Rip City saw a welcome sight in the Moda Center Saturday evening. Portland Trail Blazers forward Rodney Hood made his first appearance since rupturing his Achilles tendon against the Los Angeles Lakers on December 6, 2020. The fifth-year forward out of Duke University also attended the Blazers game the night prior in Los Angeles, his first game he attended since the injury, presumingly to pay respect to Kobe Bryant who tragically passed away in a helicopter accident.