Blazers–Suns highlights posted

The Portland Trail Blazers’ 114-110 play-in win over the Phoenix Suns is now available as a full-game highlight replay on YouTube, extending the life of a game that set the Western Conference bracket. (youtube.com) Portland beat Phoenix on Tuesday, April 14, at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix to claim the No. 7 seed in the West. The National Basketball Association game page lists the final score at 114-110 and identifies the matchup as the SoFi Play-In Tournament game for the seventh seed. (nba.com) The Associated Press reported that Deni Avdija scored 41 points and Portland erased an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit. ESPN’s game summary lists Jalen Green with 35 points for Phoenix. (apnews.com) (espn.com) That result moved Portland directly into the playoff field instead of a second elimination game. The National Basketball Association’s 2026 bracket shows the Trail Blazers as the West’s No. 7 seed against the No. 2 San Antonio Spurs in the first round. (nba.com) The play-in matters because the seventh-versus-eighth game sends the winner straight into the playoffs and leaves the loser with one more chance. The National Basketball Association’s bracket page lists the play-in window as April 14-17, with the playoffs beginning April 18. (nba.com) The replay also turns a late-night, streaming-only game into something easier to revisit. OregonLive’s preview said the April 14 game aired exclusively on Prime Video, while the YouTube upload packages the key possessions into a single on-demand video. (oregonlive.com) (youtube.com) For Portland, the game ended a postseason drought that had stretched since 2021. Yahoo Sports said the win sent the Trail Blazers to the playoffs for the first time in five years. (sports.yahoo.com) For Phoenix, the loss did not end the season, but it did change the path. The National Basketball Association game preview said the Suns, as the loser of the 7-8 game, would host a second play-in game against the winner of the Los Angeles Clippers-Golden State Warriors matchup. (nba.com) The new upload does not change the standings, but it fixes one thing about the way this game will be watched: a bracket-setting comeback is now easy to replay on demand. (youtube.com)