Damian Lillard is day-to-day after rolling his ankle in Friday's loss to the Spurs.

Results of an X-ray came back negative but Lillard left the arena in a walking boot.

"I know I rolled it good. I went back in the game because I wanted to test it, and it hurt,'' Lillard said. "Went out there for a few possessions and it didn't make sense to even be out there."

Lillard is averaging 27.0 points and 6.2 assists per game.

Festus Ezeli will likely undergo season-ending surgery on his left knee.

Ezeli’s representatives at BDA Sports and the Portland Trail Blazers have not yet finalized the surgery, but he’s strongly leaning toward the procedure.

Ezeli's left knee has failed to adequately respond in rehab.

Ezeli signed a two-year, $15 million contract with the Blazers after three seasons with the Golden State Warriors.

The deal is partially guaranteed in 2017-18 for $1 million out of his $7.7 million salary.

When the Portland Trail Blazers go on road trips, they bring their own supply of Sad lights for the visiting locker room.

The lights are named for what they are designed to counteract: Seasonal Affective Disorder, a depression-adjacent condition brought by a dearth of exposure to natural sunlight. The Blazers' traveling lights are roughly 2-foot by 3-foot rectangles facing out in the middle of their locker room on the road.

“The happy lights,” said Mason Plumlee.

The Blazers have long installed Sad lights within the ceilings of their Moda Center home locker room and above their practice facility court. “Our practice simulates the lighting at an arena,” Terry Stotts said. 

“I think it wakes you up,” Lillard said. “I feel like it brings a certain type of energy to the locker room and it’s become a part of our preparation now.”

“We try and have the lights in the locker room at least as bright as the arena” Stotts said. “So that when you come into the locker room at halftime, the lights don’t bring you down.”

Hassan Whiteside signed a four-year maximum contract with the Miami Heat worth approximately $98 million.

“Portland was my second option,” Whiteside said at the team’s Saturday shootaround in Portland. “I would have came here.”