The Race For Eighth Is On, New Ownership Arrives And The Remix Make The Playoffs On The Brief Case, Episode 200

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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