On this edition of The Brief Case podcast, recorded from North Portland, Casey Holdahl discusses...

• Damian Lillard's comments during the celebration of his passing Clyde Drexler as the team's all-time leading scorer

• The team returning to Portland after a six-game road trip despite icy conditions

• The Trail Blazers defeating the Hornets at home Monday night to end a three-game losing streak

• Jusuf Nurkic shooting better than 40 percent from three this season

• Jerami Grant's comments on Portland's defense and having time to address some of those issues

• Portland offensive rating, defensive rating and their record versus the spread this season

• An injury update on Justise Winslow, Nassir Little and Gary Payton II