Portland Trail Blazers @ Utah Jazz
NBA 2026-27 ·
A probability, not a promise. A 61% pick still loses about 4 times in 10.
Advantages Why Trail Blazers can win
- Recent form: average margin over the last five games, Trail Blazers +8.8, Jazz -7.8.
- Recent scoring margins: worth about 4.1 points to the Trail Blazers in our ratings.
- Simulation: the Trail Blazers win 6,100 of 10,000 simulated games.
- Net rating (points per 100 possessions): Trail Blazers 18th (-0.5), Jazz 27th (-7.9).
- Efficiency (points per 100 possessions): worth about 1.9 points to the Trail Blazers in our ratings.
Disadvantages Why Trail Blazers may not
- Upset odds: the Jazz win 3,900 of 10,000 simulations (39%). A 61% pick still loses about 4 times in 10.
- Home court: the Jazz play at home, worth about 2 points in today's NBA.
- Range of outcomes: in the worst 10% of simulations the Trail Blazers lose by 13 or more.
- Ball security (turnovers per 100 possessions): Jazz 21st (14.8), Trail Blazers 30th (16.3).
- Weak spot: the Trail Blazers rank 30th of 30 in ball security (turnovers per 100 possessions) (16.3).
The line and our numbers
| Market | AZMango | |
|---|---|---|
| Spread | No line yet | POR -4 |
| Total points | n/a | 235.1 |
| Win chance | POR n/a · UTA n/a | POR 61% · UTA 39% |
| Fair moneyline | POR -157 · UTA +157 |
No betting line for this pairing. Odds change all the time, so check a sportsbook before acting on any number here.
10,000 simulated games, possession by possession
- Typical score: Jazz 116, Trail Blazers 120.
- 80% of simulations land between Trail Blazers by 20 and Jazz by 13.
Who's playing?
POR Trail Blazers
Nobody listed.
UTA Jazz
- Lauri Markkanen Questionable Injury/Illness - Right Wrist Sprain
- Jaren Jackson Jr. Out Injury/Illness - Right Knee MCL Tear
- Trey Alexander Out G League - Two - Way
- Kobe Bufkin Out G League - Two - Way
- Harrison Ingram Out G League - Two - Way
- Jusuf Nurkic Out Injury/Illness - Right Foot 2nd Plantar Plate Tear
From the NBA's official injury report (latest version we read). Teams must update it through the day; the final word comes about 30 minutes before tip-off. Out counts fully in our numbers, doubtful three-quarters, questionable about a third.
Side by side
| POR | UTA | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-1 | Record | 1-4 |
| -0.5 18 | Net rating | -7.9 27 |
| 110.9 21 | Offensive rating | 111.1 20 |
| 111.4 12 | Defensive rating | 119.0 29 |
| 53.2% 24 | Effective FG% | 53.6% 20 |
| 54.1% 12 | Opponent eFG% | 57.6% 30 |
| 16.3 30 | Turnovers per 100 | 14.8 21 |
| 30.9% 2 | Offensive rebound % | 26.3% 12 |
| 34.1% 28 | 3-point % | 34.4% 24 |
| 103.7 11 | Pace | 105.6 2 |
Small numbers are league ranks (1 = best of 30; pace 1 = fastest). Ratings are points per 100 possessions (2025-26 and 2026-27 seasons).
Last 5 meetings
| Date | Season | Score | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-13 | 2025-26 | UTA 114 @ POR 124 | POR |
| 2026-02-12 | 2025-26 | POR 135 @ UTA 119 | POR |
| 2026-01-05 | 2025-26 | UTA 117 @ POR 137 | POR |
| 2025-10-29 | 2025-26 | POR 136 @ UTA 134 | POR |
| 2025-04-09 | 2024-25 | POR 126 @ UTA 133 | UTA |
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Basis: power ratings only (no betting line yet). 10,000 simulated games, checked against a walk-forward backtest of 10,227 NBA games since 2018-19. Model version 1. How it works
Few lines logged this season yet, so the ratings lean on scoring margins and efficiency.