Assistant coach Nate Bjorkgren will serve as the head coach for the team for a few games. Blazers on SI sends thoughts and condolences to the entire Billups family during this time.The Trail Blazers will be taking on the Utah Jazz on Thursday,

Portland's coach will not be on the sidelines for home games on Dec. 26 and 28 following his grandmother's death.

Portland trail Blazers Head Coach Chauncey Billups will miss the team’s upcoming home games against the Utah Jazz and the Dallas Mavericks due to the recent passing of his grandmother.

Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups will miss the next two games following the death of his grandmother. The team said assistant Nate Bjorkgren will coach home games against the Utah Jazz on Thursday and Dallas Mavericks on Saturday.

And then boom, they had 15 points in that little span to open the game up a little bit,” Billups said. Off an unyielding series of Trail Blazers turnovers, the Spurs went 19-