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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Trail Blazers | 35 | 24 | 35 | 32 | 126 |
 Pelicans | 30 | 39 | 22 | 33 | 124 |
PORTeam statsNOP| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR | 46-9051.1% | 18-4143.9% | 16-1888.9% | 31 | 26 | 9 |
| NOP | 43-8948.3% | 15-3246.9% | 23-2979.3% | 51 | 25 | 11 |
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Portland Trail Blazers126| 38 | 12 | 5-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | +12 | +3.6 | |||||||
| 38 | 43 | 14-28 | 7-16 | 8-8 | +14 | +17.3 | ||||||||
| 34 | 23 | 7-14 | 5-10 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +2.7 | |||||
| 32 | 13 | 6-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | +3 | +5.7 | ||||||||
| 30 | 11 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +10 | −3.4 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 7 | 2-5 | 1-4 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −3.1 | |||||
| 20 | 12 | 5-12 | 2-3 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −2.8 | ||||
| 19 | 5 | 2-6 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −11 | −5.6 | |||
| 5 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −1.9 | |
| Team | 126 | 46-9051.1% | 18-4143.9% | 31 | 26 | 9 | 19 | 16-1888.9% | 7 | 6 | 7 | |||
Bench 24 points on 9 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Zach Collins, Jusuf Nurkić and CJ McCollum (injury/illness); Keljin Blevins and CJ Elleby (coach’s decision).
New Orleans Pelicans124| 36 | 21 | 7-14 | 5-10 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −19 | +0.8 | ||||||
| 34 | 36, Ties his career high | 12-18 | 1-2 | 11-15 | 0 | −4 | +14.1 | |||||||
| 32 | 14 | 4-12 | 0-2 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | −13 | −3.6 | ||||||
| 23 | 10 | 4-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −0.4 | ||||||
| 10 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −8 | 0.0 | ||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 4 | 2-9 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | +9 | −7.9 | |||||||
| 29 | 11 | 5-13 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +1.0 | ||||
| 20 | 16 | 5-7 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | +16 | +6.3 | ||||||
| 17 | 6 | 2-6 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +0.1 | ||||
| 9 | 4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +4 | +2.5 | |||||
| Team | 124 | 43-8948.3% | 15-3246.9% | 51 | 25 | 11 | 15 | 23-2979.3% | 18 | 5 | 1 | |||
Bench 41 points on 15 for 37 shooting
Did not play: Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Wenyen Gabriel, Nicolo Melli and Sindarius Thornwell (coach’s decision).
Trail Blazers126Pelicans124ClickTap 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.
Damian Lillard made a driving layup with 16 seconds left, and the Portland Trail Blazers rallied from 15 points down in the second quarter to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 126-124 for their sixth straight win.
The Trail Blazers trailed 64-49 with 2:05 left in the second quarter and 69-59 at halftime. They outscored the Pelicans 77-60 the rest of the way.
The Pelicans had the ball down 2 after a timeout, but Brandon Ingram missed a 14-foot jumper at the buzzer that would have tied it.
During clutch time, the Trail Blazers outscored the Pelicans 17-16. Lillard (No. 1 in clutch wins added, 2020-21) scored 8 of the Trail Blazers’ 17 on 3 for 3 shooting and 1 for 1 at the line. In the fourth quarter, Lillard had 4 of his 16 assists, 1 of them on a basket by Derrick Jones Jr. that put the Trail Blazers ahead. With 2:09 left, JJ Redick stole the ball from Robert Covington, and his 3-pointer off it put the Pelicans ahead 117-116.
Lillard had 43 points and a season-high 16 assists, and Gary Trent Jr. added 23 points with 5 3-pointers. Lillard and Jones set each other up for 6 baskets and 14 points.
For the Pelicans, Zion Williamson scored 36 points (22 in the paint) on 12 for 18 shooting, and Lonzo Ball added 21 points (9 in the second quarter) with 5 3-pointers. Redick scored 16 points off the bench.
The Pelicans forced 9 turnovers, about 5 fewer than usual for this many possessions. The Trail Blazers’ starters outscored the Pelicans 66-53 in 19 minutes together.
Portland Trail BlazersNew Orleans PelicansPS, 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. The Trail Blazers’ chance bottomed out at 8.4% (2nd quarter, 2:05 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
110 points from the field on 90 shots: 10.8 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 23-30 | 76.7% | 64% |
| In the paint | 0-7 | 0.0% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 5-12 | 41.7% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 2-5 | 40.0% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 16-36 | 44.4% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lonzo Ball | 51 | 19 | 7-13 | −2 |
| Josh Hart | 8 | 3 | 1-4 | 0 |
| Willy Hernangomez | 5 | 8 | 3-4 | +6 |
| Steven Adams | 4 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 14 | 4-7 | +10 |
The tracking credits him with 46 points on 77 possessions. He usually scores about 32 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Bledsoe | 31 | 4 | 1-1 | −5 |
| JJ Redick | 20 | 5 | 2-3 | 0 |
| Zion Williamson | 5 | 9 | 2-3 | +8 |
| Josh Hart | 3 | 0 | 0-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 5 | 2-7 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 23 points on 68 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zion Williamson | 32 | 11 | 5-7 | +7 |
| Brandon Ingram | 12 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Willy Hernangomez | 5 | 2 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Josh Hart | 4 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 9 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
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Highest Leverage Moments
Lillard 2' Driving Layup (42 PTS)
Q4 0:17
48.7%
73→24
Ball 25' 3PT Jump Shot (21 PTS) (Ingram 6 AST)
Q4 1:32
36.1%
30→66
Jones Jr. 2' Running Reverse Layup (13 PTS) (Lillard 16 AST)
Q4 0:29
34.2%
64→30
Lillard 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (38 PTS)
Q4 1:46
32.9%
62→30
Redick 25' 3PT Jump Shot (16 PTS) (Ball 5 AST)
Q4 2:05
28.6%
34→62
