Portland Trail Blazers (9-22, 14th in the Western Conference) vs. Phoenix Suns (17-15, eighth in the Western Conference)
Phoenix; Monday, 9 p.m. EST
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE: Suns -10.5; over/under is 229.5
BOTTOM LINE: Phoenix is looking to prolong its three-game win streak with a victory against Portland.
The Suns are 11-11 in Western Conference games. Phoenix is sixth in the Western Conference with 10.7 offensive rebounds per game led by Jusuf Nurkic averaging 2.9.
The Trail Blazers are 5-17 in Western Conference play. Portland has a 5-11 record against teams above .500.
The Suns' 11.7 made 3-pointers per game this season are only 0.9 more made shots on average than the 10.8 per game the Trail Blazers give up. The Trail Blazers' 43.9% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.5 percentage points lower than the Suns have given up to their opponents (46.4%).
The teams meet for the third time this season. The Trail Blazers won 109-104 in the last meeting on Dec. 20. Anfernee Simons led the Trail Blazers with 23 points, and Kevin Durant led the Suns with 40 points.
TOP PERFORMERS: Durant is averaging 29.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and six assists for the Suns. Devin Booker is averaging 26.7 points over the last 10 games for Phoenix.
Shaedon Sharpe is scoring 16.8 points per game and averaging 5.3 rebounds for the Trail Blazers. Simons is averaging 3.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Portland.
LAST 10 GAMES: Suns: 5-5, averaging 116.2 points, 43.4 rebounds, 26.7 assists, 6.6 steals and 5.8 blocks per game while shooting 49.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 117.5 points per game.
Trail Blazers: 3-7, averaging 117.6 points, 43.5 rebounds, 24.0 assists, 7.9 steals and 4.2 blocks per game while shooting 45.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 121.0 points.
INJURIES: Suns: Damion Lee: out (knee), Nassir Little: out (knee).
Trail Blazers: Anfernee Simons: day to day (illness), Shaedon Sharpe: day to day (adductor), Deandre Ayton: day to day (knee), Robert Williams III: out for season (knee), Duop Reath: day to day (back).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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