Injury report update: Deandre Ayton (left calf soreness) is available. Deni Avdija (right ankle sprain), Dalano Banton (illness) and Robert Williams III (illness) are questionable. Jerami Grant (face contusion) and Matisse Thybulle (right ankle sprain) are out.

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The Portland Trail Blazers could soon regain the services of one center, but another might remain out, along with a starting forward.

Blazers coach Chauncey Billups said starting center Deandre Ayton, who missed Saturday’s loss to Miami with calf soreness, practiced Monday and could return Tuesday night against the Brooklyn Nets at the Moda Center.

“I suspect that DA will be fine tomorrow,” Billups said.

Backup center Robert Williams III, who sat out two games with an illness, didn’t appear ready to return.

“He wasn’t feeling great today,” Billups said. “Not at all.”

Portland’s Deandre Ayton (2) looks on as the Trail Blazers face the Dallas Mavericks in an NBA game on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024, at the Moda Center in Portland.Naji Saker for The Oregonian/OregonLive

Forward Jerami Grant has missed seven games with a face contusion.

“He’s ramping up,” Billups said. “He did some things today. But then we went live, and he didn’t. Nothing really new to report.”

While it appears that Ayton will return and Grant and Williams probably won’t play against the Nets, Billups left things with all three open-ended.

“A lot can happen in a day,” Billups said.