While the currently sit at sixth in the Western Conference, a position many other teams would like to be in, the Trail Blazers haven’t had much success recently in beating the teams above them in the standings. They’ll have an opportunity to reverse that trend Thursday night versus the Utah Jazz, owners of the best record in the NBA, in Salt Lake City. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.
SERIES HISTORY
ALL TIME: Jazz lead, 105-88
PORTLAND HOME: Trail Blazers lead, 65-32
UTAH HOME: Jazz lead, 73-23
LAST PORTLAND WIN: 125-104, 2/1/20 (Portland)
LAST UTAH WIN: 120-100, 12/23/20 (Portland)
CURRENT WIN STREAK: Two (Utah)
SERIES NOTES
• The Trail Blazers April 8 game against the Jazz will be the second matchup between Portland and Utah this season.