Overview
- Tip-off is 7 p.m. Pacific at the Moda Center, with Portland 16-20 hosting Utah 12-22 in their second meeting of the season.
- Portland lists Jerami Grant, Scoot Henderson, Damian Lillard, Matisse Thybulle, Blake Wesley and Jrue Holiday out, while Robert Williams III is probable.
- Utah rules out Walker Kessler and Georges Niang, lists Ace Bailey as questionable, and has former Blazer Jusuf Nurkic available after a toe sprain.
- Deni Avdija, fresh off Western Conference Player of the Week honors and leading the NBA in total minutes, continues to shoulder Portland’s playmaking after a triple-double in San Antonio.
- The Jazz bring a high-paced, high-scoring offense and one of the league’s worst defenses, and betting markets list Utah around -190 with a total near 240.5 after Portland won the Oct. 29 opener 136-134.