Portland Trail Blazers Make Deni Avdija Announcement Before Hawks Game

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On Sunday evening, the Portland Trail Blazers will be in Georgia to play the Atlanta Hawks at State Farm Arena.

The Trail Blazers are coming off a 109-93 loss to the Charlotte Hornets in North Carolina.

Deni Avdija missed his third straight game.

Portland Trail Blazers Make Deni Avdija Announcement

Before Sunday’s game, the Trail Blazers announced that they will remain without the All-Star forward.

Trail Blazers PR wrote: “INJURY REPORT 3/1 @ ATL: OUT Deni Avdija (Low Back Inj Mgmt) Damian Lillard (L Achilles Tendon) Caleb Love (G League Two-Way) Shaedon Sharpe (L Fibula Stress Reaction) Robert Williams III (L Knee Inj Mgmt) QUESTIONABLE Sidy Cissoko (Illness) Yang Hansen (Mid Back Soreness)”

Avdija’s Breakout NBA Season

Avdija is in the middle of an outstanding year with averages of 24.4 points, 7.0 rebounds and 6.6 assists per contest while shooting 46.3% from the field and 34.1% from three-point range in 48 games.

He was initially the ninth pick in the 2020 NBA Draft out of Israel.

Before the Trail Blazers, the 25-year-old spent the first four years of his career with the Washington Wizards.

Real App wrote on February 10: “Deni Avdija ties LaMarcus Aldridge for the 4th most 25/10/5 games in Portland history.”

Trail Blazers This Season

The Trail Blazers come into the night as the ninth seed in the Western Conference with a 29-32 record in 61 games.

They have won six out of their last ten games (and are 13-17 in 30 games on the road).

Following the Hawks, the Trail Blazers will play their next game on Wednesday night when they visit the Memphis Grizzlies.

@SleeperBlazers wrote on December 1: “Last night Deni Avdija became 1 of only 5 small forwards in NBA history to record a single game stat line of: ▪︎ 30+ points ▪︎ 19 rebounds ▪︎ 10 assists The others being Lebron James, Elgin Baylor, Jimmy Butler, & Billy Cunningham. ELITE company for the soon to be 1st time All-Star & MIP”

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Last night Deni Avdija became 1 of only 5 small forwards in NBA history to record a single game stat line of:

▪︎ 30+ points ▪︎ 19 rebounds ▪︎ 10 assists

The others being Lebron James, Elgin Baylor, Jimmy Butler, & Billy Cunningham.

ELITE company for the soon to be

12:01 pm · 1 Dec 2025

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The Hawks come into the night as the 10th seed in the Eastern Conference with a 30-31 record in 61 games.