76ers vs. Portland Trail Blazers at a glance

76ers vs. Portland Trail Blazers at a glance

TEAMS: Sixers (23-40) vs. Blazers (27-35)

WHEN:  10 p.m. Thursday

WHERE:  Moda Center

BROADCASTS: TV – CSN RADIO – 97.5 FM

SOCIAL MEDIA COVERAGE:  TWITTER – @PompeyOnSixers, INSTAGRAM – PompeyOnSixers

411 ON Trail Blazers: It's no longer just the Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum Show.

Jusuf Nurkic is averaging 14.9 points, 8.1 rebounds and 4.0 assists in the seven games played since being acquired in a trade from the Denver Nuggets. He scored at least 15 points in four straight games.

Reserve Meyers Leonard, averaged 8.5 points while shooting 66.7 percent in the last four games. Another reserve, Al-Farouq Aminu, averaged 13.7 points and 7.9 rebounds and shot 47.8 percent on three-pointers in the last 10 games.

And reserve Allen Crabbe is starting to live up to the four-year, $75 million contract he signed over the summer.

All those things have Portland attempting to win four consecutive games when it faces the Sixers on Thursday night.

PROBABLE STARTERS

SIXERS (23-40)

33 Robert Covington SF 6-9  12.4 ppg. 1.91 spg.

9 Dario Saric PF 6-10  11.6 ppg. 6.3 rpg.

8 Jahlil Okafor C 6-11  11.5 ppg. 4.9 rpg.

11 Nik Stauskas SG 6-6  9.3 ppg. 2.1 apg.

1 T.J. McConnell PG 6-2 6.5 ppg. 6.1 apg.

Coach: Brett Brown (Fourth season, 70-239)

Injury report: Ben Simmons (right foot fracture, out), Jerryd Bayless, (left wrist ligament tear, out), Joel Embiid (left knee meniscus tear, bone bruise, out), Tiago Splitter (right calf strain, out).

BLAZERS (27-35)

4 Maurice Harkless SF 6-9 10.7 ppg. 4.8 rpg.

21 Noah Vonleh PF 6-9 3.4 ppg. 4.2 rpg.

27  Jusuf Nurkic C 7-0 14.9 ppg. 8.1 rpg.

3 C.J McCollum SG 6-3 23.3 ppg. 3.5 apg.

0 Damian Lillard PG 6-3  26.0 ppg. 5.9 apg.

Coach: Terry Stotts (Ninth season, 324-349)

Injury report:   Ed Davis (left shoulder, out); Festus Ezeli (left knee, out) and Evan Turner (right hand, out).

THE SERIES

Sixers own a 57-51 series advantage.

LAS VEGAS LINE

Portland is a 9 ½-point favorite.

LAST SERIES MEETING

Covington's three-pointer with 4.5 seconds left gave the Sixers a 93-92 victory on Jan. 20 at the Wells Fargo Center. The small forward finished with 22 points and hit two three-pointers in the final 40 seconds.

Lillard finished with a game-high 30 points. McCollum added 16 for the Blazers.

Embiid suffered his bone bruise to his left knee during this game.

COMING GAMES

Saturday: 3:30 p.m., at Staples Center, Sixers at Los Angeles Clippers

Sunday: 9:30 p.m., at Staples Center, Sixers at Los Angeles Lakers

Tuesday: 10:30 p.m., at Oracle Arena, Sixers at Golden State Warriors

March 17: 7 p.m., at Wells Fargo Center, Dallas Mavericks at Sixers

March 19: 1 p.m., at Wells Fargo Center, Boston Celtics at Sixers

Follow and contact 76ers beat writer Keith Pompey on Twitter and on Instagram at PompeyOnSixers.