{"id":729366,"date":"2026-04-15T09:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T09:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/729366\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T09:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T09:24:19","slug":"deni-avdjia-fuels-late-comeback-as-blazers-drop-suns-in-play-in-to-clinch-no-7-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/729366\/","title":{"rendered":"Deni Avdjia fuels late comeback as Blazers drop Suns in Play-In to clinch No. 7 seed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Deni Avdija scored 41 points and converted a key 3-point play late to lead Portland over Phoenix.<\/p>\n

PHOENIX (AP) \u2014<\/strong> Deni Avdija scored 41 points \u2014 including a go-ahead 3-point play with 16.1 seconds left \u2014 and the Portland Trail Blazers clawed back from an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat the Phoenix Suns 114-110 in the SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament<\/a> on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Jordan Goodwin drove for a layup to give the Suns a 110-109 lead with 32 seconds left, but Avdija responded with a physical take to the rim, making a layup while getting fouled and made the free throw for a 112-110 lead.<\/p>\n

The Suns had a chance to go back ahead but Jalen Green\u2019s 3-pointer was off the mark. Goodwin grabbed the offensive rebound but was stripped by Matisse Thybulle to seal the win for the Blazers.<\/p>\n

Portland earned the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference playoffs and will face the San Antonio Spurs in the first round. The Suns will host the winner of the Clippers-Warriors game on Friday. Whoever wins will earn the No. 8 seed and face the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder in the playoffs. The loser\u2019s season is over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deni Avdija scored 41 points and converted a key 3-point play late to lead Portland over Phoenix. PHOENIX…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":729367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,50,301865,7231,52,23884],"class_list":["post-729366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-play-in","tag-suns","tag-top-stories","tag-trail-blazers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116408004589323617","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=729366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/729366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/729367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=729366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=729366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=729366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}