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2026-27 · Regular Season · Final

Portland Trail Blazers at Phoenix Suns

Wednesday, November 4, 2026 · tip-off 9:00 PM ET

POR 5–1@PHX 1–4 records going into the game NBA.com recap ↗

Win probability as a share of the court: POR 53 percent, PHX 47 percent. POR Trail Blazers 53% proj. 114 · final 132 PHX Suns · home 47% proj. 112 · final 119
Each team's share of the floor is its pregame win probability. The line starts at midcourt and moves to the split.

Forecast and result

TeamProjectedFinalDifference
POR Portland Trail Blazers 114 132 +18
PHX Phoenix Suns (home) 112 119 +7

Forecast: Portland Trail Blazers to win, 53% win probability, projected margin 2.

Inside the Forecast

How the inputs are built

No saved inputs are stored with this game's forecast.

The result against the forecast

2026-27 surprise games
53%
pregame chance the forecast gave POR, the winner
POR was the forecast favorite
11 pts
margin miss
forecast −2, actual −13 for PHX
51st
most surprising result of 2026-27
of 146 graded games so far
59th
largest margin miss of 2026-27
outcome surprise 0.64 nats

Surprise is measured against this model's forecast, not against what other observers expected. Outcome surprise is −ln(winner's pregame probability): 0.69 for a coin flip, 2.3 for a 10% winner.

Team box score

What happened in the game. These numbers are not used by the forecast, and they are not offered as the reason it missed.

Team statPORPHX
Final score132119
Field goals44–86 · 51.2%41–92 · 44.6%
Three-pointers14–39 · 35.9%10–36 · 27.8%
Free throws30–41 · 73.2%27–31 · 87.1%
Rebounds4739
Assists2926
Turnovers1712
Steals45
Blocks87

Where the forecast differed from the result

MeasureForecastActualActual − forecast
Home margin (PHX)−2−13−11
Total points226251+25
POR points114132+18
PHX points112119+7

Injury report

Official NBA injury report, 2026-11-04 17:30 ET (the latest stored report before the forecast was saved). Two-way and G League assignments are omitted. The model counts players listed Out or Doubtful; Questionable players are treated as available.

Portland Trail Blazers

  • Out Ja Morant · Left Hamstring Strain
  • Out Shaedon Sharpe

Phoenix Suns

  • Out Mark Williams · Left Shoulder Surgery
  • Out Rasheer Fleming · Left Ankle Sprain
  • Questionable Jordan Goodwin · Right Calf Soreness

Recent form before this game

Portland Trail Blazers

DateOpponentResult
Nov 2 at DEN W 118–110
Oct 31 at UTA W 112–90
Oct 29 vs MEM L 103–124
Oct 27 at LAL W 136–129
Oct 23 at SAC W 128–120

Phoenix Suns

DateOpponentResult
Nov 2 at GSW L 113–116
Oct 30 vs DEN L 120–127
Oct 26 at OKC L 114–125
Oct 24 vs GSW W 131–122
Oct 21 at POR L 83–124

Previous meetings

DateMatchupScore
Oct 21 2026-27 PHX at POR PHX 83 – 124 POR
Feb 22 2025-26 POR at PHX POR 92 – 77 PHX
Feb 3 2025-26 PHX at POR PHX 130 – 125 POR
Nov 18 2025-26 PHX at POR PHX 127 – 110 POR
Feb 3 2024-25 PHX at POR PHX 119 – 121 POR