{"id":649179,"date":"2026-03-09T16:14:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/649179\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:14:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:14:42","slug":"trail-blazers-deni-avdija-shows-some-rust-in-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/649179\/","title":{"rendered":"Trail Blazers&#8217; Deni Avdija: Shows some rust in return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"VideoPlayer-backgroundImage\" alt=\"default-cbs-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772815655_535_video-slate.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/teams\/POR\/portland-trail-blazers\/\" aria-label=\"home team page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"TeamLogo-image\" alt=\"team logo\" src=\"https:\/\/sports.cbsimg.net\/fly\/images\/team-logos\/354.svg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                                                <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/players\/3149254\/avdija\/fantasy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Avdija<\/a> amassed 18 points (6-16 FG, 0-4 3Pt, 6-6 FT), five rebounds, eight assists and three blocks in 25 minutes during Sunday&#8217;s 131-111 win over the Pacers.<\/p>\n<p>Avdija didn&#8217;t have his best shooting performance in his return from a seven-game absence, missing his four shots from deep and 10 of his 16 field goals overall. Having Avdija on the court should be considered a win for the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nba\/teams\/POR\/portland-trail-blazers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trail Blazers<\/a>, as he&#8217;s made just three appearances since the All-Star break. Avdija is averaging just 14.0 points while shooting 39.3 percent from the floor since the beginning of February, so his numbers have been trending in the wrong direction, with recurring back problems clearly a factor.<\/p>\n<p>        More News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Avdija amassed 18 points (6-16 FG, 0-4 3Pt, 6-6 FT), five rebounds, eight assists and three blocks in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3784],"tags":[7,601,980,2825,6,687,471,3967,1617],"class_list":{"0":"post-649179","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-portland-trail-blazers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-blazers","10":"tag-deni-avdija","11":"tag-fantasy-basketball","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-portland","14":"tag-portland-trail-blazers","15":"tag-portlandtrailblazers","16":"tag-trail-blazers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116200113262731061","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}