Blazers Get Back To .500, Sweeping A Weekend Back-To-Back And Deni Avdija Finishes Fifth In All-Star Fan Voting On The Brief Case, Episode 189

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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 blowing out LeBron James and the Lakers at Moda Center on Saturday to begin a weekend back-to-back

• Following up the win versus the Lakers on Saturday with another versus the Kings in Sacramento on Sunday

• The Trail Blazers have won the 2025-26 season series versus three of the four California teams

• Deni Avdija makes a well-timed return with Jrue Holiday, Jerami Grant and Robert Williams III all sitting out the second night of a back-to-back

• Deni Avdija finishing fifth in fan voting but ending up seventh in the total vote for the 2026 NBA All-Star Game Western Conference starters

• Deni Avdija passing Victor Wembenyama and Anthony Edwards in the final fan voter tally and getting more votes in the last week than a lot of players got over the entire voting period

•Fingers crossed that Deni Avdija is announced as an All-Star reserve, which is decided by coaches vote

• With yet another new format this year, there are still a lot of unanswered questions about how the teams will be put together at the 2026 NBA All-Star Game