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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Trail Blazers | 24 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 93 |
 Hornets | 20 | 17 | 30 | 24 | 91 |
PORTeam statsCHA| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR | 37-7946.8% | 10-2441.7% | 9-1850.0% | 47 | 19 | 20 |
| CHA | 33-9634.4% | 7-3122.6% | 18-2864.3% | 51 | 18 | 6 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Portland Trail Blazers93| 39 | 25 | 10-17 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +1.4 | |||||
| 38 | 18 | 7-19 | 3-9 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | +2 | −1.9 | ||||||
| 34 | 9 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −4.7 | ||||||
| 25 | 14 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 4-7 | 0 | −7 | −2.9 | ||||||
| 23 | 2 | 1-7 | 0-3 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −10.3 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | 6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −1.8 | |||||
| 18 | 9 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −2.4 | |||||
| 17 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −1.0 | |||
| 15 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.8 | |||||
| 9 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2.1 | ||||
| Team | 93 | 37-7946.8% | 10-2441.7% | 47 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 9-1850.0% | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||
Bench 25 points on 10 for 19 shooting
Did not play: Maurice Harkless, Jake Layman and Meyers Leonard (coach’s decision).
Charlotte Hornets91| 38 | 23 | 9-17 | 5-9 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +5.1 | ||||
| 38 | 14 | 7-26 | 0-9 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | −9.5 | |||||||
| 34 | 9 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 3-5 | +6 | +0.4 | ||||||||
| 28 | 9 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3-8 | 0 | +8 | −2.7 | |||||
| 26 | 10 | 4-8 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.2 | ||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 15 | 4-11 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 7-7 | 0 | 0 | −5 | +0.7 | ||||
| 23 | 2 | 1-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −7 | −5.9 | ||||||
| 16 | 1 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 1-2 | −10 | −3.3 | ||||||||
| 8 | 5 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | +3.8 | |||||
| 5 | 3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.2 | |
| Team | 91 | 33-9634.4% | 7-3122.6% | 51 | 18 | 6 | 21 | 18-2864.3% | 13 | 9 | 3 | |||
Bench 26 points on 7 for 27 shooting
Did not play: Dwayne Bacon, Mangok Mathiang and Malik Monk (coach’s decision).
Trail Blazers93Hornets91ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
CJ McCollum scored 25 points, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Charlotte Hornets 93-91.
Jusuf Nurkić’s layup put the Trail Blazers ahead for good with 4:20 left in the fourth quarter.
The Hornets got within 92-91 on Kemba Walker’s 17-foot step-back jumper with 1:18 to play. They had the ball down 1 with 58 seconds left, but Al-Farouq Aminu blocked Walker’s layup at the rim. It would have put the Hornets ahead. McCollum followed with a free throw, and the Hornets got no closer. They had the ball down 2, but Walker missed a 35-foot 3-pointer at the buzzer that would have put them ahead.
During clutch time, the teams each scored 7.
For the Hornets, Nicolas Batum scored 23 points (18 in the third quarter) with 5 3-pointers, and Walker went 0 for 9 from 3. Jeremy Lamb scored 13 of his 15 points (13 in the fourth quarter) in the fourth quarter.
The Trail Blazers did not make a field goal in the last 4:00.
Portland Trail BlazersCharlotte HornetsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
84 points from the field on 79 shots: 6.0 more than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 8-18 | 44.4% | 63% |
| In the paint | 9-15 | 60.0% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 10-22 | 45.5% | 40% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-24 | 41.7% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | 34 | 10 | 4-6 | +1 |
| Michael Carter-Williams | 16 | 6 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Nicolas Batum | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Jeremy Lamb | 7 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 14 | 13 | 6-9 | +9 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 79 possessions. He usually scores about 21 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kemba Walker | 44 | 4 | 2-9 | −9 |
| Michael Carter-Williams | 11 | 5 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | 6 | 6 | 2-3 | +4 |
| Dwight Howard | 4 | 2 | 1-5 | +1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwight Howard | 40 | 6 | 3-7 | −3 |
| Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | 3 | 6 | 3-4 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
The tracking credits him with 14 points on 52 possessions. He usually scores about 12 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
CHA win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
POR
50/50
CHA
Highest Leverage Moments
Walker 17' Step Back Jump Shot (14 PTS)
Q4 1:18
16.9%
21→37
Nurkic 3' Layup (14 PTS) (McCollum 3 AST)
Q4 4:20
15.2%
54→39
Williams 20' Jump Shot (10 PTS) (Batum 5 AST)
Q4 2:42
13.2%
21→34
Lillard 11' Jump Shot (18 PTS)
Q4 4:00
13.1%
37→24
Connaughton 27' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS)
Q4 11:34
12.3%
27→15
