybe Caleb Love?) should be included in... whatever the Rising Stars Challenge looks like this year

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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 losing the first three games of a five-game homestand

• Portland defeating the Celtics in the fourth game of the five-game homestand to get their first win versus Boston in the last three seasons

• The Trail Blazers doing a good job of controlling what they can control in the second half versus the Celtics

• Portland finishing out their holiday homestand with a harrowing victory versus the Dallas Mavericks Monday night

• Deni Avdija's near triple-double

• When Caleb Love plays well, the Trail Blazers' chances of winning seem to improve considerably

• Deni Avdija coming in seventh in Western Conference All-Star fan voting in the first round of returns released Monday