After winning four of their last five games, the Portland Trail Blazers will look to continue their strong start to the season on Saturday night when they visit the Miami Heat in the opener of a five-game road trip.

Portland bookended a three-game homestand with two-point wins over two of the last three NBA champions. The team posted a 109-107 victory over Denver in NBA Cup play on Oct. 31 and a 121-119 triumph vs. Oklahoma City on Wednesday.

Deni Avdija, the Blazers' leading scorer this season at 24.4 points per game, scored 26 points to lead his team's rally from 22 points down in the win over Thunder. Five Portland scorers went for at least 16 points in the game.

While Avdija has been the leading scorer in six of his team's eight games, Portland has found balanced scoring between Jer

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