Old-school NBA fans might remember the days when every game meant that one team — usually the home team — wore white uniforms as an on-court contrast to their rivals’ colorful threads. But thanks to a more recent (and fun) bit of uniform scheduling, we’re getting more NBA games than ever before that feature each team sporting full-color outfits on both sides of the court.
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Full-color contrasts will definitely by flying up and down the court on the NBA on NBC on Tuesday, January 13, when the Portland Trail Blazers visit the Golden State Warriors for a Western Conference showdown on NBC and Peacock. The Warriors will be decked out in their gold-on-blue Icon Edition uniforms, while the Blazers will show up looking red-hot in Portland’s especially eye-catching Statement Edition threads.
Believe it or not, Portland’s Statement Edition unis this season represent the first time ever that the Trail Blazers have actually featured their iconic and unmistakable “Pinwheel” logo right on the front of the jersey. Ready for even more fun facts about Portland’s franchise-celebrating Statement Edition uniforms for the 2025-2026 NBA season? Keep on scrolling for details!
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The story behind the Portland Trail Blazers’ Statement Edition uniforms
As the histories of NBA franchises go, the Trail Blazers are kind of pioneers within the league’s 80-year timeline. One of three teams that expanded the NBA into a 17-team league beginning with the 1970-1971 season, the Blazers were on the leading edge of a three-decade growth spurt that eventually saw the NBA reach its current 30-team lineup.
That pioneering spirit — combined with the pioneering spirit that helped define the settlement of the Trail Blazers’ native Pacific Northwest — plays a big part in the design logic behind the 2025-2026 Statement Edition uniforms they’ll be wearing against Golden State on Tuesday.
The Blazers’ “Pinwheel” logo — traditionally appearing down low on the shorts in past iterations of the team’s uniform — tilts at a 45-degree angle to commemorate the 45th Parallel North latitude line that runs through the region. The 10 lines that comprise the pinwheel — five on each side — were originally conceived as a way to “represent two teams of five coming together at center court in competition,” according to LockerVision, the NBA’s official uniform-tracking platform.
The theme of five players uniting continues along the sides of the Statement Edition’s jerseys, where “the 10 black deconstructed ‘Pinwheel’ hashmarks… represent the 5 on 5 symbolism,” explains LockerVision. Moving further down, the shorts feature the Trail Blazers’ “ripcity” team mantra along the beltline “as a tribute to the unity between the team, community and fans,” while repeating the five-stripe theme on each side.
Topping it all off, the Blazers’ Statement Edition jerseys serve up a celebration of Portland’s eternal status as NBA Champions with the inclusion of a gold trophy icon along the jerseys’ back neckline. It’s a franchise badge of honor that pays tribute to the Trail Blazers’ 1977 NBA Championship squad that took down the Philadelphia 76ers in six games and featured the late, legendary Bill Walton (who earned NBA Finals MVP honors in the series).
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How to watch the Portland Trail Blazers vs. Golden State Warriors on the NBA on NBC’s Coast 2 Coast Tuesday
Deni Avdija and the the Portland Trail Blazers will try to complete a perfect four-game season sweep against Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, January 13 when the two teams face off for their fourth and final regular-season meeting. Tipoff time is set for 11 p.m. ET, with the NBA on NBC broadcasting the Coast 2 Coast Tuesday game live on NBC and streaming on Peacock.