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New Orleans Pelicans at Portland Trail Blazers

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2-0, 1-0 Away
Final
105 - 103

Brandon Ingram hits game-winner to earn Pelicans 105-103 come-from-behind win over Trail Blazers

Zion seals a Pelicans' win with a massive rejection at the rim

New Orleans trailed until CJ McCollum made a 3-pointer and floater to tie it at 91 with 8:20 to go. Jordan Hawkins made free throws to put New Orleans in front. The Pelicans extended the lead to 97-91 on Daniel Theis' layup.

Anfernee Simons' jumper put Portland back in front with 2:24 left. It was back and fourth down the stretch until Ingram's game-winner.

Hawkins led the Pelicans with 24 points.

Zion Williamson was in the starting lineup for the Pelicans after missing the team's opener against Chicago with an illness. He finished with 16 points.

Portland jumped out to a 27-15 lead in the first quarter and held on to a double-digit lead through most of the half to lead 47-37 at the break.

Takeaways Pelicans: Dejounte Murray is expected to miss four-to-six weeks because of a hand injury he sustained in the fourth quarter of New Orleans' season opener against the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night. Jose Alvarado replaced him in the starting lineup.

Trail Blazers: Rookie big man Donovan Clingan played just seven minutes in the first half but had three blocks. In the third quarter, he stripped Yves Missi of a rebound from behind, got the layup and drew a foul. Clingan finished with four points and four blocks in 14 minutes.

Key moment Ingram drove into the paint on Simons and made a contested turnaround jumper to give the Pelicans a 105-103 lead with 4.9 seconds left.

Key stat Jerami Grant finished with 34 points, including eight 3-pointers, for the Blazers, breaking his previous best of seven set against Cleveland in 2022.

Up next The Pelicans and the Blazers play again at the Moda Center on Sunday afternoon.

Regular Season Series

NO leads series 1-0

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 105 - 103
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 105 - 103
4th 0.0 Trail Blazers offensive team rebound 105 - 103
4th 0.0 Herbert Jones blocks Anfernee Simons's driving layup 105 - 103
4th 4.2 Yves Missi enters the game for Jordan Hawkins 105 - 103

Statistics

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32-76 FG 33-78
42.1 Field Goal % 42.3
12-31 3PT 13-35
38.7 Three Point % 37.1
21-31 FT 12-15
67.7 Free Throw % 80.0
41 Rebounds 41
10 Offensive Rebounds 8
31 Defensive Rebounds 33
22 Assists 25
12 Steals 7
5 Blocks 10
13 Turnovers 18
0 Team Turnovers 1
13 Total Turnovers 19
2 Technical Fouls 1
2 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
9 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 20
15 Fast Break Points 8
30 Points in Paint 34
16 Fouls 22
6 Largest Lead 16
Portland Trail Blazers Portland Trail Blazers Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Robert Williams III, C Day-To-Day Jul 3
Shaedon Sharpe, SG Day-To-Day Jul 3
Scoot Henderson, G Day-To-Day Jul 3
Jerami Grant, SF Day-To-Day Jul 3
Deni Avdija, SF Day-To-Day Jun 24
New Orleans Pelicans New Orleans Pelicans Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Zion Williamson, PF Day-To-Day Jul 3
Dejounte Murray, SG Out Jul 3
Trey Murphy III, SG Day-To-Day Jul 3
Yves Missi, C Day-To-Day Jul 3
Karlo Matkovic, C Day-To-Day Jul 3

Game Information

Moda Center

Location: Portland, OR
Attendance: 16,190 · Capacity:

2024-25 Southwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston 52 30 .634 - L3
Memphis 48 34 .585 4 W1
Dallas 39 43 .476 13 L1
San Antonio 34 48 .415 18 W1
New Orleans 21 61 .256 31 L7

2024-25 Northwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Oklahoma City 68 14 .829 - W4
Denver 50 32 .610 18 W3
Minnesota 49 33 .598 19 W3
Portland 36 46 .439 32 W1
Utah 17 65 .207 51 L2
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