The Portland Trail Blazers played poorly in the fourth quarter of their season opener on Wednesday night, and then head coach Chauncey Billups was arrested early Thursday morning.

Now Tiago Splitter takes over as interim coach of the Trail Blazers after Billups was charged on counts of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering as part of a FBI gambling investigation. Billups was placed on leave by the team.

The Trail Blazers will try to turn their attention to basketball on Friday night when they host the Golden State Warriors in the wake of the blindsiding off-court developments.

Billups coached Portland on Wednesday night when the Trail Blazers led most of the way before falling 118-114 to the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves. The Trail Blazers were outscored 30-19 in the fo

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