New Orleans Pelicans 106, Portland Trail Blazers 118 — Recap

April 2, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): New Orleans Pelicans 106, Portland Trail Blazers 118. Scoring by quarter: Q1 NOP 32-35 POR; Q2 NOP 33-25 POR; Q3 NOP 16-28 POR; Q4 NOP 25-30 POR.

Top performers (box score): Jrue Holiday (POR) 27 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 7 threes on 10-of-22 shooting; Deni Avdija (POR) 26 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-20 shooting; Toumani Camara (POR) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-15 shooting; Jeremiah Fears (NOP) 21 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-10 shooting; Trey Murphy III (NOP) 19 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · POR

Jrue Holiday

27 PTS, 5 REB, 9 AST, 7 3PM · 10-22 FG

Scoring · POR

Deni Avdija

26 PTS, 8 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 7-20 FG

Scoring · POR

Toumani Camara

23 PTS, 4 REB, 1 AST, 6 3PM · 8-15 FG

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

📊 Game Flow

NOP 10 largest lead Q2 4:22 (NOP 59, POR 49) · 12-0 run, Q1 2:12–Q1 0:33

POR 12 largest lead Q4 0:55 (NOP 106, POR 118) · 8-0 run, Q4 11:24–Q4 9:59

Swings 2 lead changes Tied 3 times

Ahead for good: Matisse Thybulle makes 22-foot three point jumper (Jrue Holiday assists) (Q3 4:50, NOP 76, POR 77).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
NOP	32	33	16	25		106
POR	35	25	28	30		118

🧮 How They Scored

NOPPOR

48Points in the paint40

19Fast-break points17

8Second-chance points25

15Points off turnovers24

39Bench points24

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

50.6%Effective FG%56.5%

16.6%Turnover %11.5%

27.9%Offensive rebound %30.4%

0.310Free-throw rate0.196

Box Score

New Orleans Pelicans

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Trey Murphy III F	36	19	8	2	1	0	1	7-17	1-6	4-4	-17
Saddiq Bey F	35	15	6	1	1	0	1	6-14	3-5	0-2	-22
Zion Williamson F	29	15	1	3	0	1	2	4-7	0-0	7-8	-11
Derik Queen C	28	12	6	7	2	1	3	4-10	0-1	4-4	+2
Dejounte Murray G	28	9	8	5	2	0	5	4-10	0-2	1-1	-24
Jeremiah Fears G	26	21	2	1	2	2	2	7-10	3-4	4-5	+12
Herbert Jones F	26	9	4	3	0	0	4	3-9	2-5	1-2	-9
Yves Missi C	20	6	7	0	0	1	1	3-6	0-0	0-0	-3
Micah Peavy G-F	12	0	2	3	1	0	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	+12

Portland Trail Blazers

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Toumani Camara F	39	23	4	1	3	0	1	8-15	6-12	1-1	+22
Jrue Holiday G	37	27	5	9	1	0	4	10-22	7-15	0-0	+14
Deni Avdija F	37	26	8	7	2	1	3	7-20	2-7	10-13	+10
Matisse Thybulle G-F	31	13	5	2	2	0	1	4-9	3-8	2-2	+21
Robert Williams III C-F	23	6	9	1	0	3	0	3-5	0-0	0-0	+11
Donovan Clingan C	22	4	9	2	1	0	1	2-4	0-2	0-0	+1
Scoot Henderson G	21	14	1	3	1	0	0	6-12	2-4	0-0	-14
Kris Murray F	20	3	3	1	1	3	2	1-2	0-1	1-2	+3
Sidy Cissoko G	9	2	1	1	0	0	1	1-3	0-2	0-0	-8

🔬 Advanced Stats

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Trey Murphy III	Starter	36	19	50.6	22.4	-18.9	11.4
Zion Williamson	Starter	29	15	71.3	18.8	-13.6	7.6
Saddiq Bey	Starter	35	15	50.4	19.8	-31.0	6.1
Dejounte Murray	Starter	28	9	43.1	23.4	-41.4	10.7
Herbert Jones	Starter	26	9	45.5	22.6	-16.4	1.5
Jeremiah Fears	Bench	26	21	86.1	21.5	+23.1	15.9
Derik Queen	Bench	28	12	51.0	20.6	+3.4	10.9
Yves Missi	Bench	20	6	50.0	14.9	-5.1	8.7
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Kevon Looney	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Poole	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Jordan Hawkins	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Trey Alexander	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Micah Peavy	Bench	12	0	0.0	3.1	+49.3	4.3

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

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jrue Holiday	Starter	37	27	61.4	27.7	+15.4	17.4
Deni Avdija	Starter	37	26	50.5	29.9	+9.7	13.0
Toumani Camara	Starter	39	23	74.5	16.0	+24.1	12.6
Scoot Henderson	Starter	21	14	58.3	23.1	-31.1	10.7
Donovan Clingan	Starter	22	4	50.0	8.8	+4.4	6.1
Matisse Thybulle	Bench	31	13	65.8	14.1	+27.8	12.1
Robert Williams III	Bench	23	6	60.0	8.9	+21.5	15.2
Kris Murray	Bench	20	3	52.1	11.1	+7.3	3.3
Sidy Cissoko	Bench	09	2	33.3	18.2	-44.0	2.3
Jerami Grant	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Damian Lillard	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Vit Krejci	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Blake Wesley	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Chris Youngblood	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0