Phoenix Suns visit Portland Trail Blazers early in the season. Neither team has a regular-season result yet, so our read leans on last season's games: Suns went W-L-L-L-L and Trail Blazers went L-W-L-L-L over their last five.
Our ratings favor Trail Blazers: about 63% to win, with a projected score of Phoenix Suns 112, Portland Trail Blazers 116. These are model estimates built from past results, not guarantees.
The teams have met 8 times in our recent records. The series is even, and the average margin has been 0.6 points in favor of Trail Blazers.
On the injury report, Shaedon Sharpe (POR), Chris Youngblood (POR), Branden Carlson (POR), and Mark Williams (PHX) are listed as out.