Portland Trail Blazers @ Utah Jazz
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM ET
Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT | Game ID: 22500135
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
UTA 43 30 25 36 134POR 33 46 38 19 136
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Jrue Holiday scores 27 points, hits late free throws to help Blazers hold off Jazz 136-134
SALT LAKE CITY -- — Jrue Holiday had 27 points and eight assists, and he hit four free throws in the final seconds to help the Portland Trail Blazers hold off a late Utah rally and beat the Jazz 136-134 on Wednesday night.
Deni Avdija added 19 points and nine rebounds for the Blazers, and Shaedon Sharpe and Jerami Grant finished with 18 points apiece. Portland scored 27 points off 21 Utah turnovers on its way to a second straight road victory. The Blazers improved to 3-1 since coach Chauncey Billups was arrested for what federal authorities described as his involvement in illicit gambling activities and was placed on leave.
Lauri Markkanen scored 32 points to lead the Jazz, who lost at home for the first time this season. Keyonte George added 29 points and eight assists. Walker Kessler had 18 points and 12 rebounds.
Trailing 122-100 with 10:08 left, Utah used a 16-2 run bookended by 3-pointers from Kessler to cut the deficit to single digits.
Four straight baskets by George and Cody Williams , followed by free throws from Markkanen and George, trimmed Portland’s lead to 134-133 with 7.7 seconds remaining.
Holiday went 4 of 4 from the free-throw line in the final seconds to prevent Utah from completing the comeback.
Portland went 14 of 29 from 3-point range in the first half. Sharpe, Grant and Duop Reath hit three 3s apiece before halftime.
Hot perimeter shooting sparked the Blazers’ rally from a double-digit deficit to take a 79-73 halftime lead. Portland scored 46 points in the second quarter after Utah tallied 43 first-quarter points.
The Blazers pulled away after halftime, going up 106-86 late in the third quarter following an 11-2 run. Toumani Camara made three baskets and assisted another to help Portland build a double-digit lead.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
UTAAB A. Bailey
BS B. Sensabaugh
CW C. Williams
EH E. Harkless
JN J. Nurkić
KF K. Filipowski
KG K. George
LM L. Markkanen
NU Nurkic
SM S. Mykhailiuk
TH T. Hendricks
WC W. Clayton Jr.
WK W. Kessler
PORBW B. Wesley
CL C. Love
DA D. Avdija
DC D. Clingan
DR D. Reath
HY H. Yang
JG J. Grant
JH J. Holiday
MT M. Thybulle
RR R. Rupert
SS S. Sharpe
TC T. Camara
UTA/POR 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