Washington Wizards at Portland Trail Blazers

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Washington Wizards

15-52, 8-26 Away

Final
97 - 112

Portland Trail Blazers

30-39, 18-16 Home

Simons scores 30 points as Trail Blazers beat last-place Wizards 112-97

Anfernee Simons gets up for the beautiful slam dunk

Shaedon Sharpe added 16 points, and rookie center Donovan Clingan had 11 points and 13 rebounds in 25 minutes. Deni Avdija and Duop Reath both scored 15.

Simons shot 10 for 17, including 5 of 11 from 3-point range, and made all five of his free throws.

Alex Sarr led the Wizards with 20 points. Tristan Vukcevic had 17 points and eight rebounds.

Simons scored 16 points in the first half to help put the Blazers (30-39) up 59-49 at the break.

Takeaways Wizards: Last in the Eastern Conference, the Wizards (15-52) dropped to 3-3 on a seven-game trip. They had won two in a row and four of six. Washington was coming off a 126-123 victory Saturday night in Denver.

Trail Blazers: Improved to 18-16 at home and moved within three games of Dallas for the final play-in spot in the Western Conference, with Phoenix in between.

Key moment Portland took the lead for good at 46-43 on a 3-pointer by Simons with 3:13 remaining in the second quarter. Those were the first of his 10 straight points in a 13-0 run capped by a 3 from Avdija.

Key stat The Wizards committed 16 turnovers, eight more than the Trail Blazers. Portland finished with 15 steals, including five by Matisse Thybulle in 22 minutes off the bench.

Up next Wizards: Wrap up a long road swing Wednesday night at Utah in a matchup between the two worst teams in the NBA.

Trail Blazers: Continue a seven-game homestand Wednesday when they host the Memphis Grizzlies.

Regular Season Series

POR wins series 2-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0	End of Game	97 - 112
4th 0.0	End of the 4th Quarter	97 - 112
4th 12.1	shot clock turnover	97 - 112
4th 36.1	Tristan Vukcevic lost ball turnover (Duop Reath steals)	97 - 112
4th 52.2	Tristan Vukcevic defensive rebound	97 - 112

Statistics

WSH		POR
38-92	FG	42-99
41	Field Goal %	42
12-40	3PT	15-46
30	Three Point %	33
9-12	FT	13-19
75	Free Throw %	68
49	Rebounds	50
11	Offensive Rebounds	14
38	Defensive Rebounds	36
27	Assists	25
6	Steals	15
7	Blocks	3
16	Turnovers	8
0	Team Turnovers	1
16	Total Turnovers	9
0	Technical Fouls	0
0	Total Technical Fouls	0
0	Flagrant Fouls	0
20	Points Conceded Off Turnovers	8
18	Fast Break Points	21
48	Points in Paint	52
16	Fouls	10
8	Largest Lead	24

Portland Trail Blazers Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Chris Youngblood, G	Day-To-Day	Nov 14
Vit Krejci, G	Out	Nov 11
Ja Morant, G	Out	Nov 7
Shaedon Sharpe, G	Out	Aug 24

Washington Wizards Injuries

NAME, POS	STATUS	DATE
Alex Sarr, C	Day-To-Day	Nov 14
Tre Johnson, G	Day-To-Day	Nov 14
Bub Carrington, G	Day-To-Day	Nov 14
Tristan Vukcevic, F	Out	Nov 8
Reece Beekman, G	Out	Nov 2

Game Information

Moda Center

Location: Portland, OR
Attendance: 17,919 · Capacity:

2026-27 Southeast Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Miami	7	6	.538	-	W4
Atlanta	7	6	.538	-	L2
Orlando	5	7	.417	1.5	W3
Charlotte	4	8	.333	2.5	L1
Washington	4	9	.308	3	L6

2026-27 Northwest Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Portland	-	3	W3	0.75	9
Minnesota	0.5	4	L1	0.6923077	9
Denver	1.5	4	W2	0.6363636	7
Oklahoma City	1.5	5	L3	0.61538464	8
Utah	8.5	12	L11	0.07692308	1

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