Israeli forward Deni Avdija delivered a stunning 41-point performance — including a crucial three-point play with 16 seconds remaining — to lift the Portland Trail Blazers (an NBA franchise based in Oregon) to a 114-110 comeback victory over the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday, overcoming an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit. The win ends Portland's four-year playoff absence and sends the Blazers into a first-round Western Conference series against the second-seeded San Antonio Spurs. Phoenix, meanwhile, remains alive and will host a second play-in game on Friday, with a berth against the top-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder at stake.