On this week's episode of the Blazer's Edge podcast, Tara Bowen-Biggs and Danny Marang take a look at the Blazers going 5-1 on the 7 game road trip, taking care of business against the teams you should and coming up just short in Toronto to Kawhi Leonard, Blazers trying new lineups, playing a new style at times, Portland not relying on Damian Lillard to go for 30 a night, Jake Layman's heel turn, the revival of Moe Harkless, Rodney's breakout performance in Charlotte and more!

IntroOpening Comments2:00 Thoughts on road trip so far3:10 Rodney Hood and self care5:10 Tara’s favorite part of the Hornets game5:50 Lillard not forcing the takeover of the game7:20 Portland ball movement and ranking 24th in assists9:00 Actively looking to get guys involved11:00 Trying things that they might see in the playoffs11:50 Dame & CJ not having to be THE guys every night14:40 CJ doing more than impacting the points column16:00 Looking at the bigs vs Toronto17:30 Blazers playing with Kanter and Collins19:00 Balancing minutes for development vs going after it now20:30 Different lineups and celebrating the Blazers bench… weird21:40 The revival of Moe Harkless25:00 Tara believes it was positive reinforcement for Moe that made the difference25:20 Moe can’t ever take off the headband28:20 Tendency breakers28:30 Meyers Leonard the Big Ice Cream Scooper31:00 Blazers and defensive changes32:00 Aminu’s adventures in dribbling35:00 Chasing Westbrook, PG & the Thunder38:00 Kanter and trolling Westbrook/Adams41:00 Portland’s desire to go in on offense and let the chips fall43:00 The sweep by NOP really bothered a lot of guys- can it be a motivation46:30 Dan, the eternal optimist49:00 Portland cannot drop the game to the Thunder51:30 Wanting Jake Layman to be a heel53:15 Update on the ‘Intensive Purposes’ commercialClosing CommentsOutro

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