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

• The Trail Blazers beating the Suns in Phoenix in the seven/eight matchup of the 2026 Western Conference Play-In Tournament

• Portland qualifies for the playoffs with the win for the first time since 2021

• Tuesday's win versus the Suns was similar to a number of the Trail Blazers' wins in the last month of the season

• Portland goes up, then down, then up again

• Refusing to fold after enduring a 22-4 run even with another chance of making the playoffs

• Deni Avdija with 41 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists is taking his place among the elite forwards in the Western Conference

• Jerami Grant comes up huge in the fourth quarter in his first game back from a calf strain

• Shaedon Sharpe with some big minutes as well in his third game after missing a few months with a stress reaction

• Jrue Holiday, steady as always

• The seven-seed Trail Blazers will now head to San Antonio to face the two-seed Spurs with Game One scheduled for Sunday

• No one can't stop Victor Wembanyama but the Blazers might have enough to slow him down

• You'll want to get your tickets for Games Three and Four at Moda Center ASAP

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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 Pelicans on Thursday to move into sole possession of eighth in the West with four games to play

• Jrue Holiday continues to assert himself

• Toumani Camara sets the league record for offensive fouls drawn and Donovan Clingan sets the franchise record for offensive rebounds in a season

• Gaming out the final games of the season for the Trail Blazers and Clippers and how the most likely scenario would result in the winner of the April 10 game between the two teams getting the eight-seed in the play-in tournament

• Breaking down the tiebreakers should the Trail Blazers and Clippers end the season with the same record

• Tom Dundon, Sheel Tyle and Andrew Cheurng, three of the members of the Rip City Rising ownership group, are introduced for the first time prior to Thursday's game

• Dundon's comments about the "big splash" trade the Trail Blazers considered at the 2026 trade deadline and how that might have played out differently under new ownership

• The Rip City Remix defeating the Mexico City Capitanes to advance to the second round of the G League playoffs

• A conversation with Trail Blazers great Buck Williams about his time in Portland, memories from the title runs in the early 90's, the current team, how the NBA has changed and his candidacy for the Naismith Hall of Fame, which will announce their 2026 class on Saturday

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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 Clippers in L.A. Tuesday night in what was Portland's most important game of the season thus far

• Why coaches and teams sometimes pretend some games aren't more important than others (even if everyone knows it's not true)

• The team taking Tiago Splitter's word to heart with their performance versus the Clippers

• Tuesday's game being a perfect example of why you trade for Jrue Holiday

• Robert Williams III, Matisse Thybulle and Kris Murray all turning in excellent efforts that are not properly credited in the box score

• Deni Avdija playing his best game since the back injury

• The considerable support Tuesday night at Intuit Dome for both Deni Avdija and the Trail Blazers in general

• Tuesday's win doesn't really matter if they can't back it up with another Thursday versus the Pelicans

• The Trail Blazers need to go 3-2, if not better, to give themselves a real chance to get into the eighth seed in the play-in tournament

• The "Rip City Rising" ownership group officially takes control of the franchise

• The seven-seed Rip City Remix heading south to face the two-seed Mexico City Capitanes in the first round of the "win or go home" G League playoffs