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Greetings and salutations from North Portland. With the Trail Blazers squeaking by the Nets to claim the eight-seed and a macthup with the nine-seed Grizzlies in the Western Conference Play-in, we held off on recording a post-game edition Thursday night in order to record a longer recap/preview edition of the Rip City Report, which you can listen to below!

In this, our 207th edituon, Joe Freeman and I discuss the Trail Blazers' victory versus the Nets, Portland earning the eight-seed and the right to play the nine-seed Grizzlies in the Western Conference Play-in, Damian Lillard's MVP performance, the growth and maturity of Jusuf Nurkic, Hassan Whiteside's momentum and Zach Collins' struggles.