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Portland Trail Blazers
6-3 overall · 5-1 on the road
Sun 3/21
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3-5 overall · 3-2 at home
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Trail BlazersOffense
SunsDefense

The Trail Blazers rank 6th in the NBA in offensive rating (115.7), and the Suns rank 27th in defensive rating (116.3). Strength meets weakness: an edge for the offense.

League average is 110.8, so the Trail Blazers are 4.9 above it. Deni Avdija leads them with 22.3 points a game on 57.4% true shooting.

Deni AvdijaTop scorer · POR
Devin BookerTop scorer · PHX
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Trail Blazers6-3
Suns3-5
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Team vs team

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

PORPHX
Scoring
119.33rd · Top 5
Points per game
NBA avg 113.2
112.417th · Average
113.816th · Average
Points allowed
NBA avg 113.4
118.625th · Below avg
+5.610th · Above avg
Point margin
NBA avg -0.2
-6.221st · Below avg
Efficiency
115.76th · Above avg
Offensive rating
NBA avg 110.8
112.214th · Average
111.618th · Average
Defensive rating
NBA avg 110.9
116.327th · Bottom 5
+4.112th · Average
Net rating
NBA avg -0.1
-4.021st · Below avg
102.513th
Pace
NBA avg 102.2
101.121st
Shooting
56.2%3rd · Top 5
Effective FG%
NBA avg 53.1%
54.7%8th · Above avg
60.2%3rd · Top 5
True shooting %
NBA avg 57.1%
57.8%12th · Average
15.16th · Above avg
Threes made
NBA avg 13.1
13.215th · Average
35.6%13th · Average
Three-point %
NBA avg 34.7%
35.9%12th · Average
0.372nd · Top 5
Free-throw rate
NBA avg 0.29
0.2426th · Bottom 5
Defense
51.5%11th · Average
Opponent eFG%
NBA avg 53.2%
55.5%24th · Below avg
7.324th · Below avg
Steals
NBA avg 8.5
9.28th · Above avg
4.819th · Average
Blocks
NBA avg 5.0
4.915th · Average
Possessions
15.8%23rd · Below avg
Turnover rate
NBA avg 14.8%
14.1%10th · Above avg
29.5%9th · Above avg
Off. rebound rate
NBA avg 27.5%
25.8%19th · Average
45.29th · Above avg
Rebounds
NBA avg 44.2
39.230th · Bottom 5
26.216th · Average
Assists
NBA avg 26.2
27.95th · Top 5

Recent form

Portland Trail Blazers
WWWLL

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

Phoenix Suns
LLLWW

Last 5: average margin -1.4 (season -6.2). Streak W2.

Key players

Portland Trail Blazers
PlayerPTSREBASTTS%
Deni AvdijaF 22.36.46.357.4
Damian LillardG 19.43.24.459.9
Ja MorantG 15.82.55.562.2
Toumani CamaraF 13.13.41.169.1
Phoenix Suns
PlayerPTSREBASTTS%
Devin BookerG 25.22.84.959.9
Miles BridgesF 16.98.13.658.1
Dillon BrooksG-F 16.83.92.561.0
Jalen GreenG 12.42.93.648.0

Injury report

Portland Trail Blazers
Ja Morant G · back ~12/1 Out
Shaedon Sharpe G · back ~3/2 Out
Vit Krejci G · back ~1/2 Out
Robert Williams III C-F · back ~11/10 Day-To-Day
Phoenix Suns
Mark Williams C · Left Shoulder Surgery · back ~2/3 Out
Jordan Goodwin G · Right Calf Injury Management · back ~11/9 Questionable

Earlier this season

10/21/26 · at PORPHX 83 – POR 124
11/4/26 · at PHXPHX 119 – POR 132

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.

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