Danny Avdija toasts his teammates after his birthday triple-double
On Saturday night, Portland Trail Blazers pulled off a surprising road win via the San Antonio Spurs to push their record to 16-20 in the 2025-26 NBA season. It was an epic game from Deni Avdiawho recorded a triple double of 29 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists on his 25th birthday.
After the Avdi match his teammates shoutedwho also stepped up and made some plays in the win over the Spurs.
“This camaraderie, this team, it’s just fun to play with,” Avdia said on the official NBA account on X, formerly Twitter.
The Blazers have had a bit of a tumultuous 2025-26 so far, as the team got off to a relatively surprising start to the season before their head coach, Chauncey Billups, was placed on leave following his arrest for alleged involvement in a gambling scandal.
Since then, Portland has been up and down this year, with younger players like Sheddon Sharpe, Tumani Kamara, Donovan Klingan and others continuing to develop their games on both ends of the floor.
Avdia is playing like a borderline All-Star this year, and if the team’s record had been a little better, he’d probably have an even stronger case for his first bid in the big game, but he could still get in regardless.
In any case, the Blazers will next take the floor on Monday night at home against the Utah Jazz, who have been playing somewhat improved basketball of late. Tipoff for that game is set for 10:00 PM ET from Portland.
2026-01-04 17:05:00
