PORTLAND, Ore. – Deni Avdija and Shaedon Sharpe each scored 27 points and Scoot Henderson made a game-winning jumper with 0.1 seconds left as the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Utah Jazz 122-120 on Thursday night.

Henderson finished the game with 18 points and 10 assists, Deandre Ayton added 18 points and 12 rebounds and Jerami Grant scored 14 points for Portland.

Lauri Markkanen scored 25 points on 8-for-14 shooting to lead Utah. Collin Sexton added 19 points and Svi Mykhailiuk had 18 points.

Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups was away from the team following the recent death of his grandmother and will also miss the next game against Dallas on Saturday. Assistant coach Nate Bjorkgren fills in for Billup’s absence as interim head coach.

Takeaways

Trail Blazers: Anfernee Simons struggled with his shot, shooting 3-for-12 from the field, including 2-for-8 from 3-point range.

Jazz: Utah lost despite outscoring Portland from 3-point range, 50 percent (21 for 42) to 39.5 percent (15 for 38).

Key moment

Henderson’s turnaround fade from the right wing with 0.1 seconds left gave the Trail Blazers the lead for good.

Key statistics

Portland defeated Utah 50-36 in the game.

Next

Jazz host Philadelphia and Trail Blazers host Dallas on Saturday.

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