After a loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Thursday, the Oklahoma City Thunder bounced back with a win against division rivals, the Portland Trail Blazers.

There's no doubt that the Mavericks are proving to be a legitimate contender in the Western Conference, when their superstar trio is healthy.

The Oklahoma City Thunder will have Isaiah Hartenstein back in the lineup against the Portland Trail Blazers but the Thunder will be without defensive ace Lu Dort.

The rebuilding Blazers lost five straight before going on their four-game winning streak. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Chicago Bulls head to Moda Center to face the Portland Trail Blazers in a non-conference matchup. The Bulls are 18-23, which puts them in 10th place in the Eastern Conference. The Trail Blazers are 13-27, which puts them in 13th place in the Western Conference.

The Calgary Surge of the Canadian Elite Basketball League announced Thursday that former NBA bench boss Kaleb Canales has been named the team’s head coach for the 2025 season.

The UT Arlington Mavericks (10-7) play a fellow WAC team, the Utah Tech Trailblazers (5-13), on Saturday, February 1, 2025 at Burns Arena. The game will start at 3:00 PM ET.Buy tickets for Utah

Canales began his professional coaching career as an assistant with the NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers, eventually serving as the team’s interim head coach for 23 games during the 2011-12 season. The promotion made him the youngest active head coach in the NBA and the first Mexican-American coach in league history.

CJ McCollum would much rather have written this chapter of the New Orleans Pelicans' record book in a victory.

The Thunder and Cavaliers continue to earn straight A's, while the Pelicans and Wizards may need to stay after school.

Portland beats Milwaukee 125-112 with Avdija’s season-high 30 points, taking down Lillard’s Bucks in their second matchup since the trade.