Javon Small

Portland Trail Blazers defense

Who guards him, then team ratings and what they allow to guards.

Who guards him

Last season (2025-26): no defender on this roster has guarded him for 5+ partial possessions this season yet. Scoot Henderson has guarded him most: 23.2 partial possessions, 6 points on 2 of 3.

• Scoot HendersonG
  23.2 poss · 6 pts · 2 of 3 FG
• Toumani CamaraF
  17.1 poss · 4 pts · 1 of 4 FG
• Sidy CissokoG
  13.1 poss · 7 pts · 2 of 3 FG
• Jrue HolidayG
  12.9 poss · 0 pts · 0 of 1 FG
• Vít KrejčíG
  12.8 poss · 9 pts · 4 of 6 FG

2025-26 matchups · roster as of Oct 30 · defender ratings as of Oct 29. Tough, average or soft is the defender's own FG% allowed against the league (top, middle or bottom third), shown only for defenders in the league ranking.

Team defense

Portland Trail Blazers: the 12th-best defense at an average pace; about average against guards on points.

Allowed-to-guards figures use 2025-26 (last season), 333 guard-games against POR · team ratings over 3 games, snapshot 2026-10-29.

3 meetings on record: 14.7 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists per game (last on Mar 4). The vs POR window above shows each game.

POR injury report · Oct 30

• Chris Youngblood · Out

Lineup context

Points per game with and without his top teammates by minutes.

Fewer than 5 games with MEM this season, so last season (2025-26) is used.

• Jaylen Wells
  With8.4 · 33 games
  Without14.8 · 8 games
• Cam Spencer
  With8.8 · 36 games
  Without15.8 · 5 games
• Cedric Coward
  With7.4 · 25 games
  Without13.2 · 16 games

Teammate availability from the injury report as of Oct 30.