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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Trail Blazers | 21 | 28 | 29 | 19 | 97 |
 Pelicans | 24 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 111 |
PORTeam statsNOP| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POR | 35-7844.9% | 13-3438.2% | 14-1973.7% | 31 | 18 | 10 |
| NOP | 42-8052.5% | 12-3336.4% | 15-1883.3% | 44 | 27 | 15 |
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 Pelicans111| 41 | 20 | 7-10 | 1-4 | 5-5 | +7 | +4.5 | ||||||||
| 37 | 28 | 12-22 | 2-7 | 2-5 | 0 | 0 | +10 | +2.8 | ||||||
| 31 | 10 | 4-10 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 0 | +1 | −2.4 | |||||||
| 28 | 10 | 3-7 | 2-6 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | +20 | +0.1 | ||||||
| 26 | 3 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −5.7 | ||||
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| 26 | 27 | 10-16 | 6-9, Ties his career high | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −9 | +6.0 | ||||||
| 17 | 13 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +4.9 | ||||
| 13 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | −4.0 | |||
| 11 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −12 | −4.4 | ||||
| 10 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −4.1 | ||||
| Team | 111 | 42-8052.5% | 12-3336.4% | 44 | 27 | 15 | 19 | 15-1883.3% | 8 | 5 | 3 | |||
Bench 40 points on 15 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Jaxson Hayes, Naji Marshall and Gary Clark (coach’s decision).
Portland Trail Blazers97| 42 | 16 | 6-14 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0 | −7 | −5.0 | |||||||
| 40 | 39 | 13-24 | 6-11 | 0 | 7-8 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +12.0 | |||||
| 33 | 17 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 5-8 | 0 | −2 | −0.2 | |||||||
| 28 | 10 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | −8 | +5.3 | |||||||
| 18 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | −2 | −3.8 | ||||||
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| 31 | 7 | 3-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | +2 | −0.9 | ||||||||
| 31 | 2 | 1-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −12.2 | ||||||
| 14 | 6 | 2-7 | 2-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −2.2 | |||
| 4 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | −0.8 | ||||
| Team | 97 | 35-7844.9% | 13-3438.2% | 31 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 14-1973.7% | 7 | 12 | 4 | |||
Bench 15 points on 6 for 24 shooting
Did not play: Dennis Smith Jr., CJ Elleby and Greg Brown III (coach’s decision).
Pelicans111Trail Blazers97ClickTap 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.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 27 points (18 in the fourth quarter), and the New Orleans Pelicans went on a 14-0 run in the third quarter to beat the Portland Trail Blazers 111-97.
The Trail Blazers led 52-51 when Josh Hart’s driving layup put the Pelicans ahead for good with 11:03 left in the third quarter. He scored 7 points as they pulled away to a 65-52 lead with 8:31 left in the quarter.
The Trail Blazers got within 92-91 on Damian Lillard’s 3-pointer with 6:51 to play, but Brandon Ingram answered with a 20-foot jumper, and the Trail Blazers got no closer.
Ingram had 28 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, and Hart added 20 points and 3 steals on 7 for 10 shooting. Alexander-Walker scored 18 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter. The Pelicans had 3 20-point scorers. Ingram and Alexander-Walker set each other up for 6 baskets and 14 points, 3 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Trail Blazers, Lillard had 39 points and 7 assists.
The Pelicans shot 52.5% from the field to the Trail Blazers’ 44.9% and outscored them 40-15 off the bench. The Pelicans outscored the Trail Blazers 19-9 in 7 minutes with Valančiūnas, Ingram, Hart, Alexander-Walker and Jones on the floor 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).
96 points from the field on 80 shots: 10.3 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 | 17-24 | 70.8% | 65% |
| In the paint | 7-12 | 58.3% | 43% |
| Mid-range | 6-11 | 54.5% | 41% |
| Corner 3 | 6-8 | 75.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 6-25 | 24.0% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Covington | 22 | 14 | 6-9 | +7 |
| Norman Powell | 15 | 4 | 2-3 | −1 |
| Tony Snell | 14 | 4 | 2-5 | −1 |
| Damian Lillard | 9 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 8 | 3-7 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 32 points on 72 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anfernee Simons | 12 | 7 | 3-5 | +4 |
| Norman Powell | 11 | 6 | 2-3 | +3 |
| Robert Covington | 8 | 3 | 1-4 | +1 |
| Ben McLemore | 8 | 5 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 5 | 2-5 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 47 possessions. He usually scores about 11 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norman Powell | 19 | 0 | 0-0 | −4 |
| Damian Lillard | 17 | 6 | 3-3 | +3 |
| Anfernee Simons | 10 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Ben McLemore | 8 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 22 | 15 | 5-7 | +11 |
The tracking credits him with 21 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 14 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
Alexander-Walker 3PT Jump Shot (13 PTS) (Temple 1 AST)
Q4 10:49
15.0%
53→68
Lillard 26' 3PT Jump Shot (37 PTS)
Q4 6:51
14.8%
73→58
Alexander-Walker 26' 3PT Jump Shot (21 PTS) (Graham 5 AST)
Q4 8:46
14.4%
77→92
Covington 24' 3PT Jump Shot (7 PTS) (Lillard 6 AST)
Q4 8:11
14.4%
92→77
Lillard 28' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (32 PTS)
Q4 9:06
14.4%
92→77
