In the first 2017-18 road edition of the Rip City Report recorded at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Joe Freeman of The Oregonian and Casey Holdahl of trailblazers.com recap Portland’s dominant season-opening win over the Suns, Pat Connaughton’s surprising and impressive play, Portland's much-maligned but steadily improving defense, Moe Harkless was a defensive beast, Portland signing Wade Baldwin to a two-way contract, Shabazz Napier returning from a hamstring injury and finish by answering listener questions about the Blazers’ defense, cats, Meyers Leonard, ice cream and much more.