Loading the games…
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Trail Blazers | 25 | 36 | 25 | 27 | 113 |
 Pelicans | 31 | 30 | 27 | 31 | 119 |
PORTeam statsNOP| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR | 45-10144.6% | 12-4228.6% | 11-1478.6% | 39 | 24 | 11 |
| NOP | 45-8254.9% | 7-1936.8% | 22-2395.7% | 43 | 26 | 18 |
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.
New Orleans Pelicans119| 41 | 36 | 16-23 | 0-1 | 4-4 | 0 | −5 | +13.0 | |||||||
| 37 | 25 | 8-11 | 1-2 | 8-8 | 0 | 0 | −1 | +11.8 | ||||||
| 36 | 24 | 9-21 | 3-7 | 3-3 | 0 | +12 | +5.5 | |||||||
| 25 | 4 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −4.7 | ||||
| 20 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −23 | −2.5 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | 5 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | +21 | −4.8 | ||||||||
| 26 | 16 | 4-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | +27 | +4.5 | |||||
| 18 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −3.3 | ||||
| 12 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | −2.5 | |||||
| Team | 119 | 45-8254.9% | 7-1936.8% | 43 | 26 | 18 | 16 | 22-2395.7% | 9 | 7 | 6 | |||
Bench 27 points on 9 for 18 shooting
Did not play: Omer Asik, Cheick Diallo and DeAndre Liggins (coach’s decision).
Portland Trail Blazers113| 38 | 23 | 9-22 | 2-11 | 3-4 | 0 | +5 | +2.9 | |||||||
| 36 | 17 | 7-15 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0 | +3 | +4.8 | |||||||
| 36 | 23 | 9-21 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 0 | −3 | +2.0 | |||||||
| 35 | 19 | 7-16 | 3-9 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +16 | +5.6 | |||||
| 31 | 19 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 5-6 | +7 | +5.7 | ||||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | −16 | −2.5 | ||||||||
| 18 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −18 | −2.8 | |||||
| 16 | 2 | 1-6 | 0-5 | 0 | 0-0 | −5 | −1.7 | |||||||
| 12 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −19 | −3.3 | |||||
| Team | 113 | 45-10144.6% | 12-4228.6% | 39 | 24 | 11 | 22 | 11-1478.6% | 14 | 13 | 6 | |||
Bench 12 points on 6 for 18 shooting
Did not play: Jake Layman, Meyers Leonard and Noah Vonleh (coach’s decision).
Pelicans119Trail Blazers113ClickTap 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.
Anthony Davis scored 36 points (28 in the paint), and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Portland Trail Blazers 119-113.
Darius Miller’s 3-pointer put the Pelicans ahead for good with 11:24 left in the fourth quarter.
The Trail Blazers got within 100-99 on Jusuf Nurkić’s 2 free throws with 5:25 to play, but Anthony Davis answered with a three-point play, and the Trail Blazers got no closer than 103-101.
During clutch time, the Pelicans outscored the Trail Blazers 8-4. Anthony Davis (No. 6 in clutch points, 2017-18) scored 4 of the Pelicans’ 8 on 2 for 2 shooting.
Jrue Holiday had 25 points (12 in the first quarter), 6 assists and 4 steals on 8 for 11 shooting, and DeMarcus Cousins added 24 points, 19 rebounds and 8 assists. Anthony Davis scored 16 of his 36 points in the fourth quarter. The Pelicans had 3 20-point scorers.
For the Trail Blazers, Damian Lillard had 23 points, 8 assists and 3 steals, and CJ McCollum added 23 points. Nurkić had 19 points and 3 blocks on 7 for 9 shooting. Al-Farouq Aminu had 19 points, 11 rebounds and 3 steals.
The Pelicans shot 54.9% from the field and 36.8% from 3 to the Trail Blazers’ 44.6% and 28.6%. The Pelicans’ starters were outscored 50-37 in 18 minutes together.
New Orleans PelicansPortland Trail BlazersPS, 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).
97 points from the field on 82 shots: 6.8 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 | 26-41 | 63.4% | 63% |
| In the paint | 5-11 | 45.5% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 7-11 | 63.6% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 2-5 | 40.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 5-14 | 35.7% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Farouq Aminu | 43 | 21 | 10-15 | +8 |
| Ed Davis | 19 | 4 | 2-2 | −1 |
| Jusuf Nurkić | 10 | 7 | 3-4 | +4 |
| Damian Lillard | 6 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 7 | 3-5 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 41 points on 86 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJ McCollum | 26 | 2 | 1-2 | −4 |
| Damian Lillard | 14 | 9 | 3-3 | +6 |
| Shabazz Napier | 10 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Maurice Harkless | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 8 | 3-5 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 74 possessions. He usually scores about 17 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jusuf Nurkić | 43 | 12 | 5-14 | −1 |
| Ed Davis | 9 | 4 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Shabazz Napier | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Al-Farouq Aminu | 5 | 5 | 2-4 | +4 |
| Everyone else | 6 | 4 | 2-6 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 25 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 20 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.
NOP win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
POR
50/50
NOP
Highest Leverage Moments
Davis 19' Jump Shot (34 PTS) (Cousins 8 AST)
Q4 3:28
15.2%
64→79
Davis 1' Alley Oop Dunk (32 PTS) (Cousins 7 AST)
Q4 4:43
14.9%
62→77
Nurkic 1' Cutting Layup Shot (19 PTS) (Lillard 6 AST)
Q4 4:18
13.7%
77→64
McCollum 3PT Jump Shot (11 PTS) (Nurkic 2 AST)
Q3 10:55
12.0%
53→41
Cousins 24' 3PT Fadeaway Jumper (10 PTS) (Nelson 1 AST)
Q2 7:07
11.5%
82→93
