New Orleans Pelicans 93, Portland Trail Blazers 101 — Recap

March 18, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 93, Portland Trail Blazers 101. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 23-31 POR; Q2 NOP 25-26 POR; Q3 NOP 22-20 POR; Q4 NOP 23-24 POR.

Top performers (box score): Damian Lillard (POR) 36 points, 6 rebounds, 0 assists, 6 threes on 12-of-22 shooting; Zion Williamson (NOP) 26 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists on 9-of-17 shooting; Brandon Ingram (NOP) 19 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-21 shooting; Enes Kanter (POR) 16 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists on 4-of-5 shooting; Lonzo Ball (NOP) 15 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 threes on 6-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

Damian Lillard

36 PTS, 6 REB, 0 AST, 6 3PM · 12-22 FG

Scoring · NOP

Zion Williamson

26 PTS, 10 REB, 3 AST · 9-17 FG

Scoring · NOP

Brandon Ingram

19 PTS, 4 REB, 4 AST, 3 3PM · 7-21 FG

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	23	25	22	23		93
POR	31	26	20	24		101

🧮 How They Scored

NOPPOR

40Points in the paint28

6Fast-break points9

14Second-chance points21

11Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

45.8%Effective FG%46.0%

11.3%Turnover %11.7%

21.7%Offensive rebound %29.2%

0.301Free-throw rate0.287

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Lonzo Ball G	38	15	4	8	1	1	2	6-15	3-11	0-0	0
Zion Williamson F	36	26	10	3	1	2	4	9-17	0-0	8-11	-6
Brandon Ingram F	35	19	4	4	0	0	3	7-21	3-9	2-2	-1
Steven Adams C	35	6	10	2	1	0	1	2-3	0-0	2-2	-2
Eric Bledsoe G	29	7	3	3	1	1	1	3-8	1-4	0-4	+8
Josh Hart G	24	9	8	0	0	0	1	3-5	1-3	2-2	-7
Nickeil Alexander-Walker G	19	6	3	1	2	1	0	2-10	2-8	0-0	-15
Jaxson Hayes C	13	3	2	0	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	1-2	-9
Kira Lewis Jr. G	10	2	0	3	0	0	0	0-3	0-2	2-2	-8

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Damian Lillard G	38	36	6	0	0	0	7	12-22	6-15	6-6	0
Robert Covington F	36	10	10	1	1	2	1	4-7	2-5	0-0	+5
Enes Kanter C	34	16	13	1	2	0	1	4-5	0-0	8-10	+5
Derrick Jones Jr. F-G	32	8	5	1	2	4	1	3-11	1-6	1-2	-3
Gary Trent Jr. G	28	3	3	2	1	1	1	1-11	0-6	1-2	+4
Carmelo Anthony F	24	15	2	2	0	0	0	6-12	2-3	1-1	+10
CJ McCollum G	21	11	2	2	1	0	0	3-16	3-6	2-2	+7
Nassir Little F	16	2	6	1	1	1	0	0-2	0-2	2-2	+8
Rodney Hood G	12	0	3	1	0	0	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	+4

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Zion Williamson	Bench	36	26	59.5	29.1	-9.3	20.7
Brandon Ingram	Bench	35	19	43.4	30.9	0.0	6.3
Lonzo Ball	Bench	38	15	50.0	19.1	0.0	13.5
Josh Hart	Bench	24	9	76.5	13.0	-16.7	13.7
Eric Bledsoe	Bench	29	7	35.9	16.7	+14.5	1.9
Steven Adams	Bench	35	6	77.3	6.0	-4.4	9.0
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	Bench	19	6	30.0	21.3	-37.8	3.1
Jaxson Hayes	Bench	13	3	79.8	7.7	-31.2	9.4
Kira Lewis Jr.	Bench	10	2	25.8	19.0	-40.0	2.9

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Damian Lillard	Bench	38	36	73.1	36.0	0.0	21.3
Enes Kanter	Bench	34	16	85.1	13.4	+7.4	20.6
Carmelo Anthony	Bench	24	15	60.3	21.8	+20.8	11.5
CJ McCollum	Bench	21	11	32.6	34.7	+15.3	4.5
Robert Covington	Bench	36	10	71.4	9.4	+8.5	14.0
Derrick Jones Jr.	Bench	32	8	33.7	16.2	-1.8	4.8
Gary Trent Jr.	Bench	28	3	12.6	19.4	+6.8	-4.9
Nassir Little	Bench	16	2	34.7	7.9	+23.5	9.0
Rodney Hood	Bench	12	0	0.0	12.0	+23.6	-12.1