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Joe Freeman: Injury notes tonight for the Blazers, according to Tiago Splitter: •Blake Wesley will return tonight vs. the Cavaliers, playing in his first game since Halloween. •Deni Avdija is expected to play. •Scoot Henderson should make his season-debut "very, very soon."

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Sean Highkin: Tiago Splitter on Vit Krejci: “We’re ‘thirsty’ for a shooter like that.”

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Sean Highkin: Blake Wesley is officially in. Deni Avdija is “probably” playing per Tiago Splitter.

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Sean Highkin: Deni Avdija is once again listed as "Questionable" for today against the Wizards. Tiago Splitter said last night that he expects him to play. Programming note: My flight to DC was cancelled so I'm stranded in Boston today and going to New York tomorrow.

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Sean Highkin: Tiago Splitter says they’re giving Deni Avdija an extra day off today to be careful but the plan is for him to play tomorrow in Washington.

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In his postgame media presser of the Portland Trail Blazers' 127-110 win over the Miami Heat, interim coach Tiago Splitter revealed that he was primarily responsible for deactivating Avdija in the Thursday game. Avdija wanted to return, but Splitter opted for the precautionary approach due to the Blazers star's sudden back stiffness. "I think he'll be fine," Splitter said, noting he expects Avdija to play on Friday against the Toronto Raptors (via Joe Freeman of The Oregonian).

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Sean Highkin: Splitter on Scoot: "He's progressing. Everybody's a little frustrated, but it's a tough injury where people tend to have a second injury. So we've got to be careful with him. He's a big part of our franchise, so we've got to protect him. He's feeling better day by day."

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Sean Highkin: Scoot Henderson was running full-court sprints at the end of practice today. Tiago Splitter says he’s improving but they’re trying to be careful and avoid re-injury.

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Sean Highkin: Tiago Splitter says Jerami Grant is good to go tonight. It will be a similar deal to Jrue — he won’t start and will be on a minutes restriction. Also says Deni Avdija is “getting better” and considered day-to-day.

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Sean Highkin: Tiago Splitter says Avdija hurt his back but that’s all he knows so far. “I don’t want to sound the alarms too early, but I am worried about it.”

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Sean Highkin: Lost in the shuffle last night: Robert Williams III left the game in the second half with right knee soreness. Tiago said postgame that he didn't hurt it on a play, it just flared up and they wanted to be careful so he didn't come back in. Obviously worth monitoring.

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Sean Highkin: Tiago Splitter says the tooth Toumani Camara lost during the game tonight is going in the Box.

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Sean Highkin: Splitter says Grant is officially considered day-to-day.

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Sean Highkin: Grant is out. Tiago Splitter says right now they aren’t that concerned about the sore Achilles but they’re being careful.

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