- 1 Phoenix Suns vs Portland Trail Blazers: the rematch of a 41-point opener, now without Morant
- 2 Phoenix Suns: Booker has scored 43 and 3 in consecutive games
- 3 Portland Trail Blazers: Avdija at 22.8 points a night and a backcourt rebuilt around Lillard
- 4 Free NBA Prediction: Phoenix Suns vs Portland Trail Blazers
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Phoenix Suns vs Portland Trail Blazers: the rematch of a 41-point opener, now without Morant 
Portland led Phoenix 21-0 before the Suns scored on opening night, went into halftime up 72-39 and won 124-83 at the Moda Center on 21 October. Phoenix shot 35.7% from the field and 6 of 31 from three, and the Trail Blazers outrebounded the Suns 56-39.
The rematch is on Wednesday 4 November in Phoenix, tip-off 9pm ET. Portland went into Saturday’s game in Utah at 3-1, with road wins in Sacramento and at the Lakers. Phoenix is 1-3, and its only win came at home against Golden State.
The Blazers will be without Ja Morant. He strained his left hamstring in the fourth quarter of the 124-103 home loss to Memphis on 29 October, it was diagnosed as a grade 2 strain, and he’ll be re-evaluated in four weeks. Morant, acquired from Memphis on 29 June for Jerami Grant and Kris Murray, was averaging 15.8 points.
Shaedon Sharpe is also out. He had surgery on a torn right meniscus in August and is expected to miss most of the season, which leaves Portland’s backcourt to Damian Lillard, Jrue Holiday and the bench.
Phoenix has its own scheduling problem. The Suns play at Golden State on Monday, come home for this game and host Orlando on Thursday, so Wednesday is the first half of a back-to-back. Portland plays at Denver on Monday and has a day off before the trip to Arizona.
The series has swung both ways recently. Phoenix won two of three regular-season meetings in 2025-26, but Portland won the Play-In game 114-110 in Phoenix on 14 April 2026 and then the opener by 41.
Phoenix Suns: Booker has scored 43 and 3 in consecutive games 
Devin Booker went 17 of 25 for 43 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists in the 131-122 win over Golden State on 24 October, a franchise record for a home opener. Two nights later in Oklahoma City he scored 3 points on 1-of-7 shooting in 34 minutes, and Phoenix lost 125-114.
He had 20 on 7-of-19 shooting in Friday’s 127-120 home loss to Denver, an NBA Cup game in which Jamal Murray scored 39. Booker is averaging 23.0 points over three games, and the Suns have allowed 124.5 points per game, the number that worries us most.
Dillon Brooks scored 20 in that Denver game on 8-of-10 shooting in the first half and was then ejected in the third quarter for a flagrant 2 foul. We haven’t seen any announcement on a suspension, but any further sanction would remove the Suns’ second-leading scorer at 14.7 points.
Jalen Green has been inconsistent: 20 points on 8-of-13 in Oklahoma City, then 2 points on 1-of-6 against Denver. Miles Bridges, acquired from Charlotte in July for Grayson Allen, Royce O’Neale and a 2033 first-round pick, is scoring 13.7 points.
Mark Williams is out after shoulder surgery in September, which leaves the center minutes to Khaman Maluach, who has started every game and averages 7.7 points and 7.3 rebounds. Portland outrebounded Phoenix by 17 in the first meeting, and that matchup hasn’t changed.
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Portland Trail Blazers: Avdija at 22.8 points a night and a backcourt rebuilt around Lillard 
Deni Avdija is averaging 22.8 points. He had 18 points and 10 rebounds in the opener, 26 in Sacramento, 23 at the Lakers and 24 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists in the Memphis loss, and he’s the player Portland will run more of its offense through without Morant.
Lillard has played four games since tearing his left Achilles in the 2025 playoffs. He scored 25 with six threes in 24 minutes against Phoenix and hit the go-ahead three in the 136-129 win at the Lakers, where he finished with 21. Against Memphis he shot 3 of 13.
The win in Los Angeles showed what Portland’s depth looks like at its best: Morant 23, Avdija 23, Holiday 22 and Lillard 21, against 41 points from Luka Doncic. Toumani Camara has added 18 and 19 in the first two games, and Donovan Clingan had 11 in the opener.
Before Saturday’s game in Utah, Portland was scoring 122.8 points per game and allowing 114.0. Only the Lakers, with 129, and Memphis, with 124, have scored more than 120 against them.
Micah Nori, hired as head coach on 23 June, has Robert Williams III listed as questionable with a left knee problem. Beyond Morant and Sharpe, the injury report is clear, and Portland has no back-to-back before or after this game.
Probable lineup Phoenix Suns: Devin Booker, Jalen Green, Dillon Brooks, Miles Bridges, Khaman Maluach
Probable lineup Portland Trail Blazers: Damian Lillard, Jrue Holiday, Toumani Camara, Deni Avdija, Donovan Clingan
Free NBA Prediction: Phoenix Suns vs Portland Trail Blazers
Our prediction: Portland Trail Blazers to win
We’re siding with Portland. The Blazers are the better rebounding team, they beat this opponent by 41 two weeks ago, and they arrive rested against a Suns team playing the first night of a back-to-back with a defense allowing 124.5 points per game.
Morant’s absence costs Portland 15.8 points and a second ball-handler, and that’s the reason we expect this to be closer than the opener. The Blazers have Avdija, Lillard and Holiday to absorb those possessions, and they won in Sacramento and at the Lakers on the road before Morant got hurt.
No line was out when we published. Portland was priced at 1.62 at home for the first meeting, and with the game moving to Phoenix we’d expect the Blazers close to even money, which is where we see the value.
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