A pair of rebuilding teams close the preseason on Friday night as the Utah Jazz visit the Portland Trail Blazers
A couple of teams on rebuilding trajectories meet Friday night at the Moda Center in Portland when the Utah Jazz (4-1) and Portland Trail Blazers (2-1) close out their preseason slates. The Jazz have miss the playoffs the last two years under coach Will Hardy, who is 68-96 in his tenure, while Portland last reached the postseason in 2021 and is 81-165 since Chauncey Billups took over the coaching reins. The Blazers finished last in the West at 21-61 a season ago while Utah was 12th at 31-51.
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Game Date: Oct. 18, 2024
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The Jazz added a pair of first-round picks in Colorado’s Cody Williams and USC’s Isaiah Collier while also taking Kyle Filipowski of Duke early in the second round. Utah also re-signed Lauri Markkanen to an extension while adding free agents Drew Eubanks, Patty Mills and Svi Mykhailiuk. The Jazz got 24 points from Keyonte George and 21 from Markkanen in a 117-114 win over the visiting Sacramento Kings on Tuesday.
Portland selected UConn center Donovan Clingan at No. 7 overall and traded Malcolm Brogdon to the Washington Wizards for emerging wing Deni Avdija. They also signed guard Devonte’ Graham as a free agent. Scoot Henderson went for 23 points and six assists in a 111-100 victory over German club Ratiopham Ulm on Wednesday night.
Collier won’t play for Utah after straining his right hamstring while Portland is without Shaedon Sharpe (shoulder) and Robert Williams III (hamstring) while Anfernee Simons (ankle), Matisse Thybulle (knee) and Jabari Walker (ankle soreness) didn’t play in Wednesday’s preseason contest.
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