On this edition of the Brief Case, Casey Holdahl discusses...
• Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups' comments after Portland's 110-100 victory versus the Pistons in Detroit
• The Blazers going 2-1 on their first extended road trip and the impressive way in which they won those two games
• Shaedon Sharpe turning in the best half of his career in Wednesday's victory in Detroit
• Sharpe improving in terms of drawing fouls and defending
• Portland's first In-Season Tournament game on Friday versus the Memphis Grizzlies at Moda Center and their West Group A tourmanent schedule
• The release of the Trail Blazers' 2023-23 City Edition jersey, which features a number of callouts to Hall of Fame coach Dr. Jack Ramsay
• Friday's In-Season Tournament game being a "Plaid Out" at Moda Center
• And the late-breaking news that Scoot Henderson will miss Friday's game with a sprained right ankle, an injury he suffered in the third quarter of Wednesday's victory in Detroit
