Utah Jazz @ Portland Trail Blazers
Friday, March 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM ET
Moda Center, Portland, OR | Game ID: 22500967
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
POR 28 38 29 29 124UTA 38 20 31 25 114
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Trail Blazers beat the Jazz 124-114 to close in on the Warriors for 9th in the West
PORTLAND, Ore. -- — Jrue Holiday and Scoot Henderson each scored 25 points, Donovan Clingan had 21 points and 15 rebounds and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Utah Jazz 124-114 on Friday night.
With Golden State’s loss to Minnesota, the Trail Blazers moved within a half-game of the Warriors for the ninth seed in the Western Conference.
Brice Sensabaugh led Utah with 31 points.
After Utah jumped out to a 33-15 lead, the Trail Blazers found their footing and went on a 27-5 run to take control.
Portland’s Sidy Cissoko’s 3-pointer hit back-to-back 3-pointers to open the second to make it 38-34, part of a 14-0 run to open the periodr. Portland took its first lead on a 3-pointer by Holiday, and led 66-58 at halftime.
The Jazz made several runs to cut into the lead in the second half. A layup by Oscar Tshiebwe made it 91-89 with 2:01 left in the third quarter, but that was as close as the Jazz would get.
Sensabaugh’s sixth 3-pointer making it 106-101 with 5:49 left. Portland answered with consecutive 3s by Holiday and Henderson to make it 114-103 with 3:28 left.
Utah’s Ace Bailey was ruled out after seven minutes because of concussion symptoms. He had eight points.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver was in attendance for Friday night’s game. The sale of the Trail Blazers is expected to be finalized at the upcoming NBA Board of Governors meeting. Silver did not speak to reporters.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
PORBW B. Wesley
DA D. Avdija
DC D. Clingan
JG J. Grant
JH J. Holiday
KM K. Murray
KR Krejci
MT M. Thybulle
SC S. Cissoko
SH S. Henderson
TC T. Camara
VK V. Krejčí
UTAAB A. Bailey
AG A. Garcia
BM B. Mbeng
BS B. Sensabaugh
CW C. Williams
EH E. Harkless
IC I. Collier
KF K. Filipowski
OT O. Tshiebwe
POR/UTA the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur