Utah Jazz 117, Portland Trail Blazers 137 — Recap

January 5, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Utah Jazz 117, Portland Trail Blazers 137. Scoring by quarter: Q1 UTA 26-36 POR; Q2 UTA 31-42 POR; Q3 UTA 26-36 POR; Q4 UTA 34-23 POR.

Top performers (box score): Deni Avdija (POR) 33 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, 4 threes on 10-of-19 shooting; Shaedon Sharpe (POR) 29 points, 5 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 threes on 11-of-19 shooting; Lauri Markkanen (UTA) 22 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 8-of-17 shooting; Jusuf Nurkic (UTA) 21 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-12 shooting; Keyonte George (UTA) 15 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 threes on 5-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

Deni Avdija

33 PTS, 8 REB, 9 AST, 4 3PM · 10-19 FG

Scoring · POR

Shaedon Sharpe

29 PTS, 5 REB, 7 AST, 5 3PM · 11-19 FG

Scoring · UTA

Lauri Markkanen

22 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 8-17 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

UTA 4 largest lead Q1 10:40 (UTA 4, POR 0) · 9-0 run, Q3 4:13–Q3 2:46

POR 32 largest lead Q3 4:21 (UTA 71, POR 103) · 9-0 run, Q2 7:41–Q2 6:21

Swings 5 lead changes Tied 1 time

Ahead for good: Toumani Camara makes 26-foot three point jumper (Deni Avdija assists) (Q1 8:25, UTA 9, POR 11).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
UTA	26	31	26	34		117
POR	36	42	36	23		137

🧮 How They Scored

UTAPOR

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

43Bench points38

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.0%Effective FG%62.9%

13.1%Turnover %11.3%

31.1%Offensive rebound %33.3%

0.185Free-throw rate0.226

Box Score

Utah Jazz

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Keyonte George G	33	15	4	4	1	0	4	5-12	1-2	4-4	-26
Lauri Markkanen F	32	22	4	4	3	1	5	8-17	3-5	3-3	-23
Jusuf Nurkic C	31	21	12	5	2	0	1	9-12	2-3	1-1	-10
Isaiah Collier G	30	10	3	8	1	0	0	3-4	0-0	4-6	-1
Brice Sensabaugh F	23	8	5	4	1	0	3	3-11	2-4	0-0	-12
Kyle Filipowski C	20	13	5	2	1	0	0	5-8	1-4	2-3	-5
Cody Williams F	20	8	2	1	1	0	0	4-9	0-2	0-0	+3
Svi Mykhailiuk G	20	8	1	0	0	0	0	3-9	2-7	0-0	-13
Taylor Hendricks F	18	7	5	1	1	0	1	3-4	1-1	0-0	-13
Walter Clayton Jr. G	13	5	1	3	0	1	1	2-6	1-3	0-0	0

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Toumani Camara F	35	15	4	3	1	0	3	5-12	2-8	3-3	+8
Donovan Clingan C	33	12	17	2	0	3	4	5-9	2-4	0-0	+11
Deni Avdija F	29	33	8	9	0	0	2	10-19	4-10	9-10	+23
Caleb Love G	28	14	3	4	0	0	3	6-11	2-7	0-0	+13
Shaedon Sharpe G	27	29	5	7	2	0	1	11-19	5-8	2-2	+23
Kris Murray F	27	10	3	2	3	0	0	3-8	0-4	4-4	+25
Sidy Cissoko G	26	14	0	2	2	1	0	5-8	4-5	0-0	-4
Rayan Rupert G-F	19	4	2	1	0	0	0	2-5	0-2	0-0	-7
Robert Williams III C-F	12	2	2	2	1	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	+4
Hansen Yang C	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	2-2	+2
Duop Reath C	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

Utah JazzTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Lauri Markkanen	Starter	32	22	60.0	30.3	-34.3	9.9
Jusuf Nurkic	Starter	31	21	84.4	16.7	-13.0	17.5
Keyonte George	Starter	33	15	54.5	22.2	-37.5	5.5
Svi Mykhailiuk	Starter	20	8	44.4	20.0	-31.0	0.9
Brice Sensabaugh	Starter	23	8	36.4	25.0	-25.0	4.6
Kyle Filipowski	Bench	20	13	69.7	20.5	-9.3	16.0
Isaiah Collier	Bench	30	10	75.3	10.0	-1.7	11.2
Cody Williams	Bench	20	8	44.4	17.0	+6.8	5.3
Taylor Hendricks	Bench	18	7	87.5	11.1	-29.6	7.6
Walter Clayton Jr.	Bench	13	5	41.7	19.4	0.0	5.0
Kyle Anderson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Oscar Tshiebwe	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Portland Trail BlazersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Deni Avdija	Starter	29	33	70.5	34.7	+39.8	22.3
Shaedon Sharpe	Starter	27	29	72.9	31.3	+41.1	19.7
Toumani Camara	Starter	35	15	56.3	17.8	+8.9	5.1
Donovan Clingan	Starter	33	12	66.7	15.5	+15.5	10.8
Kris Murray	Starter	27	10	51.2	14.5	+40.6	8.1
Sidy Cissoko	Bench	26	14	87.5	13.8	-7.5	11.1
Caleb Love	Bench	28	14	63.6	21.5	+19.8	9.2
Rayan Rupert	Bench	19	4	40.0	10.9	-21.5	-1.2
Hansen Yang	Bench	02	4	106.4	50.0	+50.0	44.4
Robert Williams III	Bench	12	2	100.0	3.6	+15.4	7.0
Jerami Grant	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jrue Holiday	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Matisse Thybulle	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Scoot Henderson	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Duop Reath	Bench	02	0	0.0	0.0	+50.0	11.1