National Basketball Association
Portland 132, New Orleans 119
When: 10:30 PM ET, Thursday, November 1, 2018
Where: Moda Center, Portland, Oregon
Officials:
#42 Eric Lewis, #40 Leon Wood, #77 Karl Lane
Attendance:
18921
By Field Level Media
Damian Lillard scored 26 points as the Portland Trail Blazers beat the visiting New Orleans Pelicans 132-119 Thursday night.
Jusuf Nurkic scored 20 points and collected nine rebounds, and Al-Farouq Aminu contributed a season-high 17 points and 10 boards for the Trail Blazers, who won their third straight game.
Evan Turner added a season-high 14 points, seven rebounds and seven assists off the Portland bench.
Julius Randle scored a season-high 29 points, E'Twaun Moore had 19 points, and Jrue Holiday scored 17 points and added 10 assists for the Pelicans, who lost for the fourth straight time after a 4-0 start to the season.
The Pelicans were without big man Anthony Davis for the third time in four games. He missed back-to-back games with a sprained right elbow before playing 41 minutes against Golden State.
Portland held a huge advantage from 3-point range. The Blazers were 18 of 35 from beyond the arc compared to New Orleans' 8-for-29 shooting from long range.
Lillard scored 15 points to lift Portland to a 70-65 lead at the half. Randle had 23 points for New Orleans. The difference was at the 3-point line; the Blazers were 10 of 15 while the Pelicans were 5-for-16 from 3-point distance at intermission.
New Orleans seized the lead at 81-80 on a Nikola Mirotic layup early in the third quarter. Portland responded with six straight points to go ahead 86-81.
Portland extended its advantage to 96-90 on back-to-back treys by Nurkic and Lillard. The Blazers carried a 102-99 edge into the final period.
A Lillard jumper gave Portland a 118-106 lead with about seven minutes left. Aminu increased the gap to 123-108 on a three-point play with 4:44 remaining. New Orleans got no closer than 12 points the rest of the way.
Jake Layman scored eight points in the first four minutes as Portland jumped to a 16-8 lead. New Orleans tied the count at 27-27 on back-to-back baskets by Randle, who scored 14 points in the quarter.
The Blazers took a 35-31 advantage into the second period.
Portland extended its edge to 40-31 but the Pelicans hung close, drawing to within 56-53 on a pair of foul shots by Randle midway through the second quarter.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
| New Orleans |
|
Portland |
|
Julius Randle 29 |
Scoring |
Damian Lillard 26 |
|
Jrue Holiday 10 |
Assists |
Evan Turner 7 |
|
Nikola Mirotic 13 |
Rebounds |
Al-Farouq Aminu 10 |
|
Julius Randle 11 |
Free Throws Made |
Damian Lillard 8 |
|
Jrue Holiday 3 |
Steals |
Damian Lillard 1 |
|
Nikola Mirotic 2 |
Blocks |
Jake Layman 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| New Orleans
|
119 |
42.6 |
8-29 |
31-37 |
23 |
44 |
3 |
7 |
13 |
| Portland
|
132 |
50.6 |
18-35 |
26-31 |
26 |
46 |
4 |
4 |
14 |
Upcoming Games
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Portland will play their next game at home against L.A. Lakers. The Trail Blazers have a W/L % of .667 after a win and 1.000 after a loss.
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New Orleans will play their next game on the road against San Antonio. The Pelicans have a W/L % of .750 after a win and .250 after a loss.
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