Portland Trail Blazers at LA Clippers: Game preview, TV channel, how to watch live stream

The Portland Trail Blazers (3-4) visit the LA Clippers (5-2) Thursday night at the Staples Center.

Here are the details:

What: Blazers at Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

TV channel: TNT (Comcast / Xfinity channel 754 in HD, or 54 SD)

How to watch live online: Stream live with your cable provider login information. If you don’t have cable, you can watch still the game live for FREE with FuboTV (free trial) or on Hulu Live (free trial). If you have run out of free trials, you can also try out Sling TV, which is the cheapest option for cord cutters who want to watch live sports without signing up with a traditional cable TV provider. There are a variety of other streaming options you can try: www.nba.com/blazers/watch

Listen: Radio on KPOJ 620 AM in the Portland area.

ABOUT THE CLIPPERS

This is the second game of a tough back-to-back for the Clippers, who host the Milwaukee Bucks Wednesday night at Staples Center. … Before that matchup, the Clippers were 4-0 at home and had opened a season by winning their first four home games for the third time in 14 years. … LA moved to 4-0 with a 105-94 victory over the Utah Jazz. Kawhi Leonard scored 30 points and the Clippers’ bench outscored Utah’s backups 50-19. … Leonard scored 18 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter, as LA outscored the Jazz 40-25 in the decisive period. … It was the latest clutch late-game outburst for Leonard, who leads the NBA in fourth quarter scoring (12.6 points) and steals (1.6). … Thanks in part to his play, the Clippers entered their matchup against the Bucks as one of the NBA’s best late-game teams, ranking eighth in fourth quarter scoring (29.6 points) and steals (2.4) and ninth in field goal percentage (48.7 percent), while featuring the fourth-best plus/minus differential (3.9). … Despite adding big-name pieces like Leonard and Paul George — who has yet to make his LA debut — the Clippers still lean on their exceptional depth. The Clippers lead the NBA in bench scoring (55.1 points per game) and their reserves have outscored opposing benches in every game this season. Lou Williams (19.7 points per game, second) and Montrezl Harrell (9.3, fourth) rank among the top five in the NBA in bench scoring. … Williams is the only player in NBA history to appear in 50 games and average 20 or more points while playing less than 27.0 minutes per game…. George, who is recovering from offseason surgeries to both shoulders, started playing 3-on-3 over the weekend, and could make his Clippers debut by the end of the month. … Former Blazers forward Moe Harkless is averaging 5.6 points and 3.0 rebounds, while shooting 55 percent from the field, in his first season with LA. … The Clippers entered Wednesday’s game with the fourth-best regular season record (407-239) since the start of the 2011-12 season. Only San Antonio, Golden State and Oklahoma City had more victories during that span. … Leonard, who was expected to sit out the Bucks game for load management, averaged 33.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.00 steals in two games against the Blazers with the Raptors last season. He has scored at least 30 points in three of his last five games against Portland.