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On this edition of The Brief Case, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Trail Blazers reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...

• The Trail Blazers having their postseason come to a close with a loss to the Spurs in Game 5 in San Antonio Tuesday night

• The way Portland lost Game 5 was a good reflection of the issues they had during the regular season

• You really need outside shooting in the modern NBA and that's especially true in the playoffs

• Tiago Splitter opted not to make changes to the starting lineup and it's hard to imagine it would have made much of a difference

• Takeaways from the Trail Blazers' first playoff appearance in the last five years

• The Trail Blazers were able to develop young players and win enough to make the playoffs, which seems like a successful season for a team in their position

• The Trail Blazers currently don't have any picks in either round of the 2026 Draft

• Exit interviews are Thursday

• Portland made progress this season but still plenty of questions remain heading into an important offseason

• Mark your calendars: A live recording of The Blazers Balcony with Brooke Olzendam coming to Spirit Mountain Casino on May 22

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On this edition of The Brief Case, Trail Blazers reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...

• The Trail Blazers faltering in the second half to lose Game 3 Friday night despite Victor Wembanyama not playing

• Game 4 playing out in a similar fashion to Game 3, though this time with Wembanyama

• If first-half, double-digit leads mattered, the Trail Blazers would be heading back to San Antonio with a lead in the series

• After doing a good job of taking care of the ball the Trail Blazers had as many turnovers as made field goals in the second half of Game 4

• Trail Blazers need more from a number of players if they're to extend the series

• Tiago said he would consider changes, but what changes are there to make?

• If you play well enough to win in the first half, what changes can you really make in the second half?

• The Spurs seem to up their defensive intensity in the second half

• Multiple Trail Blazers might need to have career games in order to get the series back to Portland for a Game 6

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On this edition of The Brief Case, presented by Spirit Mountain Casino, Trail Blazers reporter/Insider Casey Holdahl discusses...

• The Trail Blazers rallying yet again in the fourth quarter to defeat the Spurs in San Antonio to even the series at 1-1

• At this point building a lead, losing it and then going down double digits in the fourth before coming away with the win is the Trail Blazers' SOP

• Scoot Henderson has the best game of his life to tilt the scales in Portland's favor while becoming the youngest Blazer to score at least 30 points in a playoff game

• Scoot gets it done on both sides of the ball by leading the Trail Blazers in scoring and geting "the box"

• Scoot finally has his moment after staying the course through three up and down seasons

• Jrue Holiday, Deni Avdija and Toumani Camara all made timely plays in the fourth

• Robert Williams III has been the Trail Blazers' second best player through the first two games of the series and why you absolutely love to see it

• Victor Wembanyama is in the concussion protocol and what that might mean for his stats for Games 3 and 4 in Portland

• Get out to Moda for Game 3 (Friday at 7:30 p.m) and Game 4 (Sunday at 12:30 p.m.)