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Portland Trail Blazers at Brooklyn Nets

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27-33, 11-19 Away
Final
121 - 102

21-38, 9-20 Home

Sharpe scores 25 and Trail Blazers win 4th straight, 121-102 over Nets

Portland Trail Blazers vs. Brooklyn Nets: Game Highlights

Toumani Camara had 19 points, Anfernee Simons chipped in 14, and Donovan Clingan finished with 12 for the Trail Blazers, who extended their winning streak to four games.

Cam Thomas scored 16 points in 21 minutes in his return to the Brooklyn lineup after missing 24 games due to a left hamstring strain.

Nic Claxton and Killian Hayes each had 16 points for the Nets, who have lost their last three games.

Portland led by 21 points in the early minutes of the third quarter before the Nets cut the lead to nine heading into the final period.

Thomas fed Claxton for an alley-oop dunk to make it 96-84 with 10:20 to play in the fourth quarter before the Trail Blazers put the game out of reach with a 13-4 run capped by seven straight points from Banton.

Takeaways Trail Blazers: Seven players scored in double figures. Scoot Henderson had 12 points off the bench. Jabari Walker did not make the cut — he finished with five.

Nets: Brooklyn coach Jordi Fernandez kept mum about the amount of minutes that Thomas would play in his first game back since Jan. 2 at Milwaukee. “Excited to push him to whatever his body is now ready for,” Fernandez said.

Key Moment Portland — playing its third game of a seven-game road trip — led 33-25 at the end of the first quarter and never looked back thanks to Sharpe, who scored 14 points on 6-for-6 shooting.

Key Stat Portland lost the rebound battle, 45-36, but had 32 assists to Brooklyn’s 20.

Up Next Brooklyn visits Detroit on Saturday night while Portland continues its road trip at Cleveland on Sunday.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 121 - 102
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 121 - 102
4th 3.2 shot clock turnover 121 - 102
4th 28.0 Tyrese Martin out of bounds bad pass turnover 121 - 102
4th 31.0 Dalano Banton bad pass (Tyrese Martin steals) 121 - 102

Statistics

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45-78 FG 36-87
57.7 Field Goal % 41.4
15-36 3PT 7-29
41.7 Three Point % 24.1
16-27 FT 23-27
59.3 Free Throw % 85.2
36 Rebounds 45
9 Offensive Rebounds 21
27 Defensive Rebounds 24
31 Assists 20
11 Steals 13
4 Blocks 2
20 Turnovers 21
2 Team Turnovers 0
22 Total Turnovers 21
0 Technical Fouls 1
0 Total Technical Fouls 1
1 Flagrant Fouls 0
21 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 22
16 Fast Break Points 13
56 Points in Paint 50
20 Fouls 23
26 Largest Lead 4
Brooklyn Nets Brooklyn Nets Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Cameron Johnson, SF Day-To-Day Mar 31
Noah Clowney, F Day-To-Day Mar 31
Day'Ron Sharpe, C Out Mar 31
Cam Thomas, SG Out Mar 15
Portland Trail Blazers Portland Trail Blazers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Anfernee Simons, SG Day-To-Day Mar 31
Deandre Ayton, C Out Mar 31
Scoot Henderson, G Out Mar 31
Jerami Grant, SF Out Mar 31
Bryce McGowens, G Out Mar 26

Game Information

Barclays Center

Location: Brooklyn, NY
Attendance: 18,018 · Capacity:

2024-25 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 63 12 .840 - W10
Denver 47 28 .627 16 W2
Minnesota 43 32 .573 20 W2
Portland 32 43 .427 31 L4
Utah 16 60 .211 47.5 L6

2024-25 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Boston 56 19 .747 - W9
New York 47 27 .635 8.5 W2
Toronto 28 47 .373 28 W4
Brooklyn 25 51 .329 31.5 W2
Philadelphia 23 52 .307 33 L8
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