New Orleans Pelicans 124, Portland Trail Blazers 125 — Recap

March 16, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 124, Portland Trail Blazers 125. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 34-28 POR; Q2 NOP 30-22 POR; Q3 NOP 31-32 POR; Q4 NOP 29-43 POR.

Top performers (box score): Damian Lillard (POR) 50 points, 6 rebounds, 10 assists, 6 threes on 13-of-20 shooting; Brandon Ingram (NOP) 30 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 10-of-22 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 28 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists on 11-of-17 shooting; Gary Trent Jr. (POR) 22 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-10 shooting; Nickeil Alexander-Walker (NOP) 20 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assists, 6 threes on 7-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

Damian Lillard

50 PTS, 6 REB, 10 AST, 6 3PM · 13-20 FG

Scoring · NOP

Brandon Ingram

30 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST, 3 3PM · 10-22 FG

Scoring · NOP

Zion Williamson

28 PTS, 5 REB, 8 AST · 11-17 FG

Season highs

Damian Lillard · Season-high 50 pointsLonzo Ball · Season-high 17 assistsZion Williamson · Season-high 8 assistsNickeil Alexander-Walker · Season-high 6 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
NOP	34	30	31	29		124
POR	28	22	32	43		125

🧮 How They Scored

NOPPOR

0Points in the paint0

0Fast-break points0

0Second-chance points0

0Points off turnovers0

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

61.4%Effective FG%64.4%

14.2%Turnover %16.4%

26.3%Offensive rebound %11.4%

0.227Free-throw rate0.425

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brandon Ingram F	36	30	6	2	1	0	5	10-22	3-9	7-10	-4
Lonzo Ball G	35	11	3	17	2	0	2	4-8	3-7	0-0	-4
Zion Williamson F	33	28	5	8	1	0	2	11-17	0-0	6-6	-3
Josh Hart G	28	16	9	2	1	1	1	7-13	2-5	0-0	-2
Eric Bledsoe G	27	11	4	3	0	0	1	3-9	2-3	3-4	-10
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	25	20	5	1	1	1	3	7-13	6-9	0-0	+2
Steven Adams C	25	4	5	2	1	0	2	2-4	0-0	0-0	+4
Jaxson Hayes C	19	4	3	1	0	1	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	+6
Kira Lewis Jr. G	9	0	0	2	1	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+6
Willy Hernangomez C	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Damian Lillard G	41	50	6	10	0	0	4	13-20	6-13	18-18	+9
Robert Covington F	37	9	5	0	3	2	1	3-8	3-7	0-0	+11
Gary Trent Jr. G	32	22	3	1	2	0	2	6-10	3-7	7-7	+8
Carmelo Anthony F	30	9	4	6	2	1	2	4-10	1-3	0-0	+1
Enes Kanter C	28	10	5	0	1	2	3	4-6	0-1	2-2	-7
CJ McCollum G	26	10	4	2	0	1	4	3-11	2-7	2-2	-8
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G	18	10	0	0	0	0	1	4-4	2-2	0-0	0
Nassir Little F	18	2	4	1	0	2	0	0-1	0-1	2-2	-11
Rodney Hood G	11	3	1	0	0	0	0	1-3	1-2	0-0	+2

🔬 Advanced Stats

New Orleans PelicansTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Brandon Ingram	Bench	36	30	56.8	35.2	-6.7	9.5
Zion Williamson	Bench	33	28	71.3	27.5	-9.7	19.5
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	25	20	76.9	25.8	-4.9	12.9
Josh Hart	Bench	28	16	61.5	20.9	-7.2	13.3
Lonzo Ball	Bench	35	11	68.8	11.4	-10.1	14.7
Eric Bledsoe	Bench	27	11	51.1	19.4	-15.9	3.7
Steven Adams	Bench	25	4	50.0	10.2	+5.4	1.6
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	19	4	100.0	4.4	+8.9	4.4
Willy Hernangomez	Bench	2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kira Lewis Jr.	Bench	9	0	0.0	0.0	+30.0	4.3

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Damian Lillard	Bench	41	50	89.5	36.8	+13.5	24.9
Gary Trent Jr.	Bench	32	22	84.1	21.1	+15.3	13.2
Derrick Jones Jr.	Bench	18	10	125.0	13.5	+3.3	6.7
CJ McCollum	Bench	26	10	42.1	27.6	-16.7	2.4
Enes Kanter	Bench	28	10	72.7	16.7	-7.8	7.3
Carmelo Anthony	Bench	30	9	45.0	17.6	+5.2	7.4
Robert Covington	Bench	37	9	56.3	11.3	+17.4	3.7
Rodney Hood	Bench	11	3	50.0	12.5	+22.6	4.5
Nassir Little	Bench	18	2	53.2	5.1	-22.5	6.9