On this edition of the Brief Case, Casey Holdahl discusses...• Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups' comments after Portland's 110-100 victory versus the Pistons in Detroit• The Blazers going 2-1 on their first extended road trip and the impressive way in which they won those two games• Shaedon Sharpe turning in the best half of his career in Wednesday's victory in Detroit • Sharpe improving in terms of drawing fouls and defending • Portland's first In-Season Tournament game on Friday versus the Memphis Grizzlies at Moda Center and their West Group A tourmanent schedule• The release of the Trail Blazers' 2023-23 City Edition jersey, which features a number of callouts to Hall of Fame coach Dr. Jack Ramsay• Friday's In-Season Tournament game being a "Plaid Out" at Moda Center• And the late-breaking news that Scoot Henderson will miss Friday's game with a sprained right ankle, an injury he suffered in the third quarter of Wednesday's victory in Detroit