Blazers coach Chauncey Billups to miss 2 games

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Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups will miss the next two games following the death of his grandmother.

The team confirmed that assistant Nate Bjorkgren will coach Thursday night's home game against the Utah Jazz and Saturday's home date with the Philadelphia 76ers.

The Blazers (9-20) have lost two straight games and eight of their last nine.

Billups, 48, is in hi