Portland Trail Blazers v Boston Celtics: Preview and how to watch

The Portland Trail Blazers match up with the Boston Celtics in their second official regular-season game in the NBA Bubble in Orlando. Find out how to watch

The Portland Trail Blazers beat the Memphis Grizzlies in their first official regular-season game in the NBA Bubble in Orlando.  With some results going their way as the New Orleans Pelicans lost twice, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Sacramento Kings, the Blazers are off to a good start.

This Boston Celtics matchup is big though. They need to stay in touch with the Grizzlies to activate a play-in tournament, so winning a game against a strong Celtics team would go a long way to securing the play-in tournament spot.

The Blazers don’t have any injuries, but it is interesting to see Nassir Little and Anfernee Simons not playing at all in the first game. Simons struggles on both ends were apparent this season, while Little has had concussion recently, and has been in and out of the rotation as well.

In just the one game this season, the Celtics beat the Blazers 118 – 106. They have had a strong season with Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown both breaking out. The Celtics have a fully healthy squad for this clash. They have played just the one game, a 119 – 112 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks.

How you can watch the Portland Trail Blazers’ in action on Sunday

Date: Sunday, July 26th, 2020
Time: 12:30 p.m. PST
Where: HP Field House, Orlando, FL
Watch: NBA TV, NBC Sports Northwest, Fubo TV
Listen: Rip City Radio 620

Projected Starting Lineups and Injury Report

Portland Trail Blazers:

PG: Damian Lillard
SG: CJ McCollum
SF: Carmelo Anthony
PF: Zach Collins
C: Jusuf Nurkic

Bench: Jaylen Adams, Gary Trent Jr, Anfernee Simons, Jaylen Hoard, Mario Hezonja, Nassir Little, Wenyen Gabriel, Hassan Whiteside, Moses Brown.
Injury report: Out/Unavailable– Rodney Hood, Trevor Ariza, Caleb Swanigan

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