Getty PORTLAND, OREGON – SEPTEMBER 28: Ja Morant #1 of the Portland Trail Blazers poses for a portrait during NBA media day at Moda Center on September 28, 2026 in Portland, Oregon.
For the first time, Ja Morant and Damian Lillard shared a floor in Portland, and the Trail Blazers’ strangest backcourt experiment finally got a real test. Lillard was back after missing all of 2025-26 with a torn Achilles. Morant was making his Portland debut after June’s trade from Memphis. Portland beat a short-handed Golden State team 123-118, and the Morant/Lillard backcourt flashed enough
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