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Lillard's six 3-pointers lead Blazers past Suns 124-83

Portland scored the first 11 points, led 43-12 after one quarter and never let Phoenix get within reach in its season opener.

Lillard: 25 points, 6-of-10 on 3-pointers
Booker: 23 points, 9-of-9 at the free-throw line
Suns shot 6-of-31 from 3-point range

Published October 22, 2026 at 1:01 AM1 min read How this story was written

Final

Phoenix Suns

Portland Trail Blazers

Box score and plays

Damian Lillard hit six 3-pointers and scored 25 points in 24 minutes as the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Phoenix Suns 124-83 on Wednesday, October 21.

Lillard shot 7-of-12 overall, 5-of-5 at the line, and added six assists. Portland scored the first 11 points before Phoenix had a basket and led 43-12 after the first quarter.

Portland (1-0) never trailed, and the game was never tied. A 12-0 run in the second quarter made it 62-24, and the lead peaked at 52 points, 122-70, with 3:38 left in the fourth quarter.

Deni Avdija had 18 points and 10 rebounds for a double-double. Toumani Camara scored 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting, four of the makes from three. Scoot Henderson came off the bench for 15 points.

Devin Booker led Phoenix (0-1) with 23 points on 7-of-13 shooting and made all nine of his free throws. Miles Bridges went 3-of-11 and missed all five of his 3-point tries, and the Suns made six of 31 threes as a team.

Portland had 32 assists to the Suns' 14, and its effective field goal percentage was 58 against 39.3 for Phoenix.

Phoenix's Duop Reath hit a 3-pointer with 10.8 seconds left, set up by Pat Spencer, for the final score.