Blazers lose guard to painful injury in win vs. Suns

The Portland Trail Blazers’ strong start to the 2026-27 season continued on Wednesday with a 132-119 victory over the Phoenix Suns to move to 6-1 on the new campaign. However, they did not come out of that battle unscathed. With a little over two minutes remaining in the third quarter, reserve guard Vit Krejci took a hit as he defended Miles Bridges in transition, and he immediately fell to the ground and writhed in pain .