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Utah Jazz at Portland Trail Blazers

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7-22, 5-12 Away
Final
120 - 122

10-20, 7-7 Home

Henderson hits late jumper, Avdija and Sharpe each score 27 as Trail Blazers beat Jazz 122-120

Utah Jazz vs. Portland Trail Blazers: Game Highlights

Henderson finished with 18 points and 10 assists, Deandre Ayton added 18 points and 12 rebounds, and Jerami Grant scored 14 points for Portland.

Lauri Markkanen scored 25 points on 8-for-14 shooting to lead Utah. Collin Sexton added 19 points and Svi Mykhailiuk had 18 points.

Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups was away from the team following the recent death of his grandmother and will miss their next game against Dallas on Saturday as well. Assistant coach Nate Bjorkgren is filling in as acting head coach in Billups' absence.

Takeaways Trail Blazers: Anfernee Simons struggled with his shooting, going 3 for 12 from the field, including 2 for 8 from 3-point range.

Jazz: Utah lost despite outshooting Portland from 3-point range, 50 percent (21 for 42) to 39.5 percent (15 for 38).

Key moment Henderson’s turnaround fadeaway from the right wing with 0.1 seconds remaining gave the Trail Blazers the lead for good.

Key stat Portland outscored Utah in the paint 50-36.

Up Next Jazz host Philadelphia on Saturday, and Trail Blazers host Dallas.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Matchup Prediction

Trail Blazers: 60.9%
Jazz: 39.1%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 120 - 122
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 120 - 122
4th 0.0 Isaiah Collier bad pass (Donovan Clingan steals) 120 - 122
4th 0.0 Donovan Clingan enters the game for Deni Avdija 120 - 122
4th 0.0 Jazz Full timeout 120 - 122

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/utah.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originUTAH https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/por.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originPOR
41-86 FG 45-89
47.7 Field Goal % 50.6
21-42 3PT 15-38
50.0 Three Point % 39.5
17-25 FT 17-22
68.0 Free Throw % 77.3
46 Rebounds 43
11 Offensive Rebounds 9
35 Defensive Rebounds 34
26 Assists 26
9 Steals 10
5 Blocks 8
13 Turnovers 11
0 Team Turnovers 0
13 Total Turnovers 11
0 Technical Fouls 1
0 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
12 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 18
20 Fast Break Points 18
36 Points in Paint 50
16 Fouls 20
15 Largest Lead 6

Game Information

Moda Center

Location: Portland, OR
Attendance: 16,934 · Capacity:

2024-25 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 34 7 .829 - L1
Denver 25 16 .610 9 W1
Minnesota 22 19 .537 12 W1
Portland 13 27 .325 20.5 L4
Utah 10 30 .250 23.5 L2
Full Standings

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