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Stotts builds another winning Trail Blazers lineup

By Matt George Moore

CHICAGO, IL - JANUARY 01: Head coach Terry Stotts of the Portland Trail Blazers looks on in the third quarter against the Chicago Bulls at the United Center on January 1, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - JANUARY 01: Head coach Terry Stotts of the Portland Trail Blazers looks on in the third quarter against the Chicago Bulls at the United Center on January 1, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) /
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On Friday, Terry Stotts won his 250th game as the Trail Blazers head coach. He’s moving up the ladder of all-time winningest Portland coaches. And Rip City is lucky to have him.

The Portland Trail Blazers’ 107-93 victory Friday over the Dallas Mavericks was noteworthy for several reasons.

First, it meant that Portland (27-22; seventh in the Western Conference) was five games over .500 for the first time since the Monday after Thanksgiving, when they were 13-8. (At which point the Trail Blazers proceeded to lose five straight. Hashtag frowny face.)

Second, it secured a winning record for the month of January. (A nice turnaround from the team’s moribund 5-8 record in December.)

Third, it meant that the Trail Blazers had won five of their last six and were setting themselves up nicely for what’s become a Portland tradition: a late-season surge.

And last, but absolutely not least, it meant that Terry Stotts had earned victory No. 250 as head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers.

Let’s take a deeper look at the head ball coach.