POR @ CHI — The Matchups

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Portland Trail Blazers

6-3 overall · 5-1 on the road

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Chicago Bulls

1-7 overall · 0-2 at home

Matchup insights

Trail BlazersOffense

BullsDefense

The Trail Blazers rank 5th in the NBA in offensive rating (115.7), and the Bulls have the worst defensive rating (120.5). Strength meets weakness: an edge for the offense.

League average is 110.6, so the Trail Blazers are 5.1 above it. Deni Avdija leads them with 22.3 points a game on 57.4% true shooting.

Deni AvdijaTop scorer · POR

Caleb WilsonTop scorer · CHI

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Trail Blazers6-3

Bulls1-7

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BullsOffense

Trail BlazersDefense

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Team vs team

Season before this game (POR 9 games, CHI 8). Small text is the league rank; ✓ marks the better number. Hover a stat for what it means.

PORCHI

Scoring

119.33rd · Top 5

Points per game

NBA avg 113.1

111.618th · Average

113.816th · Average

Points allowed

NBA avg 113.4

129.630th · Bottom 5

+5.610th · Above avg

Point margin

NBA avg -0.2

-18.030th · Bottom 5

Efficiency

115.75th · Top 5

Offensive rating

NBA avg 110.6

103.628th · Bottom 5

111.619th · Average

Defensive rating

NBA avg 110.7

120.530th · Bottom 5

+4.111th · Average

Net rating

NBA avg -0.1

-16.930th · Bottom 5

102.515th

Pace

NBA avg 102.3

107.61st

Shooting

56.2%3rd · Top 5

Effective FG%

NBA avg 53.1%

47.6%29th · Bottom 5

60.2%3rd · Top 5

True shooting %

NBA avg 57.0%

52.8%29th · Bottom 5

15.16th · Above avg

Threes made

NBA avg 13.1

11.624th · Below avg

35.6%13th · Average

Three-point %

NBA avg 34.6%

27.2%30th · Bottom 5

0.372nd · Top 5

Free-throw rate

NBA avg 0.29

0.373rd · Top 5

Defense

51.5%10th · Above avg

Opponent eFG%

NBA avg 53.1%

56.9%28th · Bottom 5

7.324th · Below avg

Steals

NBA avg 8.5

8.415th · Average

4.819th · Average

Blocks

NBA avg 5.0

5.111th · Average

Possessions

15.8%22nd · Below avg

Turnover rate

NBA avg 14.8%

15.0%18th · Average

29.5%9th · Above avg

Off. rebound rate

NBA avg 27.4%

28.8%14th · Average

45.210th · Above avg

Rebounds

NBA avg 44.3

43.918th · Average

26.216th · Average

Assists

NBA avg 26.2

24.625th · Below avg

Recent form

Portland Trail Blazers

WWWLL

Last 5: average margin +3.0 (season +5.6). Streak L2.

Chicago Bulls

LLLLL

Last 5: average margin -20.8 (season -18.0). Streak L6.

Key players

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	PTS	REB	AST	TS%
Deni AvdijaF	22.3	6.4	6.3	57.4
Damian LillardG	19.4	3.2	4.4	59.9
Ja MorantG	15.8	2.5	5.5	62.2
Toumani CamaraF	13.1	3.4	1.1	69.1

Chicago Bulls

Player	PTS	REB	AST	TS%
Caleb WilsonF	19.5	6.5	2.4	51.0
Norman PowellF-G	19.2	2.5	1.6	57.7
Matas BuzelisF	12.9	4.4	2.0	55.5
Jalen SmithF-C	11.0	7.8	1.8	56.9

Injury report

Portland Trail Blazers

Ja Morant G · back ~12/1 Out

Robert Williams III C-F · back ~11/10 Out

Shaedon Sharpe G · back ~3/2 Out

Vit Krejci G · back ~1/2 Out

Chicago Bulls

Dailyn Swain F · Right Disc Irritation Out

Zach Collins F-C · Respiratory Illness · back ~11/11 Out

Nicolas Claxton F-C · Left Hamstring Strain · back ~11/8 Questionable

Norman Powell F-G · Right Shoulder Inflammation / Soreness Questionable

Tobe Awaka F · Left MCL Sprain · back ~11/8 Questionable

Team numbers are computed from every box score this season; ratings use the standard possession estimate. Data from balldontlie; this isn't official NBA data.