In what is sure to be the biggest showdown between the two franchises this summer, the Portland Trail Blazers will face the Miami Heat in their fifth and final 2023 Summer League game. The Blazers were eliminated from the tournament’s final four bracket by virtue of a Utah Jazz victory on Friday evening. Each participating team gets a consolation game to end their Las Vegas foray. The Blazers drew Miami.
It’s hard to imagine bigger stakes in the stare-down between Blazers General Manager Joe Cronin and Heat President Pat Riley than a final victory in the annual competition.