With the Trail Blazers rolling into Summer League tournament play with a perfect 3-0 record, buzz around Portland bringing a trophy home is starting to heat up. But in case you haven’t heard, Portland already has a championship under its belt this year, with another one on the line this weekend.
Blazer5 Gaming, the Trail Blazers esports team, has set the NBA2K League world on fire en route to an 8-1 regular season record and a championship run at last month’s THE TURN tournament in New York City. Thursday marks the tipoff of the last of the 2K League’s midseason tournaments and this one, dubbed THE TICKET, looks to be an important one.