On this edition of The Blazers Balcony, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...

• The Trail Blazers starting 2025 with an eight-point loss to the Lakers in Los Angeles

• Bouncing back with a three-point victory versus Damian Lillard and the Bucks in Milwaukee

• Hitting the midway point of a five-game trip with a three-point loss to the Pistons in Detroit

• Kris Murray's consistency, Shaedon Sharpe sets a new mark in assists and Deni Avdija does finger guns

• Zora Stephenson and Jason Benetti filling in for Kevin Calabro on the television broadcast

• Brooke's back pain, recording on the campus of Tulane University, running in the cold, avoiding talking to opposing teams' fans in the arena and driverless cars don't care about police escorts