Charlotte Hornets 116, Portland Trail Blazers 125 — Recap

December 17, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Charlotte Hornets 116, Portland Trail Blazers 125. Scoring by quarter: Q1 CHA 24-41 POR; Q2 CHA 31-40 POR; Q3 CHA 31-22 POR; Q4 CHA 30-22 POR.

Top performers (box score): Damian Lillard (POR) 43 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 threes on 12-of-19 shooting; Ben McLemore (POR) 28 points, 2 rebounds, 0 assists, 8 threes on 10-of-16 shooting; LaMelo Ball (CHA) 27 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-17 shooting; Kelly Oubre Jr. (CHA) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-14 shooting; P.J. Washington (CHA) 16 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 4 threes on 4-of-8 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

Damian Lillard

43 PTS, 4 REB, 8 AST, 6 3PM · 12-19 FG

Scoring · POR

Ben McLemore

28 PTS, 2 REB, 0 AST, 8 3PM · 10-16 FG

Scoring · CHA

LaMelo Ball

27 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST, 3 3PM · 11-17 FG

Season highs

Damian Lillard · Season-high 43 pointsBen McLemore · Season-high 28 pointsMiles Bridges · Season-high 11 assistsBen McLemore · Season-high 8 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
CHA	24	31	31	30		116
POR	41	40	22	22		125

🧮 How They Scored

CHAPOR

52Points in the paint40

15Fast-break points8

17Second-chance points16

21Points off turnovers14

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

54.9%Effective FG%64.1%

11.5%Turnover %13.9%

22.7%Offensive rebound %20.0%

0.196Free-throw rate0.212

Box Score

Charlotte Hornets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Miles Bridges F	38	14	6	11	1	2	2	6-12	0-2	2-2	-6
Kelly Oubre Jr. F	31	18	4	1	0	0	2	6-14	3-9	3-4	-5
LaMelo Ball G	29	27	4	5	1	0	2	11-17	3-5	2-2	-10
Cody Martin F	26	14	3	5	2	0	0	5-5	1-1	3-4	+7
P.J. Washington F	24	16	5	1	1	1	3	4-8	4-8	4-4	+13
Terry Rozier G	23	2	4	1	2	0	0	1-10	0-2	0-0	-18
Gordon Hayward F	22	6	3	1	0	0	4	2-8	2-5	0-0	-25
Mason Plumlee F-C	17	9	3	1	0	1	0	4-7	0-0	1-2	-15
Jalen McDaniels F	16	4	5	1	0	0	0	2-5	0-3	0-0	-1
Ish Smith G	13	6	1	2	1	0	0	3-6	0-2	0-0	+15

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Norman Powell F-G	40	14	3	5	2	0	1	5-15	4-10	0-0	+9
Damian Lillard G	37	43	4	8	1	0	3	12-19	6-11	13-14	+13
Larry Nance Jr. F	36	10	7	1	0	0	1	4-6	0-0	2-2	-5
Robert Covington F	32	7	10	3	1	2	1	3-10	1-6	0-0	+13
Nassir Little F	30	3	8	6	1	3	3	1-4	0-2	1-2	+7
Ben McLemore G	27	28	2	0	2	0	2	10-16	8-13	0-0	0
Anfernee Simons G	18	8	0	2	0	0	3	3-6	2-4	0-0	-8
Jusuf Nurkic C	15	10	4	2	0	0	0	5-8	0-1	0-0	+8
Trendon Watford F	5	2	3	0	0	1	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	+8

🔬 Advanced Stats

Charlotte HornetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
LaMelo Ball	Bench	29	27	75.5	29.9	-18.7	15.9
Kelly Oubre Jr.	Bench	31	18	57.1	24.0	-9.3	4.5
P.J. Washington	Bench	24	16	82.0	23.6	+25.5	13.7
Miles Bridges	Bench	38	14	54.3	17.0	-4.5	13.2
Cody Martin	Bench	26	14	103.6	11.5	+14.5	17.1
Mason Plumlee	Bench	17	9	57.1	16.3	-44.1	8.3
Gordon Hayward	Bench	22	6	37.5	21.1	-53.2	0.0
Ish Smith	Bench	13	6	50.0	20.0	+60.0	13.3
Jalen McDaniels	Bench	16	4	40.0	13.5	-3.0	5.7
Terry Rozier	Bench	23	2	10.0	17.9	-32.7	-1.5

Portland Trail BlazersTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Damian Lillard	Bench	37	43	85.5	33.3	+13.4	24.2
Ben McLemore	Bench	27	28	87.5	27.7	-2.1	19.4
Norman Powell	Bench	40	14	46.7	17.0	+6.4	4.8
Larry Nance Jr.	Bench	36	10	72.7	9.5	-6.8	6.8
Jusuf Nurkic	Bench	15	10	62.5	25.8	+39.6	9.2
Anfernee Simons	Bench	18	8	66.7	20.5	-18.0	3.2
Robert Covington	Bench	32	7	35.0	13.9	+17.1	6.7
Nassir Little	Bench	30	3	30.7	11.6	+13.6	8.6
Trendon Watford	Bench	5	2	100.0	14.3	+61.5	12.1