The Portland Trail Blazers are due for their first meeting of the season against the Los Angeles Clippers at the Moda Center on Tuesday night.
The Blazers will have the opportunity to take down the preseason favorite to come out of the Western Conference in a nationally televised showdown. Meanwhile, the stalwart Clippers team is eyeing a victory to maintain their half-game lead over Portland.
Shortly after cleaning up their act with a 132-129 overtime victory over the New York Knicks, the Blazers descended back into their recent losing ways, dropping a key game to the Brooklyn Nets on the road by fourteen points.