Defeating the Suns In The Play-In And Previewing The Playoff Series Versus The Spurs On The Blazers Balcony, Episode 165

On this edition of The Blazers Balcony, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Trail Blazes reporters Brooke Olzendam and Casey Holdahl discuss...

• The Trail Blazers defeating the Suns in Phoenix in the Play-In Tournament to earn the seven-seed in the Western Conference Playoffs

• Making the playoffs always means something to fans, as it should

• Deni Avdija getting the respect he deserves for his performance versus Phoenix

• Jerami Grant returns and makes a huge difference in the fourth versus the Suns

• The way the Trail Blazers have had to fight to get into play-in could be a good thing in the playoffs

• Neither team has much playoff experience 

• Initial thoughts on the matchup versus the two-seed Spurs, which starts Sunday night in San Antonio

• Most important Spur other than Wemby, most important Blazer in the series, the most important reserve for both teams and what "battle" Portland needs to win

• Brooke enjoys the watch party, come on Haberstroh, holding in a sneeze, re-recording segments, marg vs. frosé and almost falling into the Riverwalk