Utah Jazz visit Portland Trail Blazers. Jazz are 0-1 and have gone L-L-W-L-L in their last 5, while Trail Blazers are 1-0 and have gone W-L-L-L-W in their last 5.
Our ratings favor Trail Blazers: about 86% to win, with a projected score of Utah Jazz 108, Portland Trail Blazers 120. A win for Jazz would count as a real upset. These are model estimates built from past results, not guarantees.
The teams have met 8 times in our recent records. Trail Blazers lead 6-2, and the average margin has been 0.4 points in favor of Trail Blazers.
On the injury report, Shaedon Sharpe (POR), Chris Youngblood (POR), Branden Carlson (POR), and Jusuf Nurkic (UTA) are listed as out.