Anfernee Simons scores 28, Trail Blazers beat Jazz 114-112 in opener of a 7-game trip

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Anfernee Simons had 28 points and out six assists to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 114-112 victory over the Utah Jazz on Monday night.

Jerami Grant scored 20 points, Avdija added 18 points and 14 rebounds, and Scoot Henderson finished with 17 points and six assists as Portland snapped a three-game road losing streak on the first game of a seven-game trip.

Brice Sensabaugh led Utah with 23 points. Keyonte George added 21 points and Kyle Filipowski had 20 points and 11 rebounds as Utah lost for the sixth time in eight games.

Henderson had a pair of baskets and assisted on two others on four straight possessions to help Portland to a 99-92 lead with 7:19 left.

The Jazz closed within 113-112 with 3.6 seconds left after George hit back-to-back 3-pointers. Grant converted 1 of 2 free throws to extend the lead to two points before George missed a contested 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Utah led 48-43 in the second quarter before Portland went closed out the half on an 18-3 run for a 61-51 lead at the break. Simons fueled the run with five baskets and an assist.

Isaiah Collier hit a running halfcourt heave that beat the buzzer at the end of the second quarter and ended a six-minute scoring drought for the Jazz.

Trail Blazers: Portland capitalized on Utah’s mistakes, scoring 23 points on 15 turnovers.

Jazz: Utah made 18 3-pointers and shot 41% from the perimeter, yet struggled to finish at the rim.

George hit back-to-back 3s in a span of eight seconds, but failed to knock down a third from 3-point range at the buzzer.

Avdija and Donovan Clingan combined for 26 rebounds.

Both teams are in action on Wednesday. Portland is at Washington, while Utah hosts Sacramento.

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Utah Jazz forward Kyle Filipowski (22) shoots as Portland Trail Blazers forward Toumani Camara (33) defends during the second half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Egan)

Portland Trail Blazers forward Jabari Walker, right, gets his hand on the ball as Utah Jazz guard Keyonte George (3) makes a move during the second half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Egan)

Utah Jazz forward Kyle Filipowski (22) breaks for the hoop as Portland Trail Blazers center Donovan Clingan (23) defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Egan)

Utah Jazz guard Svi Mykhailiuk (19) goes up with the ball as Portland Trail Blazers forward Jerami Grant (9) defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Egan)

Utah Jazz forward Cody Williams (5) looks to shoot as Portland Trail Blazers forward Toumani Camara (33) defends in the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Egan)

Utah Jazz forward Kyle Filipowski (22) goes for an underhand shot as Portland Trail Blazers center Donovan Clingan (23) defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Egan)

Utah Jazz forward Kyle Filipowski (22) looks to shoot as Portland Trail Blazers center Donovan Clingan, right, defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Egan)

Utah Jazz guard Svi Mykhailiuk, right, goes to the hoop as Portland Trail Blazers forward Kris Murray, left, defends, during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Egan)

Utah Jazz guard Svi Mykhailiuk (19) makes a move to the basket as Portland Trail Blazers center Donovan Clingan, left, and Jerami Grant (9) defend during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Egan)

Utah Jazz forward Brice Sensabaugh, left, looks downcourt as Portland Trail Blazers forward Jerami Grant, right, defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Egan)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials. For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

Ukraine’s largest private energy supplier, DTEK, said Sunday that 30,000 people in Kyiv were still without power following the attack. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said around half the apartment buildings — nearly 6,000 — in snowy Kyiv were left without heat in daytime temperatures of about minus 8 degrees Celsius (17.6 Fahrenheit).

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners on Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s main intelligence directorate said Sunday that Russia this month deployed the new jet-powered “Geran-5” strike drone against Ukraine for the first time. The Geran is a Russian variant of the Iranian-designed Shahed.

According to the directorate, the drone can carry a 90-kilogram (200-pound) warhead and has a range of nearly 1,000 kilometers (620 miles).

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)