SALT LAKE CITY – The Utah Jazz and Portland Trail Blazers will both be missing key young players when they face off at Delta Center on Wednesday night.
The Jazz have opened the season with a 2-1 record, including Monday’s 138-134 overtime win against the Phoenix Suns.
The Trail Blazers, meanwhile, sit at 2-2 after downing the Los Angeles Lakers in the second game of a three-game road trip.
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Utah Jazz Injury Report
•Isaiah Collier — Out (Right hamstring strain)
Collier, who fell just a few votes short of making the All-Rookie second team last season, has not appeared in a game this year after suffering a hamstring injury early in training camp. The team expects to re-evaluate him before the end of the week.
• Georges Niang — Out (Left foot; fourth metatarsal stress reaction)
Niang, who previously spent four seasons in Utah, has missed all three regular-season games and all four preseason contests while rehabbing a foot injury.
• Jusuf Nurkić – Available (Right hip contusion)
Nurkic was initially listed as questionable due to a hip contusion in Tuesday’s injury report, but was upgraded to available on Wednesday.
• John Tonje – Out (G League; two-way contract)
• Oscar Tshiebwe – Out (G League; two-way contract)
Portland Trail Blazers Injury
• Scoot Henderson – Out (Left hamstring tear)
Henderson was expected to play a large role in his third season with the Trail Blazers, but suffered a hamstring tear in the offseason that has kept him off the floor since September.
• Kris Murray – Questionable (Illness)
Murray has appeared in all four games for the Trail Blazers early in the season, averaging 5.5 points and 2.3 rebounds, but is questionable for Wednesday’s game with an illness.
• Matisse Thybulle – Questionable (Right hip soreness)
Thybulle appeared in the Trail Blazers’ first three games, but missed Monday’s win over the Los Angeles Lakers due to hip soreness.
• Damian Lillard – Out (Left Achilles tendon; injury management)
Lillard will miss the entire 2025-26 campaign after suffering an Achilles tear last season during the Milwaukee Bucks postseason run.
• Robert Williams III – Out (G League assignment)
Utah Jazz vs. Portland Trail Blazers Broadcast
The Jazz will host the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday at 7 p.m. MST. The game will be televised on KJZZ, streamed on Jazz+, and heard on97.5 The KSL Sports Zone.
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