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Portland Trail Blazers at New Orleans Pelicans

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118 - 100

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Anfernee Simons, Deandre Ayton help the Trail Blazers beat the Pelicans, 118-100

Brandon Ingram highlights vs. Portland Trail Blazers

Toumani Camara and Jerami Grant each scored 16 points for the Trail Blazers, who trailed for most of the first three quarters. Portland surged ahead in the fourth, when Dalano Banton entered the game and scored 20 points in a single period.

Brandon Ingram was the Pelicans' only usual starter in uniform for a second straight game and scored 27 points.

Pelicans star forward Zion Williamson was scratched from the lineup with right hamstring and quad tightness for a second straight game. New Orleans was also without starters Dejounte Murray, CJ McCollum, and Herb Jones, along with prominent reserves Trey Murphy III and Jordan Hawkins.

Brandon Boston Jr. scored 20, getting a spot start because Hawkins, who'd been starting recently for McCollum, was unable to play a second straight night through lower back tightness.

Jose Alvarado added 18 points for New Orleans.

Takeaways Trail Blazers: Portland's advantage around the basket showed as the Blazers shot 54.8% (46 of 84) and outrebounded New Orleans 38-34.

Pelicans: For a second straight game, New Orleans was badly outscored in the paint. Portland finished with a 66-38 advantage inside, one night after Atlanta outscored the Pelicans 66-32 in the paint.

Key moment Banton, fresh from resting the first three quarters, scored eight points in five minutes to fuel a 10-2 run which put Portland in front 94-89. The Blazers pulled away from there.

Key stat Banton shot 8 of 9 in his 12 minutes on the court, including 2 of 3 from 3-point range.

Up next The Trail Blazers visit San Antonio on Thursday night. The Pelicans host unbeaten Cleveland on Wednesday night to close out a four-game homestand.

Regular Season Series

POR leads series 2-1

Matchup Prediction

Pelicans: 42.6%
Trail Blazers: 57.4%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 118 - 100
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 118 - 100
4th 6.1 shot clock turnover 118 - 100
4th 28.1 Jabari Walker defensive rebound 118 - 100
4th 31.0 Jamal Cain misses 26-foot three point jumper 118 - 100

Statistics

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46-84 FG 38-84
54.8 Field Goal % 45.2
10-29 3PT 10-35
34.5 Three Point % 28.6
16-24 FT 14-16
66.7 Free Throw % 87.5
38 Rebounds 34
11 Offensive Rebounds 10
27 Defensive Rebounds 24
21 Assists 24
10 Steals 5
5 Blocks 3
11 Turnovers 12
1 Team Turnovers 4
12 Total Turnovers 16
1 Technical Fouls 0
1 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
10 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 18
17 Fast Break Points 9
66 Points in Paint 38
15 Fouls 20
18 Largest Lead 14

Game Information

Smoothie King Center

Location: New Orleans, LA
Attendance: 14,932 · Capacity:

2024-25 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 23 5 .821 - W8
Denver 16 11 .593 6.5 W2
Minnesota 14 14 .500 9 L3
Portland 9 20 .310 14.5 L2
Utah 7 21 .250 16 L1

2024-25 Southwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston 20 9 .690 - W3
Memphis 20 10 .667 0.5 L1
Dallas 19 10 .655 1 W2
San Antonio 15 14 .517 5 L1
New Orleans 5 25 .167 15.5 L7
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