How to Watch Rip City TV Network: If you don’t have cable, you can watch the game live for FREE with an HDTV antenna through your local ABC affiliate (Charge 2.2 in Portland). For more information about Rip City TV and how to watch Blazers games, visit nba.com/blazers/watch.

Friday's matchup is the first this season between the squads. Portland is 1-1 against the Northwest Division, and Denver is 1-0 against division opponents. You can watch Friday's game over-the-air for free on KTVD. Coverage starts at 7:30 p.m.

T he Denver Nuggets couldn't get it done for their first NBA Cup game of the year vs. the Portland Trail Blazers on Halloween night, falling in narrow fashion 107-109 as a result of some critical last-second unravelings,