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On this edition of The Brief Case, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...

• The Trail Blazers beating the Nuggets at Moda Center on Friday in one of the more entertaining games of the season

• The importance of Friday's win for Portland's chances of making the play-in tournament

• The loss to the Celtics on Sunday 

• Portland losing ground in the play-in with the loss and neither Phoenix nor Dallas playing on Sunday (though both play Monday)

• One of the things great teams almost always do

• The Top Golf Swing Suite at Spirit Mountain Casino

• A rundown of the schedules for the teams fighting for the last play-in spot

• The status of the tiebreakers in regard to the last spot in the play-in

• Portland's odds of making the play-in compared to the Suns and Mavericks (and Lakers?)