Portland Trail Blazers vs Utah Jazz Prediction, 10/29/2025 Preview and Pick

Game: Portland Trail Blazers vs Utah Jazz

Date: Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Location: Delta Center in Salt Lake City, UT

TV: KJZZ

Delta Center is where the Utah Jazz (2-1) will play the Portland Trail Blazers (2-2) on Wednesday.

The Trail Blazers played the Lakers and went home with a win by a final score of 122-108 in their last contest. Portland walked away from the game with a 45.6% field goal percentage (47 of 103) and buried 14 out of their 43 3-point shots. When they shot from the charity stripe, the Trail Blazers knocked down 14 of 15 attempts for a rate of 93.3%. Concerning grabbing rebounds, they earned 44 with 7 of them being offensive. They also dished out 24 dimes for the game as well as forcing the opposition into 25 turnovers and earning 12 steals. When discussing defense, Portland allowed the other team to go 46.5% from the floor on 40 of 86 shooting. Los Angeles doled out 23 assists and had 11 steals for this game. Furthermore, Los Angeles collected 20 rebounds (1 offensive, 19 defensive) and added 9 blocked shots. Los Angeles finished 80.8% from the free throw line by knocking down 21 of 26 shots. They converted 7 out of their 27 tries from beyond the perimeter. In regard to personal fouls, the Trail Blazers finished with 17 and the Lakers recorded 19 personal fouls.

Deni Avdija is a player who played a role in this game. Avdija ended up shooting 47.1% from the floor and distributed 4 dimes. He played for 32 minutes and grabbed 4 rebounds. He ended up with 25 points on 8 of 17 shooting.

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Portland enters this game with a win-loss record of 2-2 so far this year. They are turning it over 17.5 times per contest and as a team they are committing 20.8 fouls on a nightly basis. As a unit, Portland is pulling in 42.0 rebounds per game and has earned 103 dimes this season, which is 6th in the NBA in terms of passing. The Trail Blazers are shooting 33.8% on shots from downtown (54 of 160) and 86.2% from the free throw line. They currently have an average of 120.5 pts per game (13th in the league) while hitting 44.2% from the floor.

On the defensive end, the Trail Blazers are forcing their opponents into 23.3 turnovers on a nightly basis and they draw 24.3 personal fouls. They give up 39.7% on three-point shots and they are 9th in basketball in opponents points per game (114.8). The Trail Blazers defense is allowing a shooting percentage of 48.5% (161 of 332) and they surrender 43.5 rebounds per contest as a group. They currently rank 18th in basketball in allowing assists to their opponents with 94 surrendered so far this season.

In their last game, the Jazz walked away with a victory by a final of 138-134 against the Suns. When discussing how they rebounded, Utah allowed Phoenix to grab 55 overall (19 on the offensive side). They finished the game shooting 36.4% from distance by shooting 20 of 55 and walked away from this one shooting 24 out of 31 from the free throw line (77.4%). The Jazz allowed the Suns to convert 45 of their 106 tries from the floor which gave them a shooting percentage of 42.5% in this matchup. When all was said and done, the Jazz shot 44 out of 108 from the field which gave them a percentage of 40.7%. With regard to 3-pointers, Utah made 16 of 49 tries (32.7%). They were able to make 34 of the free throw tries for a percentage of 94.4%. The Suns committed 29 fouls for the matchup which took the Jazz to the charity stripe for a total of 36 tries. They also coughed up the ball 19 times, while earning 8 steals for this game. The Jazz were able to collect 26 defensive rebounds and 12 offensive boards for a total of 38 for this contest.

Lauri Markkanen was important for the Jazz in this matchup. Markkanen earned 51 points in his 45 mins on the court and had 3 dimes in this matchup. He knocked down 14 out of 32 in the matchup for a field goal percentage of 43.8%, and accumulated 14 rebounds.

Utah has a record of 2-1 on the year. The Jazz are committing 21.3 fouls every game while shooting 89.0% from the free throw line. They are getting an assist 30.0 times per contest (4th in the league) and they cough up possession 17.3 times per contest. Utah has tallied 371 pts on the year (123.7 per contest) and they pull in 53.3 boards per game. In terms of offensive execution, the Jazz are shooting 46.3% from the field, which has them ranked 17th in the NBA.

The Utah defense allows 36.4% on shots from beyond the perimeter (48 of 132) and their opponents are connecting on 76.1% of their shots from the charity stripe. They have given up 29.3 dimes and 39.7 total boards per game, which is 29th and 5th in the NBA. The Jazz defensively are ranked 11th in basketball in PPG given up with 115.7. They are able to force 14.0 turnovers on a nightly basis and have let teams shoot 44.8% from the floor (8th in the league).

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Tony Sink's Pick: Take Utah

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