The Portland Trail Blazers (23-30) host the Boston Celtics (33-18) Thursday night at the Moda Center.
Here are the details:
What: Blazers vs. Celtics, 7:30 p.m.
TV channel: TNT
Online: Watch a live stream on NBA League Pass (subscription required, not available locally and blacked out for nationally televised games)
Listen: Radio on KPOJ 620 AM, KKRZ 102.3 FM in Portland area.
About the Blazers: Portland, which hosts the Atlanta Hawks Monday and plays at the Utah Jazz next Wednesday, is playing its third-to-last game before the All-Star break. … The Blazers defeated the Dallas Mavericks 114-113 Tuesday night in Dallas thanks to CJ McCollum’s game-winning floater with 0.3 seconds left. McCollum, who finished with 32 points, scored 14 in the fourth quarter and seven over the final 34 seconds of the game. … Damian Lillard recorded 29 points and six assists and Mason Plumlee added 12 points and 15 rebounds in the win. … The Blazers sit in ninth place in the Western Conference standings, one game behind the Denver Nuggets and 2 1/2 games ahead of the Mavericks, New Orleans Pelicans and Sacramento Kings. … Starting forward Evan Turner suffered a fracture of the third metacarpal in his right hand against the Mavericks and is expected to be sidelined for five to six weeks — or 15 to 18 games. The injury will not require surgery. … This is the second and final meeting between the Blazers and Celtics this season. The Blazers beat Boston 127-123 in overtime on Jan. 21 in Boston. McCollum scored a team-high 35 points in that win and is averaging 17.8 points per game in five career meetings against the Celtics. … The Blazers have defeated the Celtics in six of their last eight meetings.
About the Celtics: Boston is scheduled to open a four-game West Coast trip Wednesday at the Sacramento Kings. They end the trip with games at the Utah Jazz (Saturday) and Dallas Mavericks (Monday). … The Celtics, who defeated the Los Angles Clippers 107-102 on Sunday, have won seven in a row. The streak has moved them into second place in the Eastern Conference. … Isaiah Thomas finished with 28 points and eight assists and Al Horford added 13 points, 15 rebounds, six assists, two steals and two blocks in the win over the Clippers. … Boston coach Brad Stevens has been selected to coach the Eastern Conference All-Star team. He’ll be the seventh coach in franchise history to do so. … Thomas was named the Eastern Conference’s Player of the Month for January after averaging an NBA-high 32.0 points and 6.9 assists per game. Thomas, who scored 30 or more points eight times last month, shot 49.7 percent from the field, including 43.2 percent from three-point range. … Thomas has scored at least 20 points in 35 consecutive games, the longest streak of his career. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, he’s just the third player franchise history to accomplish the feat in at least 30 games in a row, joining John Havlicek (40 games) and Kevin McHale (30). … Thomas leads the NBA in fourth-quarter scoring average (10.7 points per game) and total points (480). … Jae Crowder is shooting 42.2 percent from three-point range, which ranks ninth in the NBA this season and would rank ninth in franchise history.
Injuries: For the Blazers, Festus Ezeli (left knee rehab) and Evan Turner (fractured right hand) are out and Tim Quarterman and Jake Layman are on assignment in the D-League. For Boston, Avery Bradley (sore right Achilles) will not play.
Blazers (23-30) vs. Celtics (33-18)
7:30 p.m. Thursday at Moda Center
TNT; radio on KPOJ (620)
Boston’s projected starters
No.NameHeightPositionStatistics 4 Isaiah Thomas 5-9 PG 29.9 ppg, 6.4 apg 7 Jaylen Brown 6-7 G 5.6 ppg, 2.4 rpg 99 Jae Crowder 6-6 F 14.2 ppg, 5.4 rpg 90 Amir Johnson 6-9 PF 6.4 ppg, 4.5 rpg 42 Al Horford 6-10 C 15.1 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 5.3 apg Portland’s projected starters No.NameHeightPositionStatistics 0 Damian Lillard 6-3 PG 26.0 ppg, 5.8 apg, 4.8 rpg 3 CJ McCollum 6-3 SG 23.5 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 3.6 apg 4 Moe Harkless 6-9 SF 10.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg 21 Noah Vonleh 6-9 PF 3.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg 24 Mason Plumlee 6-11 C 11.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg, 4.0 apg
Joe Freeman | jfreeman@oregonian.com | 503-294-5183 | @BlazerFreeman
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