Deni Avdija stars as Portland Trail Blazers fight back to beat Phoenix Suns

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/phoenix-suns/M1Gy2pra/"]Phoenix[/a] looked to be heading into a first-round play-off series against the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/san-antonio-spurs/IwmkErSH/"]San Antonio Spurs[/a] after moving into an eight-point lead with just over three minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.[/p][p][b]But a dazzling late burst of scoring from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/portland-trail-blazers/4Awl14c5/"]Portland[/a], who went on a 17-5 run to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/basketball/phoenix-suns-M1Gy2pra/portland-trail-blazers-4Awl14c5/?mid=WSD3sfS1"]close the game[/a], means the Suns must now play either the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/golden-state-warriors/SxUtXqch/"]Golden State Warriors[/a] or [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/los-angeles-clippers/vPeTYlqm/"]Los Angeles Clippers[/a] in the final round of the play-in to advance to the play-offs.[/b][/p][embed guid="c8890513-b7b8-4754-b05a-f59f4a054a8a" url="https://x.com/trailblazers/status/2044293492940431450" social-type="twitter" /][p]Avdija was backed by 21 points from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/holiday-jrue/xUfyVcae/"]Jrue Holiday[/a] while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/grant-jerami/bRsvmK1O/"]Jerami Grant[/a] added 16 points from the bench.[/p][p]Jalen Green led Phoenix with 35 points while [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/booker-devin/4MFGDB1n/"]Devin Booker[/a] finished with 22 points.[/p]