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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.
The Portland Trail Blazers made their first statement as an organization after Chauncey Billups was arrested in a gambling investigation.
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.
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‘Here we go again’: Billups arrest is another setback for Trail Blazers franchise seeking momentum
A franchise that has endured more than its share of bad news in the 21st century was dealt another sobering blow Thursday.
Billups became the second known NBA arrest on Thursday morning as part of the FBI's illegal gambling investigation.