Riding back-to-back wins over the Los Angeles Lakers and Cleveland Cavaliers, the Portland Trail Blazers (18-23) welcome the Orlando Magic (16-24) Friday night at Moda Center before hitting the road for a four-game East Coast road trip. Friday's meeting is the first of two this season between the Blazers and Magic, of which Portland leads the all-time series, 29-24.
Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum is currently riding the best scoring stretch of his career, having scored at least 25 points in each of the last seven games. Since the turn of the new year, McCollum is averaging 32 points per game while shooting 53.