// NBA · Saturday 31 October 2026
Portland Trail Blazers vs Utah Jazz prediction
Start 3:00pm ET ·
- Pick
- Portland Trail Blazers
- Chance
- 60%
- Light
- Orange
- Confidence
- Medium
Full breakdown: team stats, players & form →
Result
Final: Portland Trail Blazers 112 – 90 Utah Jazz. Our pick, Portland Trail Blazers, won ✓.
Recent results
- Portland Trail Blazers: 3 wins from the last 4, average margin +8.8 points (L 103–124 v MEM, W 136–129 @ LAL, W 128–120 @ SAC, W 124–83 v PHX).
- Utah Jazz: 1 win from the last 5, average margin −7.8 points (L 111–117 v SA, L 105–110 v MEM, L 123–132 v LAL, W 120–119 v NO, L 103–123 @ MEM).
This is the first meeting between these teams this season. Results are taken from final scores, most recent first.
Our pre-game preview
Portland Trail Blazers are our pick on the road against the Utah Jazz. The model gives them a 60% chance of winning, which makes this game a lean (55 to 65%).
On the rosters we expect, Portland Trail Blazers rate as the stronger team (94.5 to 92.7 on our team-strength rating), and that is the main reason for the pick.
Recent form: Portland Trail Blazers have been winning by 2.8 points a game, while Utah Jazz have been losing by 9.5 points a game.
Injuries: Portland Trail Blazers will be without Ja Morant (26 min a game) and Shaedon Sharpe (25 min a game) and Utah Jazz will be without Jusuf Nurkic (29 min a game) and Jaren Jackson Jr. (26 min a game). Players listed as unsure are counted by how likely they are to play.
Season so far: Portland Trail Blazers are 6–3 and Utah Jazz are 1–8.
This preview was written from the data we had before the game.
Game review
What happened
The Trail Blazers beat the Jazz 112–90 on the road. Deni Avdija led them with 24 points and 5 rebounds, and Damian Lillard added 22. For the Jazz, Darryn Peterson had 16 points.
What the model got right
The model gave the Trail Blazers a 60% chance on the road, mainly because of their higher team-strength rating (94.5 to 92.7), and they won by 22. Recent form pointed the same way: the Trail Blazers had been winning by 2.8 points a game, the Jazz losing by 9.5. Ja Morant and Shaedon Sharpe for the Trail Blazers, and Jaren Jackson Jr. and Jusuf Nurkic for the Jazz, all missed the game, as the preview expected.
What didn't work
Not much went against the model in this one. Darryn Peterson's 16 points for the Jazz weren't enough to change the result.
Why
The result fits what the model leaned on, the team-strength rating. One win doesn't prove the model right: at 60%, about 4 in 10 games like this go the other way, and every result stays on our record.
Written after the game. Scores and stats are checked against two independent sources.
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