Portland is hot as tarnation right about now, and its summery blue skies are obscured by smoke from the region’s wildfires. When you walk down the street, you start to feel like you might be coming down with a cold — but it’s just a sore throat from inhaling all that smoky residue.
So those of us here in Rip City don’t mind taking a peek ahead to the cooler month of December and to Dec. 25, 2018, when our beloved Portland Trail Blazers will take on the Jazz in Utah. It will be the final NBA game of the day.