Tiago Splitter will guide the Portland Trail Blazers for the foreseeable future. The team on Thursday named Splitter its interim head coach, a team source told The Oregonian/OregonLive, elevating an assistant who only joined the organization this summer.

NEW YORK — Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier were arrested Thursday along with more than 30 other people accused of participating in schemes involving illegal sports betting and rigged poker games backed by the Mafia, authorities said.

Anthony Edwards had 41 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves rallied in the fourth quarter for a 118-114 season-opening win over the Portland Trail Blazers.

Since Chauncey Billups arrived at the first day of training camp wearing a Portland Trail Blazers shirt with the words “Make ‘Em Uncomfortable” scribbled across the back, he has urged his team to adopt that mantra.

The Portland Trail Blazers are on the rise this season, even in the crowded Western Conference. Just-extended Trail Blazers general manager Joe Cronin made a s

PORTLAND, Ore. − There are a lot of familiar faces on the Timberwolves this season — they return seven of their top eight rotation players from last year — but there is still uncertainty for the future of the franchise.

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups has been arrested in a federal gambling probe. This story was set to publish before news of the arrest. Tom Dundon’s black Nike hoodie read “Portland” across the front in sharp white letters and could be found in the Trail Blazers’ team store.