A short blurb in the Portland Biz Journal:

During the last three regular seasons, the Portland Trail Blazers victory total jumped by 11, nine and 13 wins, respectively. During the same period, the team’s revenue exploded, spiking from $78 million to $114 million, according to Forbes magazine.

The 48 percent increase boosted the team’s value from $227 million to $307 million and pushed it to the edge of profitability.

The magazine estimates the team had an $85.1 million operating deficit in 2003-04. It’s now slightly less than $1 million.

That means the Blazers, after meeting their team goal of making the playoffs this season, could reach their business goal — profitability — in the next two years after more than $100 million in losses this decade.