Portland Trail Blazers starting forward Jerami Grant is out with an ankle injury for Thursday night’s home game against the Orlando Magic. That news forced coach Chauncey Billups to adjust his starting lineup. His choice to replace Grant is guard Scoot Henderson.

The Magic are currently 9-15 on the road with a point differential of -1, while the Trail Blazers have a 4-6 record in their last ten games at home.

The Portland Trail Blazers are beginning to look like a basketball team, taking down the Milwaukee Bucks earlier this week for a fifth win in six games, and now they’ll look to keep it going against a slumping Orlando Magic team.

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The Orlando Magic have a much better season than the Portland Trail Blazers. However, injuries to Jalen Suggs and Gary Harris have the Magic waiting for an update before they can examine their chances in this matchup.

Orlando Magic star guard Jalen Suggs appeared on the injury report again ahead of the game against the trail Blazers.

In the 300-level section of the Moda Center, several tickets are still available for $1 and $2 apiece on StubHub for Tuesday's game.

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The Detroit Pistons have their NBA All-Star as franchise player Cade Cunningham has been named an Eastern Conference reserve.

Victor Wembanyama is one of the league's very best players. The San Antonio star and reigning rookie of the year is an All-Star for the first time, one of the 14 players announced Thursday night as members of the reserve pool for the Feb.

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