Going .500 In January, Sweeping the Bucks and Magic, Scoot, Toumani and Bryce At All-Star Weekend And Seven-Straight Versus The Spread On The Brief Case, Episode 132

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

• The Trail Blazers defeating Damian Lillard and the Bucks on Tuesday to sweep the Eastern Conference squad

• Blowing out the Magic for the second time in a week to secure another sweep and finish the month of January with a .500 record

• Portland getting a significant uptick in overall wins, road wins and offensive and defensive rating in the month of January

• Scoot Henderson and Bryve McGowens being invited to participate in the Rising Stars Challenge at All-Star Weekend

• The NBA rectifying a mistake by naming Toumani Camara as an injury replacement for the Rising Stars Challenge

• The Trail Blazers covering the spread in seven-straight games and being just four wins away from hitting the over on their win projection this season with more than 40 percent of the season left to go