Deni Avdija Erupts for 41 Points | Trail Blazers Hold Off Kevin Durant & the Rockets in a Thriller
Deni Avdija scores a season-high 41 points, Toumani Camara chips a tooth and the Trail Blazers held off the Houston Rockets and Kevin Durant by a finger tip.
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36 Comments
If seen middle school teams inbound the ball better than this team
Mike, please convince Tiago to forget that spread inbound play, all it does is take potential inbound recipients out of the play, total failure.
Turbo train !! The game just coming to him easy
Blood, sweat, tears and even chipe of thooth were needed for winning this game. Respect! 💪
Won by the skin of our Touth 😁
Good show Mike
We need to stop fouling up three. Also, since you can just push players after you touch the ball, blazers should just use it to their advantage😂 stupid
Considering Houston is so physical and fouls multiple times on each possession, Deni and Shae had tremendous games, they were getting hammered regularly like pinballs out there
Almost every Trailblazers game this year is a roller coaster.
Just so you know, thousands of people in Israel are waking up at dawn to be part of this journey, play-in/off this year, playoffs next year and this is just the beginning
Já tem gente querendo o Tiago na seleção brasileira, tenho que concordar, precisamos dele.
Dani is amazing 🎉❤
Is it too early to give Touff the Maurice Lucas Award?
I feel like 3 of the fouls on Yang were really soft borderline BS.
I wonder how good healthy Blazer team would be.
In TOOTH-MONEY we TRUST!
Playing like a vet. And a defense OG!
Entire Blazers team are amazing!
Vote Deni MVP!
If dame is 70% of what he was next year, with Deni, the blazers will be Championship contenders
How do you think he will be when Damian Lillard comes back or even Jrue Holiday, now its his team…i wonder?
❤
Shaedon sharpe doesn’t get enough credit, he didn’t have the best game but you can’t expect him to have the same efficiency against a way tougher defense in the Houston rockets compared to the jazz. He’s been great
17:52
Loved the take about Camara! It's what makes winning teams !! Deni is also made of the same DNA
This season has been everything I dreamed of for Deni. Now we need Scoot to show a pulse. Either way I'm pumped.
בזמנו הייתי רואה את המשחקים של אבא שלו בישראל, הוא היה קלעי בין הטובים בעולם בזמנו, במיוחד זריקות לחצי מרחק
Luckily Toumani didn't bump Steven Adams, in this case he would loose a few more teeth.
Never more nervous than a late game inbounds play for the Blazers in a close game. WTF!
They need to have a drill for an inbount
The Blazers have now beat every Western Conference team currently in the playoffs (the Top 6) except Minnesota, and the season opener against the Wolves was a close game (decided by 4 points)! "I'm lovin it!" Overall, they're 13-13 against Western Conf teams as of today, which is remarkable considering the persistent injuries Portland has dealt with throughout the season so far. I can't wait to see them reintegrate important players as they come back from injuries.
In the UK – having to unsubscribe because the premiere’s spoil the game before I watch it in the evening – if there’s anything you can do about that, would be awesome – but this is my favourite new channel and I’ll be coming back for every episode! Big fan! Up the fucking blazers!
However, if you didn't see the game or its highlights, Yang also provided a great pass to Advija that led to a beautiful alley-oop dunk by Williams III! Hansen most certainly played 16 serviceable minutes. 👍
It wasn’t Deni’s best game, but he was great nevertheless. He is a force!
At one point when Deni blew by Durant, Durant threw up his arms, like he was thinking… I don't know man, can't stop this dude. It was priceless. Also, the eruption in the building when Yang Hangsen touches the ball is really fun. I even hear a bit of it in other buildings when I'm watching on TV.
What body part must be sacrificed for a win on Friday?
Love you Mike, seriously thank you for doing what you do brother.
Blazers fighting tooth and nail in 2026
He’s the perfect Point Forward. I just hope when Dame comes back next year that he doesn’t stunt the growth of Deni by ball hogging and jacking up 20 three-pointers a night. This is Deni’s team now, with Sharpe, Camara, and Clingan as a really good support group going forward, along with Scoot and even Jrue. They’re both alpha’s, but Dame is past his prime and Deni just turned 25.
Best show this year