Overview
- Tipoff is Friday at 10 p.m. EDT in Portland in the teams’ fourth meeting of the season.
- Portland will be without Shaedon Sharpe and Damian Lillard, with the rest of the rotation available according to team PR.
- The Trail Blazers won the first three matchups and averaged 136 points, including a 135-119 win on Feb. 13 when Jrue Holiday scored 31.
- Utah guard Keyonte George left Wednesday’s game with a right hamstring issue and his status is uncertain; he averages 23.6 points and 6.1 assists.
- Portland sits 10th in the West with 16 games remaining and faces a five-game road trip next, while Utah has lost 9 of its last 11 entering a three-game trip.