Portland Trail Blazers Head Coach Chauncey Billups will miss upcoming games against the Utah Jazz and Dallas Mavericks as he mourns the death of his grandmother. As Portland’s KOIN TV reports, assistant coach Nate Bjorkgren will take over Billups’ duties while he is gone.
The Blazers face the Jazz at 7:00 PM, Pacific tonight, the Mavericks at the same time on Saturday.
Blazer’s Edge offers condolences to Coach Billups and his family at this time of loss.