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Two Years Ago Today: Bubble Basketball Begins for Blazers

Believe it or not, the Portland Trail Blazers were playing basketball two years ago today.

No, it wasn’t NBA Summer League or some meaningless expedition. Portland was playing serious, high-level basketball with postseason implications. Basketball that made Damian Lillard act like a man possessed.

On July 31, 2020, the Blazers played their first game of the bizarre NBA Bubble in Orlando, Florida. It was a mighty-entertaining 140-135 overtime win against the Memphis Grizzlies.

The 2019-2020 NBA Restart in Orlando was the league’s answer to the COVID-19 pandemic, coming four months after the season shutdown in March and at a time when no vaccine existed.