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Utah Jazz at Portland Trail Blazers

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5-17, 3-8 Away
Final
141 - 99

John Collins scores 20 points, Jazz snap 5-game skid with 141-99 victory over the Trail Blazers

Utah Jazz vs. Portland Trail Blazers: Game Highlights

Walker Kessler had 13 points, 17 rebounds and five blocks for the Jazz in just their fifth win of the season.

Jerami Grant had 19 points for Portland in its third straight loss. The Blazers trailed by 46 points and drew boos from the home fans.

The Jazz raced to a 38-20 lead. The Blazers were hurt early in the game when Toumani Camara limped off the court with a right foot injury and did not return.

The Jazz led 67-44 at the half and pushed the margin to 30 points at 76-46 in the third quarter. All of Utah's starters were in double figures at that point.

Takeaways Jazz: Forward Lauri Markkanen was a late scratch with lower back injury management. He missed three games earlier in the season with the same issue. Svi Mykhailiuk started in his place.

Trail Blazers: Portland was without Scoot Henderson for the fifth straight game because of a left quad contusion. Rookie Donovan Clingan has a sprained left knee.

Key Mmment Collin Sexton passed to Collins for a dunk that gave the Jazz a 90-59 lead in the third quarter and put the bench on their feet. Shaedon Sharpe had a soaring dunk in the first half as the Blazers tried unsuccessfully to erase the deficit.

Key stat Blazers guard Anfernee Simons became the fourth player in Portland history to make 800-plus 3-pointers, joining Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum and Wesley Matthews. Overall the Blazers were dismal from the perimeter, making just 14 of 47 3-pointers.

Up next Both teams are back in action Sunday night. The Jazz are at Kings, and Trail Blazers at the Los Angeles Lakers.

Regular Season Series

UTAH leads series 1-0

Matchup Prediction

Trail Blazers: 74.1%
Jazz: 25.9%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 141 - 99
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 141 - 99
4th 4.2 shot clock turnover 141 - 99
4th 28.2 Kris Murray makes driving dunk (Jabari Walker assists) 141 - 99
4th 41.1 Isaiah Collier makes 8-foot driving floating jump shot 141 - 97

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
53-96 FG 37-95
55.2 Field Goal % 38.9
14-32 3PT 14-47
43.8 Three Point % 29.8
21-23 FT 11-17
91.3 Free Throw % 64.7
61 Rebounds 34
11 Offensive Rebounds 6
50 Defensive Rebounds 28
34 Assists 23
6 Steals 4
11 Blocks 7
12 Turnovers 10
2 Team Turnovers 1
14 Total Turnovers 11
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
14 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 8
39 Fast Break Points 18
76 Points in Paint 42
17 Fouls 22
46 Largest Lead 1

Game Information

Moda Center

Location: Portland, OR
Attendance: 16,446 · Capacity:

2024-25 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 56 12 .824 - W3
Denver 43 25 .632 13 L1
Minnesota 40 29 .580 16.5 W8
Portland 29 39 .426 27 W1
Utah 15 53 .221 41 L9
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