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Washington Wizards at Portland Trail Blazers

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15-52, 8-26 Away
Final
97 - 112

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

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/wsh.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originWSH https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/por.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originPOR
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 Portland Trail Blazers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Scoot Henderson, G Out Dec 13
Donovan Clingan, C Out Dec 13
Yang Hansen, C Day-To-Day Dec 12
Robert Williams III, C Day-To-Day Dec 12
Jrue Holiday, G Out Dec 10
Washington Wizards Washington Wizards Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Malaki Branham, G Out Dec 13
Khris Middleton, F Out Dec 11
Alex Sarr, C Out Dec 11
Bilal Coulibaly, G Out Dec 3
Corey Kispert, F Out Nov 27

Game Information

Moda Center

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

2025-26 Southeast Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Orlando 15 10 .600 - W1
Miami 14 11 .560 1 L4
Atlanta 14 12 .538 1.5 L1
Charlotte 7 18 .280 8 L2
Washington 3 20 .130 11 L4

2025-26 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 24 1 .960 - W16
Denver 18 6 .750 5.5 W4
Minnesota 16 9 .640 8 W1
Utah 9 15 .375 14.5 W1
Portland 9 16 .360 15 L3
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