On this edition of The Brief Case, Trail Blazers beat reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...• The NBA's In Season Tournament, now known as the NBA Emirates Cup• The three Western Conference "groups" and how the Trail Blazers' competition in Group A stacks up to Group B and Group C• Portland's four-game group stage schedule versus the Timberwolves, Kings, Clippers and Rockets, which also happen to be four of their soon to be announced 80-game (plus two games to be added later) schedule