Making History Versus the Hornets, Keeping The Lakers Close, A Long Trip And Covering As The Favorite On The Brief Case, Episode 138

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

• The Trail Blazers coming out a bit slow in what ended up being a close loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in their first game after the All-Star break

• Posting the largest margin of victory in franchise history in Saturday's win versus the Hornets

• Reasonable expectations for Toumani Camara

• Up and coming country at Spirit Mountain Casino

• Practice in Salt Lake City in preparation for Monday's gave versus the Jazz

• Maybe Matisse Thybulle is getting close?

• A seven-game, two-week road trip

• Portland recent record versus the spread, covering as the favorite for the first time this season and being favorite on the road for the first time this season